Naismith's Calculator
Must be the engineer in me. On a recent 10 mile day hike with a 17 lb pack, I was curious about what my average speed was. Working backwards, this calculation does not eliminate two brief rest stops, a very short off-trail excursion, nor messing around with the cellphone time, all of which would occur on any similar trip, making these numbers handy for future reference. Since my route was a loop, and I know the cumulative elevation gain, the cumulative climbing is equal to the cumulative descending--about 2000 feet. About 2.4 mph all-in, which is not too shabby at an altitude of about 5000 feet ASL on sometimes rocky trails. Yeah, I'm completely bilingual when it comes to units, even nonsensical Imperial ones--I do all my flying in feet, knots, and inches of mercury, but increasingly I am hiking in kilometres and metres, since most of my topographic maps have gone metric.
Naismith's Calculator
Must be the engineer in me. On a recent 10 mile day hike with a 17 lb pack, I was curious about what my average speed was. Working backwards, this calculation does not eliminate two brief rest stops, a very short off-trail excursion, nor messing around with the cellphone time, all of which would occur on any similar trip, making these numbers handy for future reference. Since my route was a loop, and I know the cumulative elevation gain, the cumulative climbing is equal to the cumulative descending--about 2000 feet. About 2.4 mph all-in, which is not too shabby at an altitude of about 5000 feet ASL on sometimes rocky trails. Yeah, I'm completely bilingual when it comes to units, even nonsensical Imperial ones--I do all my flying in feet, knots, and inches of mercury, but increasingly I am hiking in kilometres and metres, since most of my topographic maps have gone metric.