Two million and growing...our 8th anniversary of Hike-About...feet not dollars.
Peak of Casamanya, Andorra. 'Happy' 8th Anniversary as the tough Mountains of Eastern Europe make us feel closer to 80, muscular-wise. At the end of May, Hike-About reached its 8th anniversary. While we don’t keep accurate statistics and much information of our travels, our blog and a few other tools do provide useful indications. Set out below are a few statistics and tidbits. Although it could be somewhat under or over, we calculate we have acquired vertical elevation gain of some two million (2,000,000) feet. (To avoid ambiguity, that is, two million each.) When Jenni has to carry me which happens from time-to-time, we still credit the feet to me—poetic (pathetic) licence. Distance walked is probably well over seven thousand miles. Whining , moaning and groaning is not quantifiable—infinite. We have stayed in many motels, condos, flats, huts, rooms, tents, hotels, our car on Mauna Loa in Hawaii on two occasions at 11,000 feet, a container in El Chalten,...