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Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker?View MessagesPoll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Howdy ya'll! I am new to the TT scene and thought I would get my feet wet with a littel poll. But first introductions are necessary. I am a 29 years single male currently living in the big !$%&ty of Chicago. Previously I resided in Missoula, MT and Alta, UT and will be heading back to the wilds of the western states within the next year. Now for the poll: Are you a person who enjoys "power hiking" or do you take a more leisurely pace? This quote sums it up for me: "Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine your speed. If you become restless speed up, if you become winded slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlesness and exhaustion. Then, when you're no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an end but a unique event in itself. This leaf has jagged edges. This rock's loose. From this place the snow is less visible, even though closer. To live only for some future gowl is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top."” 2:40:15 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I'm a half-fast hiker.” 2:43:10 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Hello fellow new guy. I don't think there could be any question about my hiking pace?” 2:44:31 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I'm medium-rare hiker.” 2:53:27 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “You lived in Alta? That would be sweet. My favorite ski area. I have two speeds, fast and not at all. I go hard and stop, not slow down, for views, food, rest and fun. (.)(.) | ) . ( ( Y ) 2:53:45 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Great quote, spacewrangler! Welcome! I'm the calm-walking, look-all-around type of hiker.” 3:04:35 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Usually it depends on my mood, my companions and my goals. I've done slow low mileage hikes stopping at every stream, view and blueberry patch aand wherever else I felt like. I've also done pretty big mile days, although its usually more becasuse of endurance than speed.” 3:12:50 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Gee wizzzz, MG. Get a toy!!!” 3:18:55 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Fly doesn?t like my punctuation” 3:23:28 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Slow. Mountain Gal, please put your clothing back on. Thank you.” 3:24:31 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Depends.” 3:33:19 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “.....on the situation.” 3:44:53 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “both and sometimes neither. mostly medium fast.” 3:48:24 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I hike very fast, I walk at most peoples jogging pace.” 4:09:09 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “your quote applies to me, too, spacewrangler. I don't particularly care to hike with people who have a mileage agenda and insist on sticking with it to achieve some "goal". If I wanted an agenda or a goal, I'd get a job.” 4:16:39 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “You don't need no stinkin job Jim. I hike at a medium pace, maybe a little slow going uphill in steep places.” 4:25:19 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Out there to chase some demons. Long legs - can't help it.” 4:30:21 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I walk, I run, I skip, I sashay...whatever strikes my fancy at the time. sheesh, just get me out there! :o)” 4:42:25 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “At my age slow and easy is about all that's left.” 4:42:45 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “did you say "easy". urrhhaa” 4:46:58 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I dont try to keep a specific pace. But I seem to travel at 2.5 mph. Its just my natural pace I geuss. I can go faster with ease but have no reason to, unless I am with walkindude then I hussle. Last August I did 24 miles in 7.25 hrs. But the last 6 miles were in a daze of exhaustion.” 4:47:30 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Clarification here. Mtn.Gal. I am in no way interested in your puncuation. Not your commas, hyphens or periods.” 5:32:03 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “On the uphill sections I'm relatively slow - the result of my old cigarette addiction (no more) I'm sure. But don't wait up for me cuz once I hit level ground or downhills I'm a mover! I will detour to explore side paths if I suspect an overlook or something but usually have a schedule to keep. (The car is at the other end of the trail and I have to be back to work by ___).” 6:02:51 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Mid shipman” 6:44:50 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I probably am slow. Im not sure. I like to take my time. I like to enjoy the view and see the senery. I backpack to relax.” 6:47:38 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I hike to get away from deadlines and constant rushing to get things done or be somewhere by a certain time. So, I don't like to rush on the trail. Sometimes you have to hike a certain distance because camping areas are restricted and spaced so many miles apart. But generally, I hike to hike at a moderate speed with no schedule at all.” 7:10:12 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I usually hike fast if I feel rested and strong, if not I pick a speed that feels right.” 8:00:02 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I like to dilly-dally till I run out of time then haul tail till I get back on a resonable time table to get me home on time.” 8:28:06 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Hike hard in spurts. Like to hike hard for at least an hour and a half before makin' the first stop. If the country's not too rough you'll say "Sh!t, five miles are gone an' it's not 9 o'clock,yet." Also great time to experience wildlife, coolness of a.m. etc. Say you have a 15-a-day agenda: Knock off the first five by nine, an' you'll be fine.” 8:46:02 PM 4/20/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I gotta say Fast. I try to slow down sometimes but it doesn't work for long.” 12:02:44 AM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I gotta go pretty fast to keep up with Hyperpacker, sirpeteofmillwork, & Naked Ape.” 12:08:36 AM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “My walk! 3.5 mile per hour on flat ground, when I hit the hills it drops to about 2.0” 2:16:26 AM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Depends on the trail. If it's viewless forest trails I'll smoke 'em until I get to a viewpoint. On the other hand, if I'm hiking a ridge or alpine meadow, I can wander all day. I'd rather get going early in the morning & spend the day enjoying what I see than rushing through the trail to 'get somewhere'. I agree with Space!” 5:53:52 AM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I love slow hiking, it is the way to go. I have done as fast as 12 miles in 2 hours, but I really didn't see the point in it other than I had to do it.” 8:30:01 AM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I"m a fast hiker. I've tried going slow, but it actualy hurts.” 9:26:28 AM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “It depends on the situation. If the trail is somewhat flat and I have a light pack then I chew up the miles with long strides. If the grades are steep and/or I am carrying a large pack I try to pace myself for comfort and safety reasons.” 12:20:03 PM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Fast hiker. Slow lover. 8-)” 8:17:25 PM 4/21/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I think that quote came close to describing the awareness that is so valuable when hiking. You can vary your pace, but if you are not conscious while walking, you miss it all.” 12:40:10 AM 4/22/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I like to blaze through the "non-interesting places and then hang out at cool overlooks and waterfalls” 1:15:22 AM 4/22/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Slow Hiker.....I'm the one lurching from tree to tree. :)” 8:42:49 PM 4/22/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Depends on the trip, available time, and who you're with. Seriously, if I were on my own, I'd range at about 44 paces per minute to about 2.73 miles per hour (give or take). Uphill and downhill, both. 8^)” 12:35:50 AM 4/23/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “Im a slow hiker. but then again when you have the legs of a 12 year old and carry 35 lbs I guess thats the way it goes. I enjoy looking around at things im out there to relax and have fun. im not on any foot race.” 11:47:44 AM 4/23/01 RE: Poll: Fast Hiker or Slow Hiker? “I should have been named "snails pace".” 1:07:15 PM 4/23/01 “I break camp fast. Pack up fast. Then hike slow. I had a hiking partners that were the opposite. Took them forever to get their act together in the morning. I was packed up and ready to hit the trail, but waited up to an hour for them to pack their backpack.” 10:46:59 PM 1/15/07 “I'm a slacker in camp, never want to leave. I'd live there if you let me....On the trail, I'm a moderate paced hiker.” 11:10:49 PM 1/15/07 “depends on the trail” 11:22:28 PM 1/15/07 “"Slow and steady wins the race!" (it was a tortoise who said that...) I'm slow&steady on the trail, but pack up fairly quickly... as long as there wasn't an cloudburst overnight. I hate packing up a wet, muddy tent.” 11:22:35 PM 1/15/07 “Slow-Slow” 11:41:27 PM 1/15/07 “4 mph with a pack on, 5 mph without. Is that fast or slow?” 11:43:34 PM 1/15/07 “i'm semper gumby. super flexible.” 11:44:40 PM 1/15/07
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