{"id":319,"date":"2019-03-04T00:36:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T08:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2019-06-14T21:29:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T04:29:02","slug":"miles-or-kilometers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/2019\/03\/04\/miles-or-kilometers\/","title":{"rendered":"Miles or Kilometers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I am old enough to remember when Australia used the imperial system for measuring distances, and can even remember painful maths problems at school involving miles, feet, inches. I thought it was a distant memory, but here I am having to grapple with it again.<\/p>

I’m afraid we will have to re-adjust our thinking\/planning\/blogging to use miles instead of kilometers, because all the signage and talk among hikers will be in miles. I don’t think we will see many convenient signs like the one above! (thankyou Google Images). I guess it will be like coping with a 0.71AUD\/USD exchange rate.\u00a0<\/p>

So here’s a handy table to help you understand our posts:<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Miles<\/th>\r\n Kilometers<\/th>\r\n  <\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
0<\/td>\r\n 0<\/td>\r\n If you walk zero miles it is about the same in km \ud83d\ude42<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
0.62<\/td>\r\n 1<\/td>\r\n  <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
1<\/td>\r\n 1.61<\/td>\r\n  <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
5<\/td>\r\n 8<\/td>\r\n  <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
16<\/td>\r\n 26<\/td>\r\n The average distance we need to cover every day<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
20<\/td>\r\n 32.2<\/td>\r\n Our target distance for the first day (because of lack of campsites with water before Lake Morena). Also, about the longest distance Ros and I have hiked in Australia in one day so far.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
30<\/td>\r\n 48.3<\/td>\r\n Hard to imagine doing this in one day, but lots of hikers work up to it<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
500<\/td>\r\n 805<\/td>\r\n If you just wanna be the kind of man that walks 500 miles...<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
1000<\/td>\r\n 1609<\/td>\r\n ... and 500 more<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\r\n 4265<\/td>\r\n Approximate length of the PCT<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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