A major ingredient of any adventure is the unexpected and
there's no question the i2P Expreso De Los Andes expedition is peppered with it.
Ray and I have been fortunate enough that during previous expeditions together
- on the surface anyhow - no serious issues have arisen. In expeditioning this
is typically more the exception than a rule and it seems, in some grand
balancing act, our current adventure is making up for this irregularity by
dishing out more than a fair share of problems. From Bob's chest infection to
my foot and now Ray's sickness, the last few days have proved very challenging
indeed.
Ray woke up this morning completely exhausted with his head
spinning, his resting heart rate racing and his blood pressure high. Something
was clearly up and the prospect of running 70km was not a reasonable option.
"The challenge Ray is facing", states Dr Wells,
"is that a moderate amount of exercise - i.e. 6 hours per week -
strengthens the immune system but extreme amounts of exercise - i.e. 6 hours
per day - weakens it".
There's no question Ray's a different person from the day
before and the decision to halt for the day is an easy one. We're here to
encourage youth to take on their own running challenges as a means to a
healthier way of life so risking our own health to get the point across seems
counter intuitive.
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