Demoralizing

[mikailborg]

I was feeling really good about the 17 miles I've walked this month, until I looked up a reference in the Atlas of Middle-Earth.

In one month's travel from Bag End to Rivendell, Frodo & Co. walked 450 miles!!!

Okay, they walked all day everyday, and were motivated by Black Riders on their tail. But still... I'm not quite so proud of myself.

Comments

don't forget

[raininva.livejournal.com]

Don't forget... being halflings their legs are shorter too... so they would probably take 2 steps or 1 1/2 for every 1 you take.

But to make you feel better... umm it's just a story... they didn't actually walk that far... you actually walked 17 miles. So you should still feel good.

Re: don't forget

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Good point!

But I think now one of my long-term goals is to "walk to Rivendell", so to speak. That will give me a good goal after I'm comfortable walking more than five miles every week.

[yubbie.livejournal.com]

Ok, some points here

• You walked seventeen miles man!


• You're depressed because fictional characters who could just as easily have walked 1450 miles with a simple tick of a pen walked more than you did,


• You walked seventeen miles man!


• Even if lotr was an accurate historical account, the hobbits walk everywhere, every day, and did a lot of physical labor. 450 miles to them is probably 40 miles to you.

*grinning*

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Your points are excellent! I will stop worrying about it.

I guess I was just a bit startled to see those figures - I figured that 17 miles would at least get me halfway to Bree and "The Prancing Pony". As you say, these guys obviously walked a lot.

Re: *grinning*

[yubbie.livejournal.com]

Think about the 17th and 18th century around here... Getting from the Draper's Meadow settlement into Roanoke town for a beer would have involved at least one night of camping, each way, unless you happened to have a horse. Then it was just an overnighter... That's why sw va and w va families are so interbred - when it's a three day trip to the next bloodline, you end up marrying your second cousin. Or worse.

[kittykatya.livejournal.com]

Ok -- no more atlases for you when you're tired. :)