The Rest-Step

(Der Trekking-Schritt oder Wie läuft man mühelos stundenlang)

Of course, you know how to walk; you've been doing it all your life. But walking all day in the mountains is very different from walking on city streets. One of the most important things you can learn to make your trek more pleasant is the mountaineers' rest step. If you learn to do this right, you can push on up the steepest hill without getting tired. My old (age 73) trekking partner, Bob Peirce, has mastered this technique (he says it's because he's lazy). He often falls far behind, yet he is often the first one into camp - and still has the energy to walk back down to the village for a beer.
Practice this on a reasonable steep hill. Lock your downhill leg & swing the uphill leg up, placing it on the ground. Pause for an instant, being totally relaxed, with your locked downhill leg carrying all your weight. Shift the weight to your uphill leg, straighten it & lock it, and repeat the process. Move slowly up the hill. You will fall behind the porters at first, then pass them as they rest & you keep walking. You can go on like this for hours without stopping if you maintain the rhythm and coordinate your breathing with your walking. It's so easy that you can even carry on a conversation as you walk up a steep trail. Don't look up the trail; just concentrate on walking, and before you know it, you'll be at the top of the hill. [Transciption, see below]

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