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Hoofing it with 10 days of water? You realize how much that weighs? And I note no mention of food. 10 days of hoofing it without food isn't going to happen.
by LorenPechtel 5y ago
Hoofing it with 10 days of water? You realize how much that weighs?
And I note no mention of food. 10 days of hoofing it without food isn't going to happen. A day of hoofing it with a pack burns 4000-5000 calories/day. Your body quickly depletes it's ready stores and you're down to fat reserves--and the rate that you can use those is limited.
- barrkel 5y agoHe couldn't have been more than 40 hours walk from the coast. If the map was accurate, a lot less to a road.
- LorenPechtel 5y agoDepends on the terrain. Last year there was a case in the local news of a guy who died out in Death Valley when he tried to hoof it after a breakdown. His objective was less than 10 miles from his car. I know something of the terrain and even without looking at a map my first reaction to what he attempted was that it would be impossible even by survival standards. I do not believe the terrain could be traversed even with mountaineering gear. (Too much of it is loose material near the maximum stable angle--it won't bear weight.)