Comments on: Trekking Mount Rinjani: A Triumphant Failure

By: Hassan

Hassan — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 11:01:07 +0000

In reply to Alex. Barely made it is more like it.. But i have found that being under-prepared makes for the best stories. If you have the time, I would love to hear your thoughts on my post about our misadventures :)

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:30:44 +0000

In reply to Hassan. Ha, I was under-prepared too! Congrats on making it to the summit Hassan. Sounds like you rocked it!

By: Hassan

Hassan — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:25:29 +0000

The three part blog post helped me a lot to climb Rinjani. The summit climb of Rinjani is by far the most difficult thing I have done in my life and we were under-prepared as hell but at least I was anticipating the difficulty thanks to your anecdote of the girl who broke down crying.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 03:04:51 +0000

In reply to Amy. Well if you do decide to do it, I think you could make serious strides in getting prepped in eight weeks! I think even just doing a basic 30 minutes of cardio a day would really pay off when tackling a major trek like this. Good luck with whatever you decide!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 22:32:52 +0000

Thank you for posting this up and for being so honest! I’m currently looking at doing this trek up Mt Rinjani in 8 weeks time and my fitness is far from optimum so I am very concerned about it. I would rather not break myself and spend the following week suffering therefore missing things like diving or enjoying milder treks. Seems to me you made a good choice!

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 30 May 2016 15:28:08 +0000

In reply to Kim.

I know how you feel! I was living pretty sedentary when we went for it. I’d create a very motivating playlist and don’t make any plans for a few days after — I’ve never been so sore!

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 30 May 2016 09:52:34 +0000

Sitting in GiliT currently debating the trek. . .We did the inca trail in January but that was coming from altitude in Colorado not three months at sea level with little physical fitness involved. I am a bit hesitant and advice!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:04:56 +0000

In reply to Whitney. Sounds like you made the right call, Whitney. I think we both did! You know yourself better than anyone else ever can. And the marathon victory will be so much sweeter when it goes happen :) Good luck!

By: Whitney

Whitney — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:05:14 +0000

I had to back out of my first half-marathon a month before the race because I injured myself through over-training. It was embarrassing because I had already told a lot of people that I was going to do it and if I had trained properly the injury probably would not have happened. I could have pushed through the pain but I knew that I wanted to enjoy my upcoming travels injury-free so I backed out. It was humbling for sure but I knew it was the right decision. I’m not a quitter by nature but sometimes you have to listen to your body. I think you made the right call too, Alex!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 02 May 2014 12:34:46 +0000

In reply to Steffi. Hey Steffi, if you look at the third post in this series I describe the shop I booked with on Gili T. Good luck :)