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"Don’t step on anything you can step over." - What does this mean?

This statement is one of those pieces of wisdom that sounds profound, but isn't. Following this advice can lead you into trouble as easily as it can help you avoid trouble. The other answers have i …
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What's a good shoe for long-distance walking?

You say you don't need ankle support, and you won't be walking on sharp stones or near snakes, and that you walk more on your toes than your heels. …
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Why is it tiring to "keep down" with a slower person on a walk or hike?

But walking at a slower pace than is natural is also tiring. And resting doesn't help -- to the contrary. Does anyone have an explanation for why this is so? …
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Training to Circumambulate Around Mount Kailash

You have a wonderful goal! It is good that you understand it can take time to work up to this trip. I recommend that you think in terms of several years, not decades, because (a) after 50, most peop …
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What are the dangers of walking barefoot in towns/cities?

I can't answer about a small town in Canada, so I will answer about my own small town (really just a village center) in northern Virginia. I don't think there would be any great physical dangers here …
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Flight of the Phoenix (1965) -- how realistic would walking out be?

Whether one could collect enough during part of the night to sustain one in walking out during the rest of the night, I have no idea. …
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Places for a "socially distant" walk

The Weekend Section of the Washington Post today has an entry about the Garden of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, which, despite living here since 1965 I had never heard of. It …
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