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> I was scrolling around the world, setting directions for how to cross Russia by foot (which let me tell you in case you ever wondered, should take roughly 60
by linkmotif 9y ago
> I was scrolling around the world, setting directions for how to cross Russia by foot (which let me tell you in case you ever wondered, should take roughly 60 hours, depending on locations used) in a matter of moments, and it really was quite easy to do.
This post lost me here. I couldn’t cross Maryland in 60 hours on foot. Much less Russia. Missing some zeros?
- chx 9y agoCould it be 60 days? Russia has a maximum east-west extent of some 5,600 miles (9,000 km) and a north-south width of 1,500 to 2,500 miles (2,500 to 4,000 km). (According to Encyclopedia Britannica) How long would that take to walk? Let's look at another continent for data.. According to the Pacific Crest Trail Association the Pacific Crest Trail spans 2,650 miles (4,265 kilometers) and the elite athletes can do two months, generally it takes five months. So: 60 days to cross Russia North-to-South is not entirely out of question. And then, who knows what the author meant. If you were to walk from Pattina, Estonia to Rasony, Belarus, that's about 60 hours and almost all of it is in Russia and in a sense it crosses Russia.
- linkmotif 9y agoYeah I’m guessing it must be days. I entered Moscow to Vladivostok into Google Maps (heh) and got 73 days. In reality I’m pretty sure that walk would take me at least half a year. Probably a year.
- chx 9y agoYeah that's just distance divided by speed, I think. That's why I picked the Pacific Trail data instead.