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Chris Townsend <Chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Puppet_Sock <puppet_sock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>On Aug 30, 5:41 pm, Bruce in alaska <f...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> I always figured that if you were out, farther than two days of steady
>>> Hiking, from the nearest Road, in any direction, that connected to
>>> somewheres else, that you would be in the "BackCountry"
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>>At the rate I walk some days, by that defintion,
>>the back row of seats on the bus is "BackCountry."
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>It's like a sign I've seen in the Pyrenees saying that camping is only
>allowed an hour or more walking distance from the road.
Presumably on a trail.
>How far is an hour's walk?
Naismith's rule with a day pack uses 3 MPH. So start with 3 miles as a
strawman. This is about the minimium overnight distance that places
like Yosemite rangers issue wilderness permits away from a road (trail
or no trail).
Of course if Gross were still here, he would argue that he walks 5 MPH
(jogs maybe, but Bob doesn't walk 5 MPH, he would not be able to
verbally impress people that way).
Junction marking signs in the Alps I've noticed use time (hrs and
fractions or min) to note summer hiking distances. Similarly a local
newspaper travel section had a letter to the editor complaint that a
particular trail in Yosemite was rated "too hard". Even American travel
writers note that elderly Europeans in many cases walk impressive
distances and elevation gains, but that's largely because they have been
recreating that way their entire life times.
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