Hiking

Default: HT-5
Hiking (HT/Average) is the training for endurance walking, hiking, and marching.
==Modifiers==
Ideal daily mileage is modified by TerrainThis is unrelated to what City Stats calls Terrain and Weather
===Terrain===
*Very Bad (x 0.20): Deep snow, dense forest, jungle, mountains, soft sand, or swamp.
*Bad (x 0.50): Broken ground (including streams), forest, or steep hills, Low quality roads
*Average (x 1.00): Light forest, rolling hills, most roads in fine weather, Snow when using skis and Skiing skill
*Good (x 1.25): Hard-packed desert, level plains, solid ice with skates and Skating skill.
===Roads===
Roads in good condition (paved, brickwork, etc) in fine weather generally are Average though some can qualify as Good. Low quality roads are Bad and if faced with dirt or gravel turn into Very Bad in rain.
Roads (good condition) have standard adjustments for snow or ice unless cleared.
===Weather===
*Rain: Half off-road; adjustments different for roads in rain
*Snow: Half (up to 4 feet deep), quarter or less (deeper than 4 feet), average Terrain with Skis and Skiing skill.
*Ice: Half unless Ice is solid
==Classic==
Detailed for Classic in Roleplayer 28
basically only applies if moving Step/second, any faster it's not hiking unless averaged out by coming to a stop.
==See also==
*Paced Running
*Sprinting
==Notes==
==References==
*Basic Set p 200, Basic Set p 351
*Basic Set p 426 in camps discuss
*"Packs and Bags" High-Tech p. 54
*"Humping, Tramping, and Yomping" High-Tech p. 55
*"My Sore, Aching Feet!" High-Tech p. 69
*Low-Tech pp. 98, 133, 136
Category:Skills