It’s easy to think that a hiking stick can be picked up from the forest floor and be an affable companion for you as you journey. It’s just a stick. Yet finding that straight branch with the right heft that gives that overwhelming feeling of connection is rare. Celebrate it if you find it. KeepContinue reading “Hiking stick timber choices. An Australian (Victorian) perspective.”
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The Walkers High – Entering Flow
The runner’s high is well documented with testimonials and scientific reasoning. It is the state of euphoria that overcomes the runner after a period of exertion. Athletes report a lapse in anxiety and a higher pain threshold. Strangely, it does not manifest in all runners. As a walker I am interested in the translation ofContinue reading “The Walkers High – Entering Flow”
Leslie Stephen, “In Praise of Walking”
Sir Leslie Stephen’s essay “In Praise of Walking” was published in his four-volume collection of essays, Studies of a Biographer, which first appeared between 1898 and 1902.
A Journey On Country.
“Knowledge and skills trump equipment, so learn as much as you can” – Gordon Dedman, Bushcraft Survival Australia. Dangerous ideas are contained within. Enter at own risk. This essay addresses the modern dilemma of PLB’s, sat phones, personal responsibility, preparation and mortality. If you have ever thought about the olde ways on expedition, you should invest some time with this opinion piece.
Essay: What can a really long walk in the Alps teach you about life, fear and laziness?
Jonathan Arian’s reflections on a long walk
Essay: “Out Walking”
I am out walking and nothing else matters. Find me if you wish or dare.
Why walking helps us think
Ferris Jabr – The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/walking-helps-us-think
Essay: Go for a walk
Arthur C. Brooks In this Essay Arthur writes of the transcendental fruits of a long walk. A new, very natural routine evolves and is dictated by walking pace. “But by about day three, these torments begin to subside as the walk begins to slow the mind to the speed of the body at a paceContinue reading “Essay: Go for a walk”
Walking and Thinking
Something from Mike Garofalo http://mpgtaijiquan.blogspot.com/2022/02/walking-and-thinking.html
Beds in the Bush
Robert Henderson Croll “Along the Track” Bob Croll published “Along the track” in 1930. Its a memoir of travels in the Victorian Bush per boot. The Order commends this essay to you. File it under nostalgia. You can read other essays from the book here. “Bed in the bush with stars to see.” -R.L.S AContinue reading “Beds in the Bush”
The Order Of Walkers 