[at-l] Hiking technique for ascents

[quoleldil@yahoo.com (Quoleldil)]

As I'm not a physician or physiologist or anatomist or bioengineer, I won't comment on
those issues except to the extent such folk can surmise or imply from my layperson's opinion:

I have this rule honoured often in its breach: If I'm too breathless to carry on a conversation,
I'm walking too fast ... If I can still carry on a conversation, I'm walking just about right ...

Sometimes I call it switching to low gear. I think Jan calls it "trudge mode" ... But it keeps the
legs and knees working as well as the blood flowing and the oxygen adequate to the task ... and
more importantly, it keeps me happy ...



--- Mark Lerch <mark.lerch@quest.com> wrote:
> When hiking steep ascents, is it better to keep the boot flat on the ground
> or walk more on the balls of your foot?  Walking with the boot flat on the
> ground can really pull the calves and achilles a lot, while walking on the
> balls of your foot seems like it places a lot of stress on the bottom of the
> foot.
>
> I ask because I recently suffered a partial tear of my plantar fascia and I
> think it was due to improper technique while climbing.


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David Addleton
vocate atque non vocate deus aderit
http://dfaddleton.home.att.net/

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