metacomet
08-05-2009, 04:23 PM
This could be a health topic but it does concern survival. A good hard hike has been known to cause heart attacks for people who are not fit enough. Most people of 'average' or below average fitness, whether overweight or not, speak of things like heart palpitation etc.
I have observed many people who go hunting etc. who can't climb a hill and it makes me wonder what would happen without their trucks or ATV? The simple fact is he who covers more miles is better off in the wilderness and most people are liable to injure themselves due to lack of strength and heart endurance.
Pretty simple issue, but I haven't seen it brought up. A normal man should be able to run a mile without effort and climb/hike more than a dozen. In our evolutionary past we regularly covered 20 miles a day, or at least that equivalent between one settlement to the next. Think about how far off most people are from this now, and it becomes clear how much the outdoorsmen has an advantage with good conditioning.
I have observed many people who go hunting etc. who can't climb a hill and it makes me wonder what would happen without their trucks or ATV? The simple fact is he who covers more miles is better off in the wilderness and most people are liable to injure themselves due to lack of strength and heart endurance.
Pretty simple issue, but I haven't seen it brought up. A normal man should be able to run a mile without effort and climb/hike more than a dozen. In our evolutionary past we regularly covered 20 miles a day, or at least that equivalent between one settlement to the next. Think about how far off most people are from this now, and it becomes clear how much the outdoorsmen has an advantage with good conditioning.