tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801483473113363785.post6252399463612601163..comments2023-05-12T05:10:20.941-04:00Comments on Raven Crowking's Nest: Frozen In Time and Wilderness Adventuringravencrowkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315630554847698555noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801483473113363785.post-27730586085004130412013-09-06T14:42:33.710-04:002013-09-06T14:42:33.710-04:00And especially in the wilderness (i.e. not on a tr...And especially in the wilderness (i.e. not on a trail) and with gear. We routinely did 30 kilometer (~18 mile) road marches (so on an actual road) when I was in basic traininng with full gear (including, for some of us, an M60 machine gun and belt of ammunition) -- so about 80-100 lbs of gear. There were three 30 minute rest stops, and one obligatory ambush, and we were not "quick stepping" but I can tell you -- I was in the best shape of my life then, and I would be dead tired by the end of that. Couldn't imagine doing that day after day wearing iron/steel, wool and wood. Of course, we didn't have mules and henchmen either... :)Paul Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911441450012146207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801483473113363785.post-57482818047003503622013-08-24T19:44:03.333-04:002013-08-24T19:44:03.333-04:00Of related interest: http://walking.about.com/b/2...Of related interest: http://walking.about.com/b/2007/03/19/how-far-can-a-healthy-person-walk.htm<br /><br />As an older teen, I walked from Harland, Wisconsin to Brookfield, Wisconsin (about 16 miles), and that would be difficult to do on a daily basis. In the US Army, a similar road march would be accomplished faster, and I could have done more, but 24 miles per day, every day, would be hard on an individual. You certainly could not do those speeds while foraging, IME and IMHO, unless you got extremely lucky.ravencrowkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315630554847698555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801483473113363785.post-85296281957553887802013-08-24T17:55:37.269-04:002013-08-24T17:55:37.269-04:00I've always interpreted "foraging during ...I've always interpreted "foraging during standard movement" as not meaning that you literally can forage while walking, but that standard movement involves a lot of resting along the way and some of those rest periods might as well be devoted to picking berries (or taking opportunistic shots at a rabbit, stopping to fish, etc). In B/X the standard foot movement is about 24 miles, maybe amounting to 8 hours at 3 mph. Usually there are a lot more than 8 hours of daylight, unless you're unfortunately enough to be in the wilderness in the dead of winter.<br /><br />On the other hand, if you attempt a 36-mile forced march then you give up all those rest periods, and now it should really be impossible to do anything but walk all day and then collapse at the end.Edward Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722813928118912296noreply@blogger.com