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Main Boards => General Walking Discussion => Topic started by: Mel on 21:40:20, 09/07/19
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I'm sure everyone (apart from me apparently) will blast through this with a 10/10...
https://www.qzzr.com/widget/quiz/fi9xdWl6emVzLzQ1MDU5Nw (https://www.qzzr.com/widget/quiz/fi9xdWl6emVzLzQ1MDU5Nw)
I am a Map Legend with 77% (got questions 4 and 7 wrong).
How did you do?
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Fun. A humble 9/9. You still get to be a map legend though Mel. O0
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8/9 for me. I was too quick estimating the distance from the car park
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8/9 no idea what distances between towns has to do with map reading though, and couldn't be bothered to look it up, also the question on carrying food etc also has nothing to do with maps, though I got that one right as at least it's walking related O0
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9/9 for me. Lucky guess on the distance between towns probably because my son lives in one of them.
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A very smug 9/9.
Town distance, the river one and the last question nothing to do with map reading.
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Ridge you need to edit your post as you’ve given away one of the answers! ;D
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Ridge you need to edit your post as you’ve given away one of the answers! ;D
Oops, sorry. Edited now.
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8/9, where is Birmingham, never walked there?
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8/9, where is Birmingham, never walked there?
Same as me, 8/9 Birmingham is in another country isn’t it? ;D
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8/9, where is Birmingham, never walked there?
I lived there for 3 years...but I have to admit way question was asked meant it had nothing to do with map reading skills. (It could have been turned into one by showing a large scale motoring map with the various cities shown on it.)
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8/10 for me.
I got the Birmingham one wrong (all I know about Birmingham is it's that place they built next to the M6) and I guessed the diagonal distance between the parking and the lighthouse wrong. Nevertheless I am judged fit to be let loose into the countryside.
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8/9 seem to be with a majority on the distance of the lighthouse from the car park. But then I didn't have my broken wheel handy which I drag back across the grid lines of my printed out map of many varied sizes. Always seem to underestimate the distance Mrs BWW and I have walked when we get back to a cozy pub. Later on the true distance from MM on the PC gives us a sense of self satisfaction.
See no ones had a go at my little map reading quiz, perhaps a bit too quixotic for around here. Now there's a word I haven't used in a long while. Oh' the fun of writing on forums! Off for a roll in the hay.
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9/9, but there happened to be a ruler beside the computer. Is that cheating?
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I disagree with the last one, about what you should always do. Wearing plenty of layers would not be good today!
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Just 1 wrong although I disagree!
Last question I wouldn't wear plenty of layers but would have plenty of layers available!
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As Sir John Major wants a judicial review about suspending Parliament I want one about the answer of the mileage from Birmingham. Just checked on Google, the answer is XXX not XXXX as XXX is only 4185 miles from Birmingham, Alabama. The others are all over 4200 miles!
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The problem with these things is always the compilers, either lacking linguistic precision or wandering out of correct scope. As others have said, the nearest town question is nothing to do with map skills.
I disagree with the last one, about what you should always do. Wearing plenty of layers would not be good today!
Exactly.
So if the temperature is 33C with no wind and humid, you should always wear plenty of layers. Oh right. Well there is always MRT if you get heatstroke. It might have been a credible question if it had said "take sufficient layers" or something like that.
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Well I guess it's how you interpret 'plenty of layers', could mean 4 or maybe only one. That's how I read it anyway ;D
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Same with the food and drink element. I am sufficiently beyond the snowflake generation to be able to go out into the wilderness without a bottle of water clutched in my hot and sticky, let alone food - especially if there is a pub at the end. Mrs N is even worse - I think she is part camel.
All day treks - yes, hot and hilly - certainly, but a half day walk in normal conditions?
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... Mrs N is even worse - I think she is part camel...
Why? Has she got the hump.................ba-booooom!
Sorry, someone had to say it.
(I'll get mi coat :-[ )
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Why? Has she got the hump.................ba-booooom!
I'll tell her and she will look down her nose at you.....................counter ba-booooom!
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Is her favourite Christmas carol "o-camel ye faithful"? :D
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Is her favourite Christmas carol "o-camel ye faithful"? :D
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8, got the first distance question wrong, to be fair was just guesstimating distance by eye. Was not sure at all which place was closest to Brum, got lucky there.
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9/9 :)
Though distance from Birmingham was a complete guess - just chose the one I couldn't place - not a map reading question anyway as already said.
Why 9 questions - 10 out of 10 sounds much better
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I disagree with the last one, about what you should always do. Wearing plenty of layers would not be good today!
Exactly
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Just preparing for tomorrow's walk. Will be wearing shorts, short-sleeved shirt and sun hat. Not taking waterproofs or any warm clothing. If it wasn't for sandwiches and drinks I wouldn't even need my rucksack.
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Just preparing for tomorrow's walk. Will be wearing shorts, short-sleeved shirt and sun hat. Not taking waterproofs or any warm clothing. If it wasn't for sandwiches and drinks I wouldn't even need my rucksack.
Are you heading into the mountains?. Where ever I wish you a safe walk. Personaly I would never set out for a walk in a remote area without a mid layer waterproof and an emergency pack. Funnily enough we commented on our group walk on Sunday about a fell runner on Dartmoor. A busted ankle at sunset and he could have been lying there for several hours, cold no food very little to drink. It's not like modern kit heavy. Compaired to the 100kg I weigh, a waterproof and emergency kit weigh very little.
Fair enough you don't need them for a walk to the pub.
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I disagree with the last one, about what you should always do. Wearing plenty of layers would not be good today!
Agreed! Take plenty of layers would be more appropriate phrasing.
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Are you heading into the mountains?. Where ever I wish you a safe walk. Personaly I would never set out for a walk in a remote area without a mid layer waterproof and an emergency pack.
Lol, no, it was only a 8 miles walk in the Oxfordshire part of the Chilterns. Not that remote, I started from a hamlet, soon reached another, then a longer stretch before a tiny village with a nice pub, after that the major part of the walk was along field edges and through woodland, passing the odd farm or two. So I was never far from civilisation, though I didn't have a phone signal for much of the day.
The weather was hot, up to 25C, and humid, with light cloud mainly, just as had been forecast, and I was glad I wasn't carrying the weight of waterproofs or warmwear.
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Funnily enough we commented on our group walk on Sunday about a fell runner on Dartmoor. A busted ankle at sunset and he could have been lying there for several hours, cold no food very little to drink. It's not like modern kit heavy.
Fellrunning is a real compromise. Somewhat like alpine climbing. Too little kit and you could be in for a hard time if things go wrong, too much kit and things are more likely to go wrong.
Personally, for a couple of hours running on Dartmoor I carry water, hat, a 2.5 layer waterproof shell (less than 200g), a couple of snacks, e-lite torch, phone, whistle, foil survival bag, lifesaving first aid kit, map and compass. That fits in a bumbag or vest.
For something in mountains, eg the Lakes, I carry that plus more water and food, a Paramo Torres Lightweight gilet, better torch, personal first aid kit and a 2-man shelter. Need a vest for that lot.
If leading a group I'd swap the vest for a rucksack and carry a group shelter, group first aid kit and lots of spare food.
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Fellrunning is a real compromise. Somewhat like alpine climbing. Too little kit and you could be in for a hard time if things go wrong, too much kit and things are more likely to go wrong.
Personally, for a couple of hours running on Dartmoor I carry water, hat, a 2.5 layer waterproof shell (less than 200g), a couple of snacks, e-lite torch, phone, whistle, foil survival bag, lifesaving first aid kit, map and compass. That fits in a bumbag or vest.
For something in mountains, eg the Lakes, I carry that plus more water and food, a Paramo Torres Lightweight gilet, better torch, personal first aid kit and a 2-man shelter. Need a vest for that lot.
If leading a group I'd swap the vest for a rucksack and carry a group shelter, group first aid kit and lots of spare food.
That kit list sounds entirely sensible to me.
Completely off topic, but are you doing the Dartmoor Highground Marathon at the end of August. I am toying with giving it a try, at a fast walking pace.