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David K
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100 Day Walk Around the Baja coastline: San Felipe to Rosarito
On the Baja Goodlife Newsletter, I just read this and it reminds me of what Graham Mackintosh did some 30 years ago...
John, Rachel, and Cia Pack have taken the challenge of a 100 day, 2000 mile circumnavigation of the Baja California peninsula’s coastline from San
Felipe on the northern Sea of Cortez to Rosarito Beach on the Pacific.
READ THE REST OF THE STORY: http://bajagoodlife.com/baja-100-day-challenge/
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Wow, best of luck!!
2000 miles in 100 days is pushing it, and as we know, the coastline of Baja is full of many lagoons and cliffs and mangroves that will add up to more
miles. Graham estimated the distance at 3,000 miles when he walked the coast from San Felipe to Ensenada in three seperate legs.
As we recently followed Mike Younghusband walking from Tecate to Cabo, 20 miles every day (without a rest day every week or less) was not an easy
thing to do. That also was walking mostly on roads.
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sancho
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That does seem like an ambitious trek, I hope they
have better food and water than Graham, like not having
to boil sea water with a kettle, collecting steam,
eating rattlesnake, or (this section of Mack's book
made me queasy), drinking liqour from bottles
on Scavenger Beach, Malarrimo
[Edited on 4-27-2012 by sancho]
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DENNIS
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Absurd. That this is the first thing we've heard or seen on this project makes it, to me, a joke.
That they wouldn't have requested input from the experts, Graham and Mike, makes this advertisement crazy. Ill-prepared. at best.
I doubt it will happen....and if it does, it won't happen for long.
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DENNIS
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"As we recently followed Mike Younghusband walking from Tecate to Cabo, 20 miles every day (without a rest day every week or less) was not an easy
thing to do. That also was walking mostly on roads."
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For sure. You can't walk along the coastline for any distance at all. It runs into the sea.
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DENNIS
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"At the conclusion of the Baja Walk’s 100 Day Challenge, John and Rachel Pack are scheduled to be master of ceremonies for the Baja Blues Fest at
Rosarito Beach Hotel on August 25, 2012."
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c'mon Dennis! this is just another disaster waiting for Nomads to pull a rabbit out of their hat! give it a chance, i'm getting the popcorn ready!
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David K
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Again, read the story at the link I gave you... It is for charity, so logic doesn't count... as long as you feel good about what you say you're going
to do.
The distance along the coast from San Felipe to Rosarito is much greater than 1800 to 2000 miles (the figures given in the story). Graham estimated
3000 and that was between Ensenada and San Felipe.
It would seem the people doing this walk have never read 'Into a Desert Place' by Graham Mackintosh...?
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Wow, along the SOC in summer. Didn't figure it out exactly but I think it's about 17 miles a day! I wouldn't last 1 day in that kind of heat and sun,
even if I was just sitting on the beach drinking Pacifico. Doesn't sound like much fun to me. Good luck to them, I think they're going to need it.
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David K
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Well, they say it is a 100 day walk... If 1800 miles, then they would need to avearge 18 miles a day... It could be a 3,000 mile walk, and they would
need 200 days, because you cannot walk 30 miles a day... in the summer, on the beach, cliffs, rocks and swamps around Baja's coast.
Anyway, support them or just follow them online...
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This will be a tough "walk". I'm in reasonably good shape and one of the most brutal surveys I did was 60 miles in 5 days in 105 degree heat in the
Borrego/Split Mountain areas in CA, including 18 miles on a Friday, so we did not have to come back on Monday  . And this was mostly flat terrain.
The hike up to Mission San Pedro Martir in 2004 was tough too. Although the weather was nicer, including some rain, the elevation change of over
1,500 + feet was a killer for the 40 +/- miles over 4 days .
I also did the Grand Canyon top to bottom and back to the top in one killer 6.5 hour day in October (not too hot)...a little over 15 miles. (3.25 hrs
down 0.25 on the bottom, and 3 hrs back to the top).
I can't see anyone keeping up a pace like that for 100 days, especially in the middle of the summer.
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-Herbert Spencer
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Graham
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Wow! There's no way I'd ever want to do anything like that. 
I'd take the short route over the mountains and enjoy a few cold beers on the way.
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Hiking the shoreline of the Sea of Cortez in summer at a 20 mile+ average per day, a very tall order. I wish them well.
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David K
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Thanks Graham for your input on this... You definately should have been contacted as a consultant!
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I've got to admire the charitable intent and also wish them well ... but as described it sounds like it will be utterly miserable... even dangerous.
It would be challenge enough in the winter. Hope they consider amending that schedule.
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geezo...in BOLA last week I couldnt even walk from the shade on the beach to the truck to get a beer it was so bloody hot...and still April! suerte
folks!
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Maybe they found a shortcut, like from San Felipe to Rosarito 
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Baja Walk
We understand the difficulties on long hikes. Never done anything this long, but I do have more than a 1000 high elevation miles. My wife is former
fitness trainer and competitor. Albeit, we have been living in Baja the last 7 years and got a little relaxed (and fat).
I know Graham and we have discussed the walk on a couple of occasions, and was the first person we told about the walk, when we actually decided.
The current route is 1896 miles. We know the route will change, ideally not by much, the challenge is not only the length, but the number of days. So,
we will try to stay within 18-23 miles per day, while avoiding any additional miles. We have friends, family members and club members that will be
providing support.
Absurd. Yes, it is Absurd. If it wasn't absurd you may not have noticed, or commented or discussed this absurd idea. But our idea is to do just that,
to bring attention to the organizations with far great challenges than ours, Please feel free to support their challenges:
Charitible Challenges
If you would like to help us, you could volunteer to bring us water and visit, or stash a water cache for us and email us the coordinates, or tell
everyone about the Baja Walk, so we can make a difference in some of these challenges.
We will be carrying a Spot Messager/Connect and will be providing our live position on our website every 5 minutes, in addition to a daily FB post and
tweet, as well as a weekly youtube.com video update.
We hope to see all of you in 105 days at the Baja Blues Fest on August 25, at the Rosarito Beach Hotel, another fundraising event for the children of
Baja.
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Graham
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And actually, John did email me to ask my advice for a walk from San Felipe to Rosarito. I misunderstood... I thought he was suggesting a more direct
route. I only just found out how ambitious this will be.
I survived my trip because I was flexible enough to change coasts when temps got too brutal, and learned to sit up to my neck in the sea, take a few
days off when necessary, do my walking early and late, and avoid the midday sun like the plague. Even so I had my brushes with heat exhaustion and
semi-delirium.
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Graham
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John,
Our postings crossed. The very best of luck to you. I admire your project... and I know you'll have lots of great advice and help here.
Graham
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"short route"
Graham's short route is San Felipe to Rosarito, East to West (220 miles). We already did that, last year it was called the Baja Love Ride ;-)
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