[Willem Silver]

Hi All,

I’m scaling out my 24 week mountaineering plan and I am honestly coming from a position of ignorance when I need to adjust elevation gain in the ME and specific periods above and beyond the elevation gain of our summit day to factor in the elevation difference between my training environment 1500m amsl and the objective’s 7126m amsl. Is there perhaps a scaling guideline for example for every 1000m above 3000m amsl add x amount of meters to account for the altitude difference?

I did not find a concrete answer in TFNA, TFTUA nor online forums. I am confident my ignorance is not due to lack of searching effort. If the answer is in any of these sources I would like to apologize in advance.

I’ll appreciate any feedback.

[Seth Keena]

Hi Willem,

Luckily, you don’t need to factor the amsl numbers into training as far as adjusting weekly vert gain. The ME durations/prescriptions  in the plan remain the same irrespective of the height you plan to climb at. You don’t need to apply any factors to vertical gain per workout on account of  the height you plan to do the climbing. Simply put, building a big aerobic base and doing some specific ME is what helps climbers at altitude. Outside of training, stuff like acclimatization tactics and expedition hygiene are very importance as well.

Happy training.

-Seth

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