Hiking Mt. Whitney with Don Coddington – Episode 1896

Episode 1896 – On this Friday show, Don Coddington joins Vinnie Tortorich to discuss their trip to Lone Pine to hike Mount Whitney, misconceptions about salt, Don’s fat loss, food addiction, and more.

Listen · Episode 1896Hiking Mt. Whitney with Don CoddingtonJul 30, 2021 · 79 min

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HIKING MOUNT WHITNEY

• Don and Vinnie tried to hike Mt. Whitney recently.
• First, they stayed in Lone Pine.
  • It’s a very, very small place.
• For Mt. Whitney, they only give 100 passes a day.
  • The question Vinnie and Don have is: why? There is so much space!
    • For other mountains in CA, WA, and CO, there are thousands every day.
  • They finally learned why, and got the 411 on the mountain’s rangers.
• This year, Don and Vinnie climbed it without a pass — they know this wasn’t right, but they picked up trash on the way up and down.
• They tried to do the hike a couple of days.
  • To prep, they did a shorter hike.
  • After a failed attempt for Vinnie, they were plagued by thunderstorms.
• Vinnie, for whatever reason, got really sick while he was hiking and couldn’t summit.
  • He was disoriented and flu-ey, and he hadn’t been drinking water because that made him feel sick, too.
  • Vinnie was nearly falling over.
  • Don thought he physically lost him at one point!
    • He thought maybe he had gotten too dizzy and fallen off the mountain.

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ULTRA SALT

• Don had some misconceptions.
• You CAN overdo salt.
• He would do 1000 mg of salt with 16 oz of water.  Really, you only need that with a liter of water.
• If you feel lightheaded or are going to do heavy exercise, take a couple of Ultra Salts, but there is a limit.
  • Vinnie says take 15-20 oz of water per Ultra Salt.
• Too much water without electrolytes can be a problem; too much salt is the opposite problem.

DON’S FAT LOSS

• Don has lost a substantial amount of weight.
• Now, he can hike up and down Mount Whitney with much more ease.
• Zone 2 training was also important for him.
• For Don, pizza and ice cream is what got him high.
  • He needed to break the addiction and emotion-numbing effect of food.

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