Hiking as a path

“The chivalrous and heroic spirit that once belonged to the knight now seems to have taken up residence in the wanderer—not the knight-walker, but the wandering walker.” These are the words of Henry David Thoreau, one of my greatest walking heroes. Thoreau’s thoughts on civil disobedience and humanity’s moral obligation to renounce the injustices of the system (in his time, slavery) inspired Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi’s civil disobedience was also grounded in walking—the persever

There are many ways to walk. Book review. A philosophy of Walking . Fréderic Gros. Verso books. Hikers. Are they in time or space? A...