A profile of the "ideal" Trailwalker participant

One issue that is somewhat disconcerting for us, having completed four "long" team training walks - three of approximately 13 miles, and last week's 20 mile walk - is that the total miles covered doesn't yet total the number of miles we'll have to cover on the challenge, in one walk, on one day!

However, despite that minor little detail we are beginning to build up a profile of the ideal Trailwalker participant.

As already described in an earlier post - http://bit.ly/gAgPiH - poles are particularly useful, particularly when climbing hills.

The ability to multi-task, is also important. For some of us lessor mortals that means little more than walking and breathing at the same time! 

However, I personally have struggled on some of the steeper sections to climb, breath & eat (or drink) at the same time, especially if also having to simultaneously lean on my two friends Jan & Elek.

Now it should be noted that one of our team, who shall remain nameless to protect his identity - but who I'll call Pete for the sake of this story - is not only able to climb hills whilst eating, drinking, breathing and using a pole for additional support, but is also able to text, take phone calls and blow his nose all at the same time! How many arms does he actually have?

The third quality that we've found to be important is the ability to be able to carry and consume sufficient quantities of food for a 30 hour walk. Another of our team, who shall also remain nameless - but who I'll call Rob for the sake of this story - has been practicing this. He has been carrying and eating enough food for a 30 hour walk, even though our longest walk has only lasted five and a half hours!

So in summary, we have scientifically proved that the ideal participant is a fit, multitasking, Polish Octopus, with an incredible appetite and opposable thumbs!

So there you are, if you are missing a team member, you now know what to look out for.

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