[pct-l] Break Strategies
Michael Irving
michaeljirving at gmail.com
Wed Nov 20 23:54:20 CST 2013
OK, here's an actual hiking question to mix things up.
To provide some context, I'm not a thru-hiker but a MYTH (multi-year thru hiker) hopefully.
When I hike I tend to want to power through with pretty short breaks that may not even involve taking my pack off or sitting down. I usually have a short lunch but that may only be 20-30 min. I read/hear about thru-hikers often times having more formal breaks. (I tend to eat steadily through the day rather than set eating/break times).
So, my question is if there is any info or opinions on how a break strategy or lack thereof impacts the average persons body in ability to hike longer miles and/or the same miles more comfortably. Sometimes it seems that breaks can make it even harder due to tightening up.
Any experienced thoughts on this one? I don't recall it being discussed since I've been reading about the PCT over the last few years.
Thanks!
-GoalTech
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