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[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 56 points 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

3 miles doesn't get you anywhere

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

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

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

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

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