The slow death of purposeless walking

[dancier]

It seems that walking is something that people don't do these days unless it's got a purpose, like fitness etc, gone are the days when people go out for leisurely strolls.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27186709

[photohiker]

It strikes me that even a leisurely stroll has a purpose?

[michael_p]

Interesting article Dancier, thank you.

Nietzsche was a prolific walker. Maybe if I do more walking I might be able to work out what the hell he was going on about.

Good article about physical activity and brain activity: http://lifehacker.com/5938216/what-happens-to-our-brains-during-exercise-and-why-it-makes-us-happier.

[geoskid]

It strikes me that even a leisurely stroll has a purpose?

Ah, Photohiker, perhaps you fall into the same trap as those that think the Universe has a purpose.

I forget how or where, but I suspect it was here( on this site) that I followed thru on a recommendation to read this:

The Gentle Art Of Tramping by Stephen Graham.

I find it beautiful - I am only half way thru, It is my reach for book when I get time to dream.

[walkon]

It strikes me that even a leisurely stroll has a purpose?

Ah, Photohiker, perhaps you fall into the same trap as those that think the Universe has a purpose.

I forget how or where, but I suspect it was here( on this site) that I followed thru on a recommendation to read this:

The Gentle Art Of Tramping by Stephen Graham.

I find it beautiful - I am only half way thru, It is my reach for book when I get time to dream.

Just looked up the book and I've got to say nothing gentle about the price of it.

Kind of difficult topic really when you think about it. Sometimes you just go for a walk but you take the dogs with you, so is it walking the dogs or just taking a stroll with your mates. When you pick out, say a circuit to do, does it now have a purpose to get you back to the start.

Our are they meaning simply to go 'Bush'. I'm good at that but your topic is right, for me doing this is getting less frequent. Now having to organize things to fit a trip in somewhere.

Mmmm.... I wonder if the book is on Kindle

[geoskid]

Mmmm.... I wonder if the book is on Kindle

Yeah , Walkon, I got it on Kindle - I know it is old but I never thought to look at the price for the physical book.

Sorry to take the thread (mind walk) off track. I did'nt want it to get lost.

[photohiker]

It strikes me that even a leisurely stroll has a purpose?

Ah, Photohiker, perhaps you fall into the same trap as those that think the Universe has a purpose.

It might, but I don't pretend to know it.

I think even a leisurely stroll has a purpose, whatever it may be, conscious or subconscious. To relax, to observe and experience the outdoors, perhaps to spend time with someone, take some time out, etc. Just because a 'purpose' is nominated like fitness doesn't mean that unmentioned purposes do not exist.

[geoskid]

It strikes me that even a leisurely stroll has a purpose?

Ah, Photohiker, perhaps you fall into the same trap as those that think the Universe has a purpose.

It might, but I don't pretend to know it.

I think even a leisurely stroll has a purpose, whatever it may be, conscious or subconscious. To relax, to observe and experience the outdoors, perhaps to spend time with someone, take some time out, etc. Just because a 'purpose' is nominated like fitness doesn't mean that unmentioned purposes do not exist.

Yes, I think you are probably right, and key for me is your reference to 'conscious or subconscious'.
It really is no surpripse (to people who do it ) that when you walk for a long(ish) time, you get time to think creatively/sort *&%$#! out - whether one realizes that that is what one is doing or not. We're on to it

[corvus]

The BWT STROLLERS went on some fantastic Strolls some taxing some needing some extra effort some a dawdle, end result was a wish to do more
corvus