This is a follow-up on my post, The Maximum Human Life Span and Conjecture on Step Counts to Get There (15,000 Steps a Day). According to this research: "By analyzing data on tens of thousands of people across four continents compiled between 15 existing studies, a team of researchers has now landed on a more … Continue reading [Minimum] Steps to Get There
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Rucking, or Walking with a Weighted Pack on Your Back
A gallon jug of vinegar and two 24 oz salsa jars in an old running day pack makes for a 15 pound pack "Just add a bit of weight to any old pack you have lying around the house, take a walk, and you’ll open up a whole new world of fitness...For the average guy, … Continue reading Rucking, or Walking with a Weighted Pack on Your Back
LongTrailsMap.net
Welcome to LongTrailsMap.net: Interactive 3D maps of long distance nature trails from around the world!The purposes of the site are:* To help members of the community find their next destination.* To increase awareness of the long trails, especially the newer and lesser known long trails.* To motivate the responsible development of new long trails, especially … Continue reading LongTrailsMap.net
Add Phone-Free Walking to Your Day
"Find a way to add phone-free walking to your daily schedule. Make it non-negotiable. Make it easy. Skip a bus ride from your house to the station. Get off a station earlier on the way to work. Use 30 minutes of your lunch break to walk to a far-off cafe. The important thing is to … Continue reading Add Phone-Free Walking to Your Day
Slow Travel
"An alpinist develops his power and gives proof of it; he feels and thinks simultaneously; this superior joy illuminates the snow landscape. But he who has taken an electric train up to the top of a famous mountain does not find the same sun."Emile-Auguste Chartier, "Diogenes" in Alain on Happiness. Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 1973. … Continue reading Slow Travel
The Radical Simplicity of Walking
"...travel on foot is slow. It is the speed that most of the human race experienced life for thousands of years, right up until the last couple of hundred years. In the time span you have available for your adventure, you will see the fewest places if you decide to walk. But the places that … Continue reading The Radical Simplicity of Walking
The Great Trail
New trail allowing a ramble across Canada from Victoria, Vancouver to St. John's, Newfoundland covering 24,000km (15,000 miles). https://thegreattrail.ca/
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