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Well just got back from arizona, And I have to say, what a great place to live. Went to a couple ranges, couple stores and put a bid on a house out there. I noticed That about 30 people i came into contact with were open carrying. AWESOME! But back to Physical conditioning, I am 6'4" inches tall I weight 360. I bench 340 I leg press 850. Im in good shape. So I thought, I went to Tempe, Arizona State University and they have a huge mountain I dont know the elivation but I know it was a 20-50 degree incline. i dont know exact but it falls within those degrees. I know its abouve 1000 and below 3500 ft elivation. I decided to walk this. Its the one by the statium with the big ASU on it. I walked the whole thing up to the A. It took me 30 minutes and I was dyin. Was wearing shorts, a teeshirt and I had 3 bottles of water a cell and my boots. thats all. Now Can you imagine theres a big shutdown, your vehicles are down, or theres mountains in the way. you cant pass but on foot. Are you physicaly able to carry 100 pound pack, a rifle and whaterver else your gonna carry? I thought I could untill I did it with nothing. plus it was 108F. I think I lost a gallon of water. walking up the thing. Not only that but I heard a rattle snake and theres signs all over the trail with warnings.... I didnt see it but I heard it and that was enough for me. I walked back down and said, man I did that, but then I was like that almost kiled me. and then what if you have to fight. can u shoot? my chest and heart were beating and pumping so fast to get air. I tell yea I think maybe I could shoot maybe 2 acurate shots. SO the point of this rant besides telling you I humped a mountain, is We as a nation need to get into better shape. It was alife changing moment went I was up there. AWESOME. We need to be in great shape to "fight another day". Oh Arizonas ammo prices are about 2 dollars more than illinois just an FYI