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[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 69 points 8 months ago

Unlike driving and talking, when I'm driving around a one ton hunk of metal that could kill people if I'm too distractedgrillman

Also how is walking around the town boring? You get more time to see what's around you and if there's an interesting spot you can stop and check it out.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 56 points 8 months ago

Another user here told me the average american hike is 3 miles and I have not been able to get that off my brain since. That's the shit I do with a friend on a hangover to get some fresh air

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 47 points 8 months ago

You have to remember two things

  1. Many Americans live in suburbs where 3 miles might get you out of the suburb

  2. America's car brained infrastructure design means most places have incredibly shit accommodations for pedestrians

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

I mean I get the socioeconomic reasons, I think what irks me most is calling 3 miles a hike. That's a walk. It's fine to do a walk, it's just not hiking

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago

This might just be everyone saying they like hiking these days. It's great, but is also sure to pull down that number.

[-] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In most of the popular hiking spots in my state, once you go a mile down a trail there's like nobody around.

IMO it's more about duration than mileage. You can't call it a hike if it's under an hour, that's a walk. I'm of the opinion that if you can do it comfortably without drinking water it's probably a walk. That said, three miles can definitely be a hike, there are plenty of trails in the northeast US that will give you >2000 feet of elevation gain in that distance.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

Much like the BMI is useless if you're a bodybuilder statistic I'm fairly certain the average hike in the US or anywhere is not made up of a significant enough amount of hiking straight up a vertical wall to make this statistic entirely worthless

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

A hike should be 6 minimum, 8 ideally. Doing something like the Appalachian Trail will have you doing like 15-20/day though.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hold on, you mean a "hike in nature"-hike?

3 miles doesn't get you anywhere

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

It's what I've been told and I trust every user of this site entirely uncritically

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

3 miles, isn't that like 5 kilometres? We did longer hikes in third grade.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

You get more time to see what's around you and if there's an interesting spot you can stop and check it out

There is nothing interesting to see in America, even in the center of most cities.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Driving and talking is too difficult, that's why I drive and text

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