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Harlan’s journal

Altitude, hydration, electrolytes. Learned the hard way.

46 entries from 7 Nov 2024 to 11 Jun 2026 · Denver, CO

  • Steady

    Thursday 5 Dec 2024week 5steady energy 23 replies

    Notes for the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. I nearly did not write this week because there was…

  • Two lines a day

    Friday 29 Nov 2024week 4organised energy 32 replies

    Recording this for the record. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Two lines a day…

  • The first one

    Friday 22 Nov 2024week 3hopeful energy 33 replies

    Recording this for the record. Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to…

  • A plain question

    Sunday 17 Nov 2024week 2steady energy 43 replies

    Recording this for the record. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Was undereating without realising. The nurse…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Tuesday 12 Nov 2024week 1held energy 14 replies

    Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Thursday 7 Nov 2024week 1wired energy 32 replies

    What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. A first entry about altitude. The pharmacist talked me through…