Dudes,
Today I walked for 8 hours over hill and into dale (the trail wasn't dusty though, and no caissons neither) through thickets and oaken forests (with plenty o' poison oak, too) for a plant identification class I'm taking at the University of California Extension at Riverside. I am soo goddamned sunburned that I'm sick. Having walked a full six hours yesterday in the sun wasn't good either, albeit the trail was flatter.
The farthest I ever travelled by shank's mare was years ago in Northern California. I was ditched by an enemy, he fancied my girlfriend. I was 22, and I then had to walk thirty-five miles to the original destination. It took me 18 hours of solid walking from 4:00pm to 10:00am the following day. Wow, were those mofos' surprised when I showed up and kicked that son o' bitch's ass!
Strangely, today's hike seemed hella more onerous. Of course, then it was 1978, and I was only 23...
How far have YOU ever walked at a single go, and for what reasons?