Originally Posted by
andrewclaus
I get this all the time on my long distance hikes, the people who say I'm not "smelling the roses" when I hike 25 miles over a 14 hour day. But if you make me stop after eight hours and sit in a campsite for the next 16, I'd go nuts. Just different styles for different people, as there are different tools to get different jobs done.
Funny thing is that when I compare notes with folks who think I don't take time to smell the roses I usually find that I met more interesting people, ate more interesting food, took more pictures, and saw more stuff than they did. It isn't how much time you take, but how you use the time you take.