tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903755664996904731.post5998368661491225488..comments2024-03-22T01:22:40.722-07:00Comments on GEOFF NICHOLSON: THE LONG LOST WALKER: THEORETICAL WALKING Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903755664996904731.post-60499967741180528402012-12-16T21:34:13.236-08:002012-12-16T21:34:13.236-08:00Hi Geoff,
That sounds like a book I'll avoid....Hi Geoff,<br /><br />That sounds like a book I'll avoid. I agree with you that "useless" walking with a bit of "discomfort" is pretty much what I live for. If I'm not a little tired and my feet aren't sore, I feel like I haven't really gone for a walk. I suppose most people prefer to walk in places like the Grove or Universal Citywalk, which to me is quite sad. As far as interesting goes, I like neighborhods with small mom and pop stores (signs of humanity), but I'm more fascinated by decrepit buildings in neighborhoods that appear to have been abandoned by humanity.<br /><br />I also found it interesting that Oliver Sacks has no sense of direction. I can't remember a time when I didn't have a sense of direction. When I was about 5 years old, there was a pair of identical twin bullies who lived down the street, and I was riding my tricycle on the sidewalk when they came along and one of them pushed me off the tricycle and knocked me down. I ran in the house crying and told me mother what happened and she asked "Which one knocked you down?" and I replied "The one on the north." That prompted a lot of laughter whenever the story was told, but they were identical twins, so how else was I to differentiate between them? I guess I was a born navigator.<br /><br />I like the new desert picture at the top of your blog. It reminds me of a book I just read, "There Must Have Been an Angel" by Lee Bergthold, who walked with a friend in as straight a line as possible from Badwater to the summit of Mount Whitney in October 1989. The book made me feel like a wimp with my measly 10-mile walks on paved sidewalks.Neil Hopperhttp://www.walkinginla.comnoreply@blogger.com