Re:Humans grow linearly, companies grow exponentially – inte...
by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday June 18, 2018 @08:49AM
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Huh, interesting. This Quora answer[1] claims:
Some horses do have tremendous endurance capabilities, but not many. The average companion-horse probably would not comfortably go 56km / 35 miles in one day. The average rider would find 35 miles too far, as well!
The Wikipedia article referred to up-thread talks about the Human vs Horse race being 35 km / 22 miles, with the humans on foot having a 15 minute head start.
I always assumed those movie sequences where a bunch of folk on horseback go after a person on foot, who had a few minutes head start, were a dramatisation. Turns out it's probably more realistic than I thought, with the person on foot having the advantage of being able to traverse terrain a horse would have to go around.
Some horses do have tremendous endurance capabilities, but not many. The average companion-horse probably would not comfortably go 56km / 35 miles in one day. The average rider would find 35 miles too far, as well!
The Wikipedia article referred to up-thread talks about the Human vs Horse race being 35 km / 22 miles, with the humans on foot having a 15 minute head start.
I always assumed those movie sequences where a bunch of folk on horseback go after a person on foot, who had a few minutes head start, were a dramatisation. Turns out it's probably more realistic than I thought, with the person on foot having the advantage of being able to traverse terrain a horse would have to go around.
1. https://www.quora.com/Horseback-Riding-How-long-can-a-horse-...