July 27, 2002
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What is the farthest you've ever walked?

well, i walked from mcminnville, OR through layfayete, to dundee once. god knows why. it was pouring rain and i'd say that was about twenty miles or so. i would've had to walk back but just a minute after i turned around a huge pickup with montana plates pulled over and a huge driver with a white ponytail rolled down his window and told me to get in. umm...ok. so i got in, not fearing death and he took me back to mcminnville without raping me even once. nice guy, that montanan.

A-Dog, 19
McMinnville
, OR  USA

Anymore I rarely walk more than a mile or two but 10 years ago, I took part in a 10-mile walk-a-thon and 20 years ago, my mother-in-law (who at that time was 76 years old) and I walked 15 miles to the nearest library in a small town in Texas.

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

Hard to say. Ive spent days hiking, so miles, probably/ 7-8 miles perhaps..?

Talia, 25
Stamford
, CT USA

Probably around a lake in northern Arizona. The altitude was getting to me and I had to keep stopping to rest, but I made it.

Judy, 62
Easton
, KS   USA

I have walked 4.4 miles.

Christopher, 28
San Mateo
, CA   USA

In the days of my youth, I hiked a 50 mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail. I heard whip-poor-wills in the twilight which was a very satisfactory experience.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

In one day, I suppose that would be 9 o 10 miles...

Luki, 31
Valhalla

I have no idea. Probably 10 miles.

Laura, 37
Lowell
, MA   USA

Without stopping to rest? Without turning back? What are the limitations on this question? Probably a few miles, with rest/refreshment stops.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

I hiked about 50 miles of the Appalachian trail through Maine and up Mt. Katahdin. I would love someday to hike the whole 2160 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin, but seriously doubt that I could take that much time off to do something like that. Maybe when I retire?

Tam

13 miles. The loop around Red Rock Canyon.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV   USA

Never really counted, but probably in the 10-15 mile range.

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA  USA

I believe it would be somewhere between 20 and 25 miles. I grew up in a podunk town in New England, which I've happily escaped from. There was simply nothing to do as a teenager, particularly if you  weren't interested in the slim extracurricular offerings at the high school. It was more suburban than rural: it was a dairy town into which a bunch of tech industry people had moved when Digital, Wang, Raytheon, et al  opened up plants there for the tax benefits. Small town, big incomes: but farmtown zoning meant there were no apartment buildings, no houses built right next to each other (a lot could be no smaller than one and a half acres).  No McDonald's. No movie theater. No ... anything. One traffic light (I remember when they installed it), one pizza/ice cream place (I  remember when it opened), one restaurant (breakfast and lunch only).  So I walked a lot. Usually in the afternoons or late at night. I was frequently stopped by the local police -- all of whom knew my  mother, the tax collector -- because with shoulder-length hair and a ten-years-before-Columbine trenchcoat, I looked like the kind of guy they should stop.

It was about eight or nine miles from my house to the movie theater, Denny's, and dessicated mall at the edge of the next town; when I could afford it, I'd walk over there, get some grapes or something at the grocery store, see a movie, and loiter at Denny's with the rest of the nowhere-else-to-be crowd.

Bill, 27
New Orleans
, LA  USA

Almost 6 miles - from one friend's house to another, then to the mall where I used to hang out with friends. This was about 5 years ago.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

About 6 miles.

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

I remember the walk (all over Bar Harbor, hiked about 8 small mountains) but don't have the slightest clue what the distance was. I'll guess about 20 miles.

Alias Irrelevante

Not sure but one time my car broke down and I had to walk from High School to home. The walk was a good 8 miles but I didn't complain too bad. It was a geourgous day out. Light breeze not too warm and not too chilly. I enjoyed it.

Stephanie, 25
TX  USA

10 miles. As a teenager I did the 10 mi walk for ... I think it was the American Heart Association.

Firelady, 24
Frisco
, TX   USA

Barring hikes I did when I was a child, I'd say about 8 miles. I don't know, though. It's easy in the city, because you can count the blocks, but I know I've walked quite a bit when my car has broken down in the country.

Cancer, 20
NYC
, NY   USA

One day, my neighbor, and my best friend went on a three mile adventure to a girl's house who we did not know. One the way I had a dead snake thrown at me, a piggy back ride, and we even passed by Doctor Doolittles house!

Sarah Jane, 15
Preston
, CT   USA

Five miles

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

I once walked about 7 miles from my home to a Korvettes store across the island...it was a hot day too! I think I was about 13 years old at the time. Don't know what my friend and I were thinking, but we made it ... I don't even think we bought anything when we got there!!!

Fisch, 47
Preston
, CT   USA

I don't know. I've never walked in a race or anything like that. I only walk for pleasure, a couple of miles.

KarenNJ, still 25
Milltown
, NJ   USA

4 miles

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

I once walked about 20 kilometers.

Ryan, 29
Morton
, IL   USA

Admittedly, I've led a very sheltered life and the most I've ever walked at once was 3 miles from my house to a friend's apartment.

Johanna, 18
OK  USA

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