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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5365718" data-attributes="member: 4348">Sorry to disappoint, but I've done 50 miles in a DAY, and that wasn't even a day that I went from beginning to end (that would be more of a 12 hour hike per day).  I've gone for a week hiking as well...but then, I suppose I'm more experienced then anyone here.  Wouldn't call myself an adventurer.I HAVE done quite a bit of hiking in my younger days however...that's since died out, that stuff's for the young...but then, maybe I was in better shape then some here as well, back in my youth.That's with ALL living supplies on my back that I'll live off of for at least a week, plus mountain climbing equipment.I could be happy to say they could go 25 miles a day on foot.On horse, it probably would be higher if they weren't rushing at breakneck speed (for example the Pony Express went through 4 horses, but in the time period of 24 hours I think they went about 240 miles...A DAY...they allowed 60 miles per leg of 6 hours...and then would change up horses and riders).These slow speeds of hiking are ridiculous overall...coming from someone who's done quite a bit...IF they are going along trails which are actually quite easy hiking.ON the otherhand, with scouts, I doubt I'd do anything over a 10 mile hike if I didn't have too.  They don't seem to go that fast or hard...but they do have fun.  10 miles could take all day.  I remember one that we were going up a trail in Utah...I think it was Zions...it was a trail going up for about a mile and they were all dying.  It was interesting...took us half a day just to hike 5 miles...and an hour to come back down the next day.  We did stop at Angels Landing...but that was to let the other boys actually catch up.The worst was a 50 mile hike...but I wasn't over that one.  That was my dad...and he forced hiked those scouts 25 miles a day.  They were one tired bunch of kids...but did the 50 miles over a weekend.Of course my Dad was the one who thought that we should be able to do a 5 mile hike in the scout hour...and that after all the other stuff...we did it in the last 45 minutes.  That turned out to be more of jog/run...if you think I am terrible with my estimates you should see what my dad.If you are comparing that (younger or inexperienced hikes) to what serious hikers and serious climbers can do...your estimates of what full time adventurers (who should be used to going off on the trails and wildlands) I think your estimates are waaaay off.  Which is where the mile per hour comes from?I don't consider myself, even when I was younger, in the shape an adventurer from an RPG would be in...so my expectations of what adventurers should be able to do is probably higher than yours.</blockquote>

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