by Dwayne Phillips
Note: We are back home this weekend. I went to the dentist on Monday and will go back again on Tuesday. Now we hope to be walking again on Wednesday the 24th. While not walking, I will fill my days with a few essays on topics that come to me while walking.
I walk on the left side of the road facing traffic. The road slopes from the center off tot he side. As I walk, the ground beneath my left leg is an inch or two lower than the ground beneath my right leg.
At first I thought this little difference wouldn’t matter. I was wrong. I found myself limping during the afternoon miles trying to compensate for this difference. The outside of my left ankle hurt as the constant leaning puts pressure there.
If my left leg were an inch longer, I would be fine. I could keep my body level while walking on the sloping ground. I suppose I could find some special shoes with really tall soles on the left shoe. Maybe not.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Chris Sterritt // Sep 22, 2008 at 3:35 pm
OR:
* Walk with a really heavy weight in your right hand, preferably held out straight to your side. Bonus: You’ll eventually look like Popeye (at least when viewed from the right).
* Walk one step forward, turn around, walk one step backwards, turn around, loop until dizzy.
* Build stilts with the left leg longer than the right. Bonus: You’ll be able to see much farther, AND you’ll be able to join the circus when you’re done!
2 dwayneph // Sep 22, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I have tried walking backwards. It is a bit dangerous in traffic, plus I take wrong turns and have to back track. If you are walking backwards, does that make North down on the map or is it…
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