Mono Lake from Mt. Dana
Although I did not wear heart
rate monitor during the hiking, I tried to look into the tracking data in
detail.
Based on the comparison I did
for the three hiking data, I concluded there might not have clear impact of the
elevation. Let’s see how the detail data
tells.
Average moving speed every 50m elevation change
Average slope every 50m elevation change
I normalized the data by using
averaging value with a section of 50m elevation change. I did not see any clear speed drop during the
hiking. The slope number is a ratio for
the distance and the elevation difference which indicates the amount of
steepness. A positive number shows
ascending and a negative number shows descending.
Here is the notes, in the middle
of the ascending, there is a bit flat portion (plateau), and therefore the
moving speed is increasing. After the
section the moving pace is slowing down due to the steep slope. The last section of ascending is getting
steeper. However, there might be some
error data because the slope profile is not really symmetric. But there is relatively steeper section near
the summit on the ascending and descending and it is enough to say the section
near the summit is steeper. The speed
drop near the summit was due to a short rest when I took some video and photos
on the summit. I did not exclude the
resting time on the summit.
I did not have the heart rate
data for this hiking, but from the moving speed data with slope data, I do not
see a clear speed drop in this hiking.
I also see slowing down in steep sections on descending as well. Since I could not walk faster on the steep
sections.
Average moving speed every minutes
This is different way to normalize the tracking data. This one is calculated average moving speed every minutes (or 60 seconds). It is very clear for the resting at the summit.
I did not really tell this is
because of acclimation with Mt. Whitney hiking or not. As I mentioned in the comparison article,
this ascending is a similar as ascending from Trail Camp to Trail Crest on Mt.
Whitney Trail. However, duration above
3,500m elevation is only one hour on ascending which is much shorter than the
section on the Mt. Whitney Trail. Also,
the two hiking are two weeks apart. Based
on this, it might be hard to believe the acclimation was still valid. Therefore, I guessed that I was not really
acclimated. But I do not have clear data
and probably need to collect more data to prove it.
Mt. Whitney Hiking Guide “Hiking the highest mountain in
California”
(Or you may go to your local
Amazon site and search “ASIN: B01IFSFBV6”)
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