Discussing the longest continuous walkable path you can take without encountering major physical barriers like oceans or impassable terrain. This spans a massive distance and can be an intriguing topic for those who enjoy extreme challenges or theoretical travel plans.
That’s the route my dad used to walk to school.
Miller said:
That’s the route my dad used to walk to school.
Only in summer, in winter he crossed the frozen oceans on a mammoth.
Miller said:
That’s the route my dad used to walk to school.
Only in summer, in winter he crossed the frozen oceans on a mammoth.
My parents had to cross mountains to get to school in the winter, barefoot.
@Briar
Uphill - both ways!
You didn’t even try [image link].
Noah said:
You didn’t even try [image link].
Yeah, ‘longest path’ is a bad way to describe it. More like largest displacement.
Check out r/hiking for more info!
What would be your packing list going from desert to frozen tundra and how would you manage all the border crossings?
Cassidy said:
What would be your packing list going from desert to frozen tundra and how would you manage all the border crossings?
You can’t pack for this. Bring a good bag, good shoes, and figure it out as you go along. Maybe ship yourself caches of supplies to postal offices along the way as ecosystems change. Hope you have some money in your pocket too.
@Chance
You just packed for this
You would so die on that trail…
Sydney said:
You would so die on that trail…
Several times
Sydney said:
You would so die on that trail…
What do you think would be the most dangerous section?
Sydney said:
You would so die on that trail…
What do you think would be the most dangerous section?
Probably Sudan
Sydney said:
You would so die on that trail…
What do you think would be the most dangerous section?
Leaving Cape Town would be your first risk; then as you move North Sudan, The Sinai peninsula is filled with fringe Terror groups; and definitely moving NE through the Syrian desert. If, you made it to Turkey, good luck explaining your situation and trying to get in. If you do, the rest of your journey should be relatively safe, apart from random passport checks in Russia and any Post Soviet satellite villages you pass through in Siberia.
How are you defining a continuous path? I’m confused at what makes this the longest continuous path
Ellis said:
How are you defining a continuous path? I’m confused at what makes this the longest continuous path
I assume it means the actual walkable path using existing thruways that are recognized by Google maps between those two specific locations which are the furthest places apart in the world that are not interrupted by a physical barrier (such as an ocean) that would be impassible by someone on foot. I also assume it is the most direct route using those criteria since you could just walk all over Africa or wherever and make it even longer.
Ellis said:
How are you defining a continuous path? I’m confused at what makes this the longest continuous path
It’s a path… that can be walked… in one continuous session.
Good luck getting through Russia!