![]() ![]() ![]() The explanations for the more common styles are relatively brief, becoming more detailed for the less common. Sixteen Styles/Philosophies of Walking and Hiking: Thumbnail Sketchesīelow are thumbnail sketches of 16 selected walking styles and philosophies, starting with the more common and moving to the less common and more esoteric. Which of the many styles and philosophies of walking and hiking do you prefer? What specific values underlie your preferred styles? If efficiency is an important value, how efficient is your current style? What would make your style even more efficient? Do you enjoy the act of walking and hiking itself? Are you willing to develop your walking into an art form? Colin Fletcher and Chip Rawlins, The Complete Walker IV, I can’t emphasize this unbroken-rhythm business too strongly. You’ll almost certainly have to concentrate at first on the important matter of not disrupting the rhythm unless absolutely necessary. But when you first take up real walking you may have to think deliberately about establishing a stride and a speed that feels comfortable. ![]() With experience you automatically fall into your own rhythmic pace. An easy, unbroken rhythm can carry you along hour after hour almost without your being aware that you’re putting one foot in front of the other. it is very easy to improve by a little conscious thought what I regard as the most important single element in the physical act of walking: rhythm. ![]()
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