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Salty · Jul 31, 2005, 02:28 AM

I just got back from a very very long walk a while ago... even longer than my 14 K walk in the wrong direction when in the Greater Toronto Area (you know you've taken a wrong turn when you're in the next town over...). According to an estimation I made based on google maps... I walked a lil over 18 km. This was mainly because I was sick of helping my sister move out of her apt (you'd think that if you're moving heavy boxes and furniture down three stories without an elevator she could at least not yell and scream at me for no reason), so I decided to walk home.
Sadly I didn't have my iPod with me, and it was raining pretty heavy the last four km...
But yah by the end of of it my feet actually started cramping and I wasn't sure if I could walk the last block home. I mentioned it to a friend of mine who said, "Didn't you used to complain about walking to KP?" (KP being the local mall 4.5 km or so away). I suppose this whole gym thing really does work eh?

So let's have them, your stories of long walks... and reasons why... or do we all just drive everywhere?

Railroader · Jul 31, 2005, 02:42 AM

I hiked a few dozen miles of the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire. Not sure the exact distance. Saw a lot of moose. Pooped in a hole and buried it. Climbed a couple small mountains. Will take the kids sometime.

Cubeoid · Jul 31, 2005, 02:51 AM

Around the world, twice and 1/2.

mojo2 · Jul 31, 2005, 03:03 AM

All day. Early morn and breaks during then again until early eve.

demograph68 · Jul 31, 2005, 03:06 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Pooped in a hole and buried it.

How thoughtful.

Cubeoid · Jul 31, 2005, 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by demograph68

How thoughtful.

Don't err the playa... err the game.

Railroader · Jul 31, 2005, 03:45 AM

Originally Posted by demograph68

How thoughtful.

If you've never hiked for a few days you just wouldn't understand.

A book was even written about it.

Randman · Jul 31, 2005, 03:51 AM

I ran a marathon back in high school. Does that count?

demograph68 · Jul 31, 2005, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

If you've never hiked for a few days you just wouldn't understand.

A book was even written about it.

It's not that, it's just that you felt like mentioning it, which is odd.

dav · 06:59 AM

35 miles. back in high school, a 50 mile hike sponsored by my best friends church, i think. he had done it before, and i thought... 50 miles, just walking, i can do that and get one of those cool medals hanging from a ribbon. at the 35 mile mark, physically or psychologically, or both, i couldn't go on. my friend finished.

Mithras · Jul 31, 2005, 07:41 AM

In high school, we had a week off in February to do special projects. People did stuff like follow a city council member, apprentice at a glass-blowing facility, go on backcountry ski trips, etc. etc.

One year I did a 24-hour walk: we started at 10am, and walked until 10am the next morning. We covered 54 miles, taking breaks every 30 minutes or so -- a couple of teachers drove a support van that carried food and water. It was the best experience of high school.

jcadam · Jul 31, 2005, 08:24 AM

25 miles a day, 4 days in a row, for a total of 100miles. Yea, at the Vierdaagse march near Nijmegen, Netherlands. That was carrying a 35 lb. pack, in uniform (combat boots, etc.).

mojo2 · Jul 31, 2005, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Mithras

In high school, we had a week off in February to do special projects. People did stuff like follow a city council member, apprentice at a glass-blowing facility, go on backcountry ski trips, etc. etc.

One year I did a 24-hour walk: we started at 10am, and walked until 10am the next morning. We covered 54 miles, taking breaks every 30 minutes or so -- a couple of teachers drove a support van that carried food and water. It was the best experience of high school.

It sure beats MY most memorable HS experience, being arrested in a race riot.

GranolaBoy · Jul 31, 2005, 09:22 AM

So can we call Salty a man, yet? Or does he have more roads to walk down?

mojo2 · Jul 31, 2005, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by GranolaBoy

So can we call Salty a man, yet? Or does he have more roads to walk down?

That is VERRRRRY clever. So much so that it makes me wish I'D thought of it. THAT is rare for me.

But as for your question...the answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind.

ReggieX · Jul 31, 2005, 11:01 AM

4 hours straight, I guess. And I walk pretty fast.

Did a few mountain hikes in junior high for most of a day (stopping for lunch), but have no idea the distance of that one.

ManOfSteal · Jul 31, 2005, 11:05 AM

Rickey Henderson once walked in 5 straight at-bats in one game. That is a lot of walking (and fear from the opposing team/pitcher).

Oisín · Jul 31, 2005, 12:11 PM

Apart from walking for about 5-6 hours a day through most of Ireland and great parts of Scotland in about 15 days or so on an InterRail trip in 2001, the longest single walk I've taken was from my apartment in Chaoyang over to Peking University: about 23 km or so.

SeSawaya · Jul 31, 2005, 12:13 PM

20 miles for 3 days in a row. Avon Breast Cancer walk.

Sage · Jul 31, 2005, 12:21 PM

I dunno – if I go long distance, I run.

Salty · Jul 31, 2005, 12:45 PM

Wow... impressive... I always used to think it was crazy how much walking people did in biblical times... now I guess I understand why... it's not sooo bad... though that last block on the way home was brutal...

dcmacdaddy · Jul 31, 2005, 01:02 PM

On my first visit to London I walked the length of the Circle Line. I thought that would be the best way to see the city. I hoped on the tube a couple times to take a break for a stop or two but I was walking continuously for 8 or 10 hours straight. My feet were crazy sore after that day.

It's not uncommon for me to spend 8 or 10 miles on foot walking in Manhattan seeing the sites.

In two weeks I am going on holiday and hiking the stretch of the AT that runs through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. It's 108 mile and should take about nine days, all while carrying a 30-pound pack.

Washington, DC is a nice walking city. Frequently I can get someplace faster on foot than I can taking Metro.

Walking is good for you. I run and bike as well but nothing beat a nice day and someplace to go walking. Notice I did NOT say someplace to walk to: It really is about the journey for me and what I see/experience along the way.

Railroader · Jul 31, 2005, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

It's not that, it's just that you felt like mentioning it, which is odd.

Like I said, if you've never taken a multiple day hike and had to do it you wouldn't understand. It's not odd at all. Everyone does it or dies. Get over your hang-ups.

loki74 · Jul 31, 2005, 05:51 PM

From my Mac to the fridge and back.

Freeflyer · Jul 31, 2005, 06:29 PM

The Annapurna Circuit and Annapurna Santuary.

4 weeks carrying a 30lb pack. around 400 miles, and ascents up to 18,000 feet.

Probably the single best month of my life.

AKcrab · Jul 31, 2005, 06:31 PM

I'd walk a mile for a vertical smile.

DeathMan · Jul 31, 2005, 06:39 PM

25 miles in one day. It was a long, hot (100+ degrees) 25 miler with plenty of hills, and not enough water.

Link · Jul 31, 2005, 07:36 PM

Quite a few long, long walks. Can't remember any distances though.

nredman · Jul 31, 2005, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Freeflyer

The Annapurna Circuit and Annapurna Santuary.

4 weeks carrying a 30lb pack. around 400 miles, and ascents up to 18,000 feet.

Probably the single best month of my life.

cool

i'd like to do something like that someday.

RobOnTheCape · Jul 31, 2005, 07:47 PM

From Cork to Dublin. One day I think I didn't get a single lift, thus walked and walked with a full pack. I think I loved every minute of it. Some Irish still remember that summer in 84. A week in June without a single day of rain. All that walking - I was very fortunate.

mitchell_pgh · Jul 31, 2005, 07:55 PM

30 miles in one day... on a 100 mile hike I took...

Webscreamer · Jul 31, 2005, 08:05 PM

Just got back from a 12 mile run. I'm training for the Chicago marathon....

BasketofPuppies · Jul 31, 2005, 08:08 PM

Twelve miles. Non-stop. Along Lake Michigan. In 90°+ F weather. Two weeks ago.

That, along with a whole lot of other strenuous activity in insanely high temperatures that week, wore my body out. It took me a few days to recover.

FulcrumPilot · Jul 31, 2005, 08:18 PM

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time (someone said this b4, i fogret)

as2 · Jul 31, 2005, 08:25 PM

I got stranded in a town in France because they apparently don't do taxis after 9pm there, so had to walk 12 miles back to my campsite... At 11 at night... while ****eyed... to the middle of no-where... with no lights on the roads!

That was fun!

mitchell_pgh · Jul 31, 2005, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by as2

I got stranded in a town in France because they apparently don't do taxis after 9pm there, so had to walk 12 miles back to my campsite... At 11 at night... while ****eyed... to the middle of no-where... with no lights on the roads!

That was fun!

Ugh... that would be fun. I once had to walk 8 miles in the woods at night on a path.

No lights, but I did have a flashlight.

mdc · Aug 1, 2005, 12:27 AM

a few memorable long walks:

when out rock climbing by the end of the day we clocked up a lot of kilometers.
a night that my friend and i were left at a night club. we walked about 40km home at 3am.
one day when a friend and i walked from finsbury park to victoria (pretty much following the victoria line) (km anyone?)

Athens · Aug 1, 2005, 01:28 AM

28km in 12ish hours

Gee4orce · Aug 1, 2005, 09:25 AM

About 25 miles, with a very heavy pack over very hilly terrain. Just one of the longest days of a 2 week, 190 mile walk across the north of England, from Coast to Coast (by which the walk is now named).

Highly recommended !

Freeflyer · Aug 1, 2005, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by nredman

cool

i'd like to do something like that someday.

It was a trip of a lifetime that I'd wanted to do for many years. I have a few photos if you'd like to whet your appetite.

http://jkath.com/photos/nepal_trek/index.html

Sometimes I have to just go through the photos to remind myself I was really there

J.

Hugi · Aug 1, 2005, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by Freeflyer

It was a trip of a lifetime that I'd wanted to do for many years. I have a few photos if you'd like to whet your appetite.

Wow, these are stunning!

Walking this route is definitely on my "to do before I die a happy old man" list.

Salty · Aug 2, 2005, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by Freeflyer

It was a trip of a lifetime that I'd wanted to do for many years. I have a few photos if you'd like to whet your appetite.

http://jkath.com/photos/nepal_trek/index.html

Sometimes I have to just go through the photos to remind myself I was really there

J.

Wow that's really cool... the nicest thing I saw on my walk home was this grain elevator that smelt really bad...