Hiking

Take the TR/JFK 50-Mile Challenge | The Art of Manliness

Take the TR/JFK 50-Mile Challenge | The Art of Manliness

As an adherent of “the strenuous life” — a believer in “bodily vigor as a method of getting that vigor of soul without which vigor of the body counts for nothing” — Theodore Roosevelt tried to get in two hours of physical activity every afternoon. While serving as president, this exercise typically consisted of tennis matches, horseback riding, rustic cross-country walks, climbs and scrambles in then-wild Rock Creek Park, or even skinny dips in the Potomac River.

Why Mike Posner Walked Across America | Outside Online

Why Mike Posner Walked Across America | Outside Online

Years after he took that pill in Ibiza, Grammy nominee Mike Posner left behind his life in L.A. to go on a 2,851-mile journey in search of... something. Here's what he learned about grief, motivation, struggle, and authenticity.

I've been thinking about doing a 50-mile hike at some point, maybe next year, but I would have to figure out where I want to go. There certainly are a lot of choices from the Finger Lakes Trail to the North Country to others in New York with lean-tos and places to camp along the way.

Hike 50 miles, Mr. President

I think the president would be a lot more popular if he got off Twitter and went for a fifty mile hike to Harper’s Ferry… 🚶

It worked well for John Kennedy and inspired millions to go hiking and improve their health. Fifty mile hikes apparently were a big thing in 1963. I’ve only done a twenty mile hike myself but if the president does 50 miles, I’ll follow his lead.