How do people backpack so easily? I (27F) am a relatively…
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How do people backpack so easily?
I (27F) am a relatively fit person. Not an athlete, but I work out 5x/week, take walks nearly every day, and go on reasonably long hikes \~2-4x/month. But when I do really long, strenuous 8+ mile hikes at elevation I hike slow and I hurt the next day or am just exhausted.
I really want to pick up backpacking so I can make it to peaks that I wouldnt be able to get to in one day but after a long strenuous day hike I can't imagine getting up and doing that long of a hike again the next day. I hear about people doing about 8-10 miles a day backpacking and I dont understand how you sustain that for multiple days in a row. I've known people who never hiked before that just went out and did the entire AT spontaneously and it makes me feel like there's something wrong with my body.
Is there some secret to this that I'm missing?
#activity #hiking
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I (27F) am a relatively fit person. Not an athlete, but I work out 5x/week, take walks nearly every day, and go on reasonably long hikes \~2-4x/month. But when I do really long, strenuous 8+ mile hikes at elevation I hike slow and I hurt the next day or am just exhausted.
I really want to pick up backpacking so I can make it to peaks that I wouldnt be able to get to in one day but after a long strenuous day hike I can't imagine getting up and doing that long of a hike again the next day. I hear about people doing about 8-10 miles a day backpacking and I dont understand how you sustain that for multiple days in a row. I've known people who never hiked before that just went out and did the entire AT spontaneously and it makes me feel like there's something wrong with my body.
Is there some secret to this that I'm missing?
#activity #hiking
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