>>2548392Pensioners rarely do it from Austria, they'll usually do the easy parts in Spain. It doesn't mean anything if pensioners can do it with proper preparation, there are pensioner marathon runners meanwhile I know a lot of guys in their twenties who can't run for more than fifteen minutes, so what's your point? If you're prepared you can do most things, no shit. I've seen dozen threads on /out/ and /trv/ over the years where some twenties something guy will post 'guyse i will do this huge hike/trip and ive never done anything like this uhh yeah bros' only for them to give an update two days later saying their feet are fucked and they weren't prepared properly.
>lmaoFrom places I posted, Val Grande, I have met people who were trashed after ten km hike with some drastic elevation changes, blisters, sore muscles, you name it, and they were young and not overweight. Most people are not used to walking a lot at all. Especially with gear and what not. Then take into account heat, lots of sunlight, hydration issues, etc. People are built to walk long distances, but it isn't something that everyone inherently can do right off the bat without getting used to it. Also consider that good hiking boots can take awhile to be broken in properly, etc.
If you make big plans and have no idea what you're doing and have made very little preparation, you're setting up yourself for failure and were never that serious about it in the first place. Like I said escapism. I'll somehow do things and somehow it will all work out.
I'm saying OP should be a man and go into something with the idea of actually succeeding and getting through it, i.e. ''winning'' if you will. It's a loser's attitude to go into something with expectation of failure.
>>2548397Nice pics, shame they're low res.
