Interesting fact

[CdCase123]

The distance a soldier walks every six hours, decreases 1 mile for every 10 pounds carried over 40 pounds.

recently found that out. had to share.

 

[stove]

This is mostly true. There are some (riddiculously complex) formulas for figuring out how far you can walk versus how much you carry etc etc. Lighten the load a little bit, and you can go further. But not having to stop in town to resupply so often, you can also go further (and carry more). I am working on my own equations to figure everything out, will post it when I figure it all out.

 

[L.C.]

Yeah a heavy pack dogged me many of times.

 

[veggieguy12]

The distance any man walks over six miles decreases each minute by how broken his ankle is.

 

[KEVIlgeNius]

and how much "medicine" he/she takes for the ankle

 

[wildboy860]

I know with a 30 ~ 40 lb. pack I can walk like 6 hrs. with almost no difficult