Walking

I was watching Lost today. Came to a very simple solution that just about every survival type situation involves walking. Maybe you will need to get home even though the road is blocked. Maybe you will be safely at home but want to go to the neighbors to see how they are and what is going on but don't want to burn the gas. If nothing else just doing day to day stuff without ready access to cheap fuel would change things a lot.

I preach physical fitness and I imagine a disturbing percentage of readers ignore me. Maybe being able to run and lift heavy stuff is not something you can see the importance of. However I do think we can all see the wisdom of being able to walk.

Of course being able to walk all day long at a rate of 20 minutes a mile carrying an 80 pound pack would be nice. Realistically if you can walk 4-5 miles with say a 20 pound day pack and not be useless when you get there it would be a darn good start.