What Do You Consider Hiking?
Greetings. I just walked 4.5 miles on a “hiking trail.” I had with me only my parents and my dog. To me it was more of going for a walk. Yes we were in woods, but does hiking generally mean carrying a backpack or a bunch of gear with you? What’s the deal here?
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Gnerally I consider it walking where it’s also acceptable to pee.
Hiking is from my chair to the fridge during a football game.
Yes, you are right it’s walking, exercising and letting your mind bathe in the beautiful things of nature!…
Have a nice walk!!
No, that’s backpacking. What you did today was indeed hiking. And you were also walking, so I suppose you were multitasking too.
Backpacking is generally considered hiking with a pack and when you are headed to a place to camp for the night.
But does it really matter what you call it?
Obviously this is a question in semantics, and different folks
will have varying answers. Off course to hike you have to walk
but there is walking and there is “walking”, the later being at
a rather good clip and goal-directed. The first is like “mall
walking” or outdoors on a paved surface perhaps in a park.
Usually hiking is considered to be outdoors, and in the woods;
and generally more than a couple miles, perhaps from 4 to
20 miles and at a moderate to fast pace, not just ambling
along. For day-hiking one will usually have a small back
pack (school pack size OK) for carrying water, snacks, and
first aid stuff. Long-distance and overnight hikers will have
larger packs, with tent, sleeping bag, cooking gear, etc. for the longer haul. So I think what you did was a “walk in the
woods” but others would say you were hiking. Either way
you are to be commended for getting outdoors and enjoying
nature; keep it up! What you call it is not so important as
doing it. (A rose is a rose is…….etc.)