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With practice, I’m sure you can become as good as you can imagine. Habit forming is the trick, in my experience, prioritizing it and sticking to it. It might he
by dahart 4y ago
With practice, I’m sure you can become as good as you can imagine. Habit forming is the trick, in my experience, prioritizing it and sticking to it. It might help to focus on ways to enjoy hiking, by starting small and having goals. Do easy 2km hikes somewhere beautiful or fun once a week until you’re longing to go harder and further, and then increase your length & difficulty slowly. You can set a destination. In the city, maybe your destination is a new sandwich shop across town, and you can enjoy some lunch and be less exhausted.
I’m also in my 40s. My typical day hikes are around 10km in the mountains, but I like to walk around in the city as well. Some hikes are shorter (~3km), and some are occasionally longer (~20km) if I have all day. On summer nights, instead of sitting on the couch, I like to download a movie and take a “Netflix walk”. In the mountains, I like exploring and seeing new places. My longest hike was about 80km through a mountain range. I went with a friend and it took 3 days because our packs had about 20kg of camping gear and food. That’s more backpacking than hiking, but I guess I’m saying that once you’re hiking a lot and you really enjoy it you can hike as far as you want, the limiter might be more time & motivation than distance.
- TekMol 4y agoWhat is a "Netflix walk"?
- dahart 4y agoJust watching a movie while I walk. ;) I take an iPad and wander for a couple of miles enjoying the movie.
- dopidopHN 4y agoI can understand with podcast. But with a movie it sound like the worSt of both world.
- dahart 4y agoWhy’s that? Personally I find it doesn’t compromise, but of course your mileage may vary. For me it’s a nice way to get a few kilometers in, and is better than sitting on the couch. Usually I’m watching a show or movie or YouTube regardless, might as well move while I do it.
- alphabettsy 4y agoSounds dangerous, but whatever keeps you moving.
- Markoff 4y agoBecause you can't enjoy neither walk (enviroment), nor movie (must pay attention to your surroundings) plus it sounds still quite dangerous.
- angelbar 4y agoNewPipe is your friend... use it like a audiobook
- Markoff 4y agohe said he is WATCHING movies, not listening
- dahart 4y agoHey don’t try it if it sounds too scary to you. I was sharing my routine because the @TekMol asked about it, not suggesting it for anyone else. @angelbar’s audiobook suggestion is a good one; I do that too sometimes. And sometimes I do language lessons while walking instead of books or podcasts or movies. For me, it’s very enjoyable and I can watch a movie; it isn’t hard to pay enough attention, and it isn’t dangerous at all. Never had a Netflix walk injury of any kind or any close calls, and I’ve had loads of minor scratches, slips, falls, bumps, rolled ankles, sunburns, etc. etc., while hiking in the mountains and paying full attention. Mountain hiking is much more dangerous than walking in the city looking at an iPad half the time (and I wouldn’t call mountain hiking ‘dangerous’).