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How much weight/distance for backpack training?
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<blockquote data-quote="cvixx" data-source="post: 2779176" data-attributes="member: 51421"><p>I am truly impressed with the amount and distances you folks go with. I am 78, 6'6" and 230. I am walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain and plan to finish the last 200 miles next March. I was supposed to be walking now, but a knee replacement had to take place. The rule of thumb there is 10-15% of your body weight. No need for a tent or food, as it is available along the route. I usually make 14 miles a day, up and down hills. Far enough for these old bones. I do plan to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon in October and there the weight will be significantly heavier as tent, food, pad and stove will be added. I live in S. Utah, at 5600', with hills going up to 11,000', so can get some training hikes around town that are pretty strenuous. I think the base altitude helps a lot when I go to lower elevations to trek.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cvixx, post: 2779176, member: 51421"] I am truly impressed with the amount and distances you folks go with. I am 78, 6’6” and 230. I am walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain and plan to finish the last 200 miles next March. I was supposed to be walking now, but a knee replacement had to take place. The rule of thumb there is 10-15% of your body weight. No need for a tent or food, as it is available along the route. I usually make 14 miles a day, up and down hills. Far enough for these old bones. I do plan to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon in October and there the weight will be significantly heavier as tent, food, pad and stove will be added. I live in S. Utah, at 5600’, with hills going up to 11,000’, so can get some training hikes around town that are pretty strenuous. I think the base altitude helps a lot when I go to lower elevations to trek. [/QUOTE]
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