(23 June 2013, 12:57)NorthernRaider Wrote: (23 June 2013, 12:48)Grumpy Grandpa Wrote: Just for information, in mountaineering/hillwalking terms (and that's generally quite rough ground,) a fit person with a pack is estimated to cover the ground at 3mph/5kph (20 min per mile/12 min per km). This formula is used to estimate distances achievable, time to objective and in micro-nav in poor visibility, as a measure of short stages following a bearing.
There's an addition to that, adding 1 min per contour climbed...
No, that's not right... 1 min per 50' height gain? Damn - it's been a while!
Sod it - see Glenmore Lodge for the height gain bit...
I thought sensible people and Light Infantrymen walked ROUND nasty hills 
Also as an ex-Light Infanryman,.. this is about as I remember it,.. and I dont think we ever walked around the bloody hills
Its already been said, but just to give my view, I am overweight, yet I walk the hills around my place most days with the dogs, usualy for about an hour and a half, but often for up to six hours at a time,.. yet I dont seem to loose a lot of weight,...and it is very rough country around here.
So walking is not a problem,..I dont run unless I have to, especially on rough ground
We all have different expectations, and I personally think that as long as you think you are fit enough to meet those expectation, then you are fit enough,...
Getting fitter of course would make things easier, and would possibly increase your expectations, but we are not always able to do that, for instance I am not about to jog around the place, and the nearest Gym is,.. not sure, but a long way away,..so I am limited to what I am doing now
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