[at-l] walking or hiking

[Carla & Dave Hicks]

I would guess the hiking, backpacking (in its various forms), folk walking, 
mall walking, the folk doing laps (heel and toe as well as barely moving) at 
the park and gym, etc are all subsets of recreational walking -- which is a 
subset itself of the world of walking.  And as often the case, the beauty, the 
attraction, the difference is in the eye of the beholder.

IMHO, the distinction is lost on me -- albeit I do some but not all.

OTOH, your question brought to mind an obersavation of a friend of mine from 
across the pond, "Most of the people in the world walk, or bicycle, to go 
somewhere.  You Yanks go somewhere to walk, or bicycle."

Chainsaw

BTW -- At home, I use a treadmill and at the gym I use an elliptical trainer. 
Now is that walking?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lilla Thompson" <lthompson at hollins.edu>
To: <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:36 AM
Subject: [at-l] walking or hiking


What's the difference?  Is it time, distance, pace, purpose/objective,
terrain, path/surface, some combination of the above?  Just curious as
to how others make the distinction...



Lilla

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