Have MP3 player, will walk

[torkell]

I was struck by a quote from a news article today:

"I have to stand in a queue here in pouring rain after having walked two kilometres from my hotel"

While I understand about the pouring rain, I don't see the fuss about having walked a bit over a mile. It just doesn't seem like that far a distance to me. Then again, I do walk further than that on a regular basis, as it's about two miles each way to the supermarket.

I also tend to go on long walks, without even realising how far I've walked. Back in Feburary I walked about 9 miles total down towards Gosport and back, at about six in the evening, simply because I was curious what was in that direction. It didn't seem that long, even when I ended up doubling back and taking longer routes than I needed to. I've quite often done the mile-or-so circular walk of the Cams Hall estate (plus another 3 or so miles to get there and back) for no reason other than it's a nice walk and something to do at the weekend. It just seems strange to me that some people consider a mere mile to be a long walk.

I have had this xkcd feeling more than once, though:

Bored with the Internet, xkcd #77

Comments

[olego.livejournal.com]

90 mile walks? That's at least 15 hours of walking, even at your brisk pace! If you leave the house at 10am, and all your stops (assuming you are human) total 1 hour, you'll come back at 2am. Hmmm, I envy your spare time, and your comfy shoes!

[torkell]

He was (is) a Scout and good at hiking, so I can believe him doing that, though I'd imagine it'd take more than a day.

[tau-iota-mu-c.livejournal.com]

I know someone who did the 100mile run (here in communist Austria, which is why we still use miles) in 23:58. She spent the last hour not thinking she'd make the 24 hour cutoff.

[pleaseremove.livejournal.com]

I never said in one go! That was over a a few days with a pack and a friend for company. Haven't had the time for that sort of walk in a while. Last semi decent walk I did was through the night through London. it was a charity thing and although it wasn't that long a walk for myself, I was there as one of the organisers and as a first aider.

And thankfully, these days my walking boots are actually about that comfy, but they have been well and truly broken in. Yey Scarpa for nice boots

[olego.livejournal.com]

Phew! I was starting to feel insecure there...

Although I never did manage to walk that far with a backpack. That's because we'd hike with our sleeping bags, tents, and food, averaging at most 12 miles every day.

All that extra weight showed up on about 3rd day, so that even my comfy hiking boots would start giving me blisters.