Originally Posted by
fietsbob
thats when I get out my 2 foot gear .. I dont have to stay on the bike.
I can honestly say, there wasn't a single time I enjoyed walking my loaded bike uphill.
Actually there was another worry too. In Ohio I actually pushed the bike across a steep-sided muddy stream where the bridge was out rather than take a dangerous, heavy-traffic/narrow winding road/no shoulder detour.
That was around Day 22. I made it out of the ditch but from then on in had some degree of lower back pain under load. Walking the bike up steep hills aggravated that condition. Pedalling - not so much.
Mike