Not long now

About three months to go and a few changes to the group. Four have dropped out and we've been joined by Gary, a 61 year old railway engineer from West Virginia. That's me officially not the daddy of the team. Gary has a wealth of experience having climbed Aconcagua amongst other mountains.

So now we're:

Me

Jay

Sean

Karl

Eric

Gary

and hopefully that's how we'll stay.

As for me. I've lost a lot of weight (24 pounds in 17 weeks) and I'm seeing real gains in my fitness. On the ship I've been focussing on jogging and hitting the stairs. Luckily we have a helideck and a large pool area to train on. Jogging is my least favorite activity. I've always struggled to get into any kind of breathing rhythm, but I surprised myself yesterday by jogging across the Humber Bridge without being out of breath.

....still hate it though.