In my 30's. I do roughly 30-40km a day with around 20kg pack. If you want to get better, load water or any weight into a bag and walk around hilly areas.
How long does this take? Honestly sounds like bullshit.
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Re: Ask HN: Are you hiking? How old are you and how many kilometers can you Hike?
#32I'm in my 30's. It's absolutely normal to feel exhausted by hiking if you haven't done it or other sports in quite some time. In the hiking groups I used to attend, there were plenty of people decades older than you who could go much further than 5km without a sweat (figuratively speaking). I imagine that if you do some hiking periodically that your body will adjust to it in a short period of time.
Re: Ask HN: Are you hiking? How old are you and how many kilometers can you Hike?
#33Im quite young(under 21) but hiking as been a huge outlet for my stress. During the first lockdown, weekly hiking was my time of self care. Its also super good for your cardio vascular system. My Vo2 Max raised around 10-15 points from hiking alone along with my overall speed. Hiking is also one of those thing where it indirectly teaches you life skills; sometimes zigzags are the fastest route or slow and steady is f…
Out of curiosity, what did you use to measure your VO2max?
Re: Ask HN: Are you hiking? How old are you and how many kilometers can you Hike?
#34My personal best in 24h of mountain was 140km and 10000m up + 10000m down. I am not professional, but recreational runner who primary trained seriously for marathon
Re: Ask HN: Are you hiking? How old are you and how many kilometers can you Hike?
#35Re: Ask HN: Are you hiking? How old are you and how many kilometers can you Hike?
#36You can get a lot better, just keep it up. Continuing to do it after becomes a chore is crucial to getting better, but don't push too hard at first.
As others have said, how far you can do depends greatly on the terrain and load you are carrying. Also how many days in a row you are going to do it. I'm in my late 40s and have found that's the biggest change. I can still hike about as far as I could in my 20s (though I can no longer carry as much), but I can't do max distance multiple days in a row.
I recommend alltrails.com to find trails around you and see how long it takes other hikers. The average time spent and the trail rating can be more useful than the distance. Make sure to look at the vertical too.
Hiking is a great life-long sport! My dad is in his 80s and still does it.
Re: Ask HN: Are you hiking? How old are you and how many kilometers can you Hike?
#37Hong Kong has a lot of beautiful trails. I’m in my mid 30s and decided to hike the MacLehose Trail with a few friends to round out the year in Dec 2020. It’s a 100km trail that runs from the East to the West of Hong Kong and it passes through mountains, lakes, sandy beaches and even a few WW2 tunnels. We split the trail into 4 separate days, so around 25km a day. Some parts were tough, but the experience as a whole was pretty rewarding.
Re: Ask HN: Are you hiking? How old are you and how many kilometers can you Hike?
#38My personal best in 24h of mountain was 140km and 10000m up + 10000m down. I am not professional, but recreational runner who primary trained seriously for marathon
Did this when I was 36 years old