Why is it that if I walk 3 miles around a field that's a hike (hexbear.net)

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But if I walk 3 miles around my neighborhood that's a walk. I did that yesterday and I want to say I hiked but nobody will let me kitty-cri

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[-] HamManBad@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Hiking is to walking as mountain biking is to... regular biking. It'd be odd to say you were mountain biking if you just went around the neighborhood. Honestly even calling a walk through a field a hike is pushing it, but I guess that's as wild as nature gets in some places