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Originally Posted by The Reaper
I would dare say that most of the males on here who think themselves fit (but who have never rucked before) would in fact, be lucky to carry fifty pounds (or one third of your body weight) twelve miles in three hours. That is less than the load of an average infantryman. It will kick your ass, blister your feet, find your weaknesses, and leave you laid up for a day or two.
TR
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As I am sure The Reaper knows, rucking along a trail and rucking through brush and trees with no trail are two different things. This might be different out west were everything is relativity flat, but out here it can make a big difference. One is brutal, the other seems impossible when you try it for long (and a good way to get hurt if you do it with any kind of weight). But if you really are trying to stay of of sight, I don't think you will be using trails for the first part of the trip.
My rough guess (and I have never tried to do this for a full day) is that I would be lucky to make 12 to 15 miles in a very full day staying off the trails.