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the original human superpower: controlled falling, caught just in time, repeated until you arrive.
means The act of moving on foot at an ordinary pace, one leg always touching the ground.
from From Old English 'wealcan,' which meant not 'to stroll' but 'to roll, toss, or turn about' — and in the messy world of medieval cloth-making, 'to full' wool by trampling and pounding it underfoot. That foot-stomping sense (a 'walker' was once a cloth-fuller) gradually softened into the everyday meaning of putting one foot ahead of the other. Related to German 'walken,' to knead or full. So the word literally tramped its way from the fulling-mill into the open road.
- controlled falling
- each step is a fall your other leg interrupts
- big brain
- upright posture freed hands and grew the human mind
- pendulum trick
- swinging legs store and return energy like a clock
- thinking fuel
- walks boost creative output by roughly sixty percent
- toddler grind
- learning to walk takes thousands of falls
appalachian trail — 2,190-mile hiking trail from georgia to maine, walked by thousands annually
camino de santiago — pilgrimage route across spain, over 200,000 walkers per year
everest base camp trek — 12-day walk in nepal's himalayas at 17,598 feet elevation