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black children posted:When I was a Hotshot, we would usually average 20-40 miles a day, over about 16 hours a day. that's with line gear so flame-resistant clothing, 35-55 pound pack, tool and whatever other gear, sometimes 5 gallon jerry cans and water bags. Terrain was generally extremely varied, here's a pretty good example from Idaho: Yup that looks like Idaho. Fire and steep bullshit canyons. My two longest hikes were last year. 17+ miles for both Angel's Perch and a solo trip up Castle loving Peak. 5400 feet of elevation on Angel's Perch.
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I visited all the historic missions in San Antonio in a day. I had started at the Alamo, then walked down to the first mission, then figured I could probably make it to the next one, and by that time I figured even though it was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, why visit the place if I'm not going to do them all? I didn't make it back to my hotel until 10 p.m. About 22 miles or so all together (plus maybe another mile wandering around in the morning). With a pack, I did a couple days of 15 miles or so when I went from Tahoe to Yosemite, but I always consider distance to be of minimal importance. Hiking Halfdome in a day is as tough as 20 miles or more on level ground.
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Mar 18, 2016 05:51
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If you only count walking as a civilian, I once got so bored at a friend's place in the sticks during Midsummer night I drunkenly walked back to town, which was a bit over 15 km away I think? It was very pretty and warm and quiet but there were a lot of rape fields along the way and they smelled like rancid margarine.
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Mar 24, 2016 14:44
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Not the farthest, but I just hiked seven miles in an hour and a half the other day. Of course, that was jogging all the downhill sections. I think the farthest was 22 miles for me... I accidentally took the wrong path and looped back to the car, so I was like gently caress it, I'm going home
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Apr 5, 2016 20:42
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Just back from Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne, did 100km in 22:30 hrs in a team of 4. 7 checkpoints to rest and doctor the feet. Last 30kms were quite painful in the feet. EoinCannon fucked around with this message at 08:36 on Apr 9, 2016 |
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Apr 9, 2016 08:14
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First hike achieved! I went on a 17km hike yesterday in Bunyip State Park, Victoria Australia. I am a skinny fat (read: fat) who works a desk job so I was not surprised when my heart was trying to bounce out of my chest on the super steep bits. Saw some good birds, some good tors and a baby deer. Lessons learnt: Don't be a fat Buy better shoes srsly don't be a fat, it is terrible and hurts 7/10 would do again
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Apr 10, 2016 06:24
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Don't think I've ever done over 30 miles. Problem with walking is that it is slooooooow.
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Apr 11, 2016 13:16
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Jeza posted:Don't think I've ever done over 30 miles. Problem with walking is that it is slooooooow. Yeah walking* is no fun compared to bicycling. *) Unless you're strolling. Strolling has its advantages. Or hiking, of course.
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Apr 11, 2016 13:22
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Cycling is too fast, you might as well just drive. The point of hiking is to amble along and constantly stop to check out cool poo poo and explore every side or game trail you find.
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Apr 18, 2016 16:19
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18.6 miles with 4,400 ft of elevation gain to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back, which is amusing because I don't think I've ever walked nearly as far on flat ground. e: Yeah, biking is where it's at. You're telling me I can put in about as much energy but go like 5 times the distance? Sign me the gently caress up where the terrain allows. e2: As far as blisters, socks make all the difference. My buddy in plain cotton socks and trail runners was practically crying by the time we got back. I was wearing some cut down pantyhose and smart wool socks under boots and still had a spring in my step at the top. AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Apr 19, 2016 |
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Apr 19, 2016 00:13
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Clouds Rest in Yosemite from the Happy Isles trailhead. 20 miles with a 6k foot elevation gain. Not bringing hiking poles was one of the greatest mistakes of my life.
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Apr 20, 2016 04:43
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Back in boy scouts I did 20 miles for a merit badge, and separately ended up doing a very similar amount as one leg of a 50 mile backpacking trip for a different merit badge (at least, I think they weren't the same merit badge.)
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Apr 20, 2016 05:45
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I did about 30km hiking in Sweden on Saturday. It would have been less, but I was overoptimistic and started the hike waaaay too late in the day on Friday, and had about 5 hours of hiking before it got too dark and had to make camp. My train home was leaving at 2 from a town an hour's bus ride away so I got up at 4:30 in the morning to get back. No, I didn't make it in time. Had to take an overnighter with 4 transfers. I haven't done really any training this spring apart from cross country skiing in February, so my legs were pretty hosed up. Also I forgot I signed up for 5k run for this morning. Legs stopped hurting after the first 5 minutes, but now I can't climb stairs. Edit: actually I can climb stairs fine, it's going down that's the problem.
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May 16, 2016 20:19
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50km in the context of a trail race in which I came in dead last.
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May 27, 2016 08:36
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That's a very far distance and you finished so kudos to that.
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May 27, 2016 16:37
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Yeah, bit of context helps there, I'd just skip the dead last bit in retellings. "Came last in a race" "Uh right, ok loser" "A 50 kilometer race" "gently caress, poo poo, that's awesome."
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May 29, 2016 19:16
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Probably a few miles, 5 tops. I think someone would have to be pretty misled about the pleasures and benefits of walking to do more than that.
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Jul 31, 2016 07:57
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Deep Thought posted:Probably a few miles, 5 tops. I think someone would have to be pretty misled about the pleasures and benefits of walking to do more than that. I think you're in the wrong subforum.
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Jul 31, 2016 17:42
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Picnic Princess posted:I think you're in the wrong subforum. I can't even understand only ever having managed to walk 5 miles at most in one day during an entire lifetime. Has this person never traveled abroad or left an urban environment? How can a person who thinks the most they've ever walked is a few miles know anything about the pleasures and benefits of walking??
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Jul 31, 2016 18:53
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Walking? What a drag. Hiking, now that's the stuff.
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Aug 1, 2016 09:32
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Walking is for poors
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Aug 4, 2016 16:23
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In addition to hiking I enjoy trekking out to my shed to pull out my mountain bike. Since I bought that thing the amount of hiking I do has dropped considerably.
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Aug 4, 2016 17:00
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I drove up to Donner Pass a few weeks ago and hiked 15 miles from the trailhead through a section of trail where there was no water and it was pretty warm and exposed. That kinda sucked. Not the furthest I've hiked in one day though. I have some 15-16 mile days with off trail sections planned on my next trip coming up in a week...will have to see if I can keep up that pace while traveling cross country, might be a bit ambitious.
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Aug 4, 2016 17:34
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Levitate posted:I drove up to Donner Pass a few weeks ago and hiked 15 miles from the trailhead through a section of trail where there was no water and it was pretty warm and exposed. That kinda sucked. Not the furthest I've hiked in one day though. Ah yes the Valley of Döners.
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Aug 4, 2016 21:40
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Deep Thought posted:Probably a few miles, 5 tops. I think someone would have to be pretty misled about the pleasures and benefits of walking to do more than that. This just makes me sad Canna Happy posted:Walking is for poors Funny you should say that, considering most low income neighborhoods have abysmal access to safe walking paths. Can we count biking? Most I've done in a day is a hair over 80 miles. In fact, I just recently passed the two thousand mile mark for this year 
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Aug 6, 2016 05:11
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Is there a trail that goes through the Donner party area? Is there anything left from that?
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Aug 6, 2016 05:30
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Outrail posted:Is there a trail that goes through the Donner party area? Is there anything left from that? He's so old I don't think there's much going on in his party area as you call it. 
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Aug 6, 2016 05:33
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How did I not realise there was a forum for hiking? Before I'd started running, the furthest my legs had carried me was 12 miles. It was the middle of winter and the nearest shops were 6 miles away and I needed tobacco. The things you'll do to get your fix I guess. I don't think I've walked as far since but since I started running (and kicked that smoking habit), I've done up to 30 miles in one go. That was all kinds of fun.
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Aug 7, 2016 10:47
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Outrail posted:Is there a trail that goes through the Donner party area? Is there anything left from that? it's a state park.
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Aug 15, 2016 00:53
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I walked five miles from my apartment to Disneyland at a rather brisk pace after not exercising at all for 2+ years because I am a tremendous idiot. I finally got there and literally felt my calves buckle - y'know that cramp you get sometimes in the morning? I was wide awake, standing, trying to walk, and suddenly they seized up and I collapsed. The nurse at the park agreed that I was a moron.
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Aug 16, 2016 05:49
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Kangra posted:it's a state park. I love how the first picture is a bunch of people having fun at the beach, zipping around in a boat, and cooking out. Whoever is marketing that park clearly forgot to read to plaque. peramene posted:I walked five miles from my apartment to Disneyland at a rather brisk pace after not exercising at all for 2+ years because I am a tremendous idiot. I finally got there and literally felt my calves buckle - y'know that cramp you get sometimes in the morning? I was wide awake, standing, trying to walk, and suddenly they seized up and I collapsed. The nurse at the park agreed that I was a moron. You're not a moron, you've just taken your first steps into a larger world. Just keep at it and in a week or two you'll be knocking those miles out no like nobody's business!
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Aug 16, 2016 12:08
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Guest2553 posted:Relevant xpost Hey, a Nijmegen buddy  That poo poo is to date the weirdest combination of incredible fun and intense pain I've ever experienced. Particularly awesome was having to do the parade on the last day, just adrenaline keeping you straight for the last walk. I had an unbelievable amount to drink that night. Check on most of your issues there, we did spend some serious time learning to tape and care for our feet so those weren't too bad, I also used a slip sock inside a woolen compression sock to minimize friction. Worked out okay. I wasn't dumb enough to do it twice though. Christ, man.
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Aug 29, 2016 10:42
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I don't know how FAR I walked but one summer in the Alps I walked for about 12 hours in one day, across valleys and onto several summits. It was awesome.
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Aug 29, 2016 21:03
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26.3 miles, marathon distance, lots of elevation gain - the LONG WAY up and down to San Gorgonio peak via Momyer trail. My feet hurt. It was training for Mt Whitney tho. Many hours. Not as many hours as Cactus to Clouds though, which was pre-dawn dark to post sunset returning to car darkness.
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Sep 1, 2016 19:56
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~20 miles on the Appalachian Trail while backpacking. One day ended up being extra long because we were late the previous day arriving, so 2 extra hours got added to the following days.
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Sep 14, 2016 23:14
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Next week I'm about to backpack what I initially thought was going to be a 13 mile day but due to the whole "camp here, but pay here, 1 mile away" thing and also a lake being in the way it actually looks like it's going to be more like a 15-16 mile day, possibly more. That'll probably be my high score with a loaded pack. It may not be the most fun day. But it should be pretty. Then I'll get to celebrate by piling another 32 miles on top of it. This will be southern Indiana, so it's not like I'm climbing a mountain or anything, but it is hilly as all hell. Planning on finally losing that pesky toenail that's been threatening to fall off while training for this.
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Oct 6, 2016 16:47
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I went on a pilgrimage from Vienna to Mariazell for several years and the longest day's walk we did was about 38km (~23,6 miles) through the woods and fields of Lower Austria, that was always fun
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Oct 10, 2016 15:14
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nominal posted:Next week I'm about to backpack what I initially thought was going to be a 13 mile day but due to the whole "camp here, but pay here, 1 mile away" thing and also a lake being in the way it actually looks like it's going to be more like a 15-16 mile day, possibly more. That'll probably be my high score with a loaded pack. It may not be the most fun day. But it should be pretty. Campsites with anything but a 'here is a slot, put money in the slot' is bullshit. A friend and I hiked across a provincial border from one park to another bypassing the main entrance. Apparently we're supposed to book ahead, we have no cell coverage and the entrance is a good five or so kilometers away in another direction and we have another ten or so to hike. We bumped into a ranger guy and explained the situation and he just shrugged 'well you can call up when you get home and pay buuuttt... eh, enjoy your hike'. Luckily it was late September and raining and crap so there were empty sites. That was two 25km/15mi days which wasn;t too bad, but we had hail and rain for half of it and my mates shoes were so bad he ended up wrapping his feet in tape and wore flipflops for 15km in the mud.
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Oct 20, 2016 22:27
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nominal posted:Next week I'm about to backpack what I initially thought was going to be a 13 mile day but due to the whole "camp here, but pay here, 1 mile away" thing and also a lake being in the way it actually looks like it's going to be more like a 15-16 mile day, possibly more." Got to learn the hard way about symptoms of dehydration on the 16 mile day (probably from not watering up properly after a bout the flu the week before). So that wasn't fun. I messaged a nurse friend of mine who said the wheezing, cramps, disorientation, sweating, and feeling hot as hell read like a checklist for dehydration and sure enough, once I watered-up pretty hard over the next day or so I started feeling much better and was zipping right up those hills like somebody that ISN'T a 42 year old fat guy that plays way too many videogames. Really fun trip and I'm looking forward to more solo hikes.
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Longest I walked in the military was probably around 15 miles with a full ruck. Outside of the military and with a full ruck, probably about the same. With the dog in tow, about 10 miles. I worked at a warehouse for about six months of the past year where it was walking anywhere from 12-18 miles a day. Walk to a bin, pick a thing, walk again. Four 10 hour days a week. With dog walks, I was doing 80-100 miles a week. That job sucked for reasons that are much more annoying than lots of paid cardio.
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