Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike
by dasil003 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @08:13PM
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Over the same distance sure, but have you ever raced mountain bikes? The broken terrain thing applies as well. And the increased efficiency just translates into more speed and distance. You might think descending 10k feet on a bicycle is cake compared to hiking, but packing that elevation drop into a tiny fraction of the time leads is actually a fairly intense upper body workout.
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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike
by bootload on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @10:30PM
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"have you ever raced mountain bikes?"
No. I think the OP was referring to road racing. One question, "do you carry the bikes uphill?"
Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike
by dasil003 on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:15PM
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When you hike do you ever jump down a 20-foot cliff?
It's asinine to get into this dick measuring contest, you shouldn't claim your sport is more hard-core than a sport you don't know. This mentality is why Lance Armstrong got his ass handed to him the first time he tried mountain bike racing because he thought it would be easy. And yes, there are race format where you carry bikes uphill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclo-cross.