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Laura: Dick this is really an uncomfortable walk we are on right now.
Dick: Well you know the world, unlike the city streets, the natural world is a broken place. Now there are ways that you can traverse this kind of terrain using three points. Number one, is how you place your foot, the position of the knee, the position of the hip. Those things will get you through comfortably at the end of the day and with a lot more energy as well.
Walking on city streets, people plant the hill of their foot first then they come down on their ball. That does not work here. You plant the whole foot flat, move comfortably and in balance. This is what works. Now, you can see from behind the same thing that the motion is more fluid. Now, we need to bring in the position of the knees and the knee should be over the toe so as I move I also come down a little bit in the knee to get a little bit of bounce. The knee is over the toe that is the critical thing. Then, you are in balance, now what drives the legs are the hips.
So as this leg come forward this hip is going to rotate forward with it and this one is going to come forward here and again here and we just let them go and they move. We are in balance all the time, I can stop anywhere here and I am balanced. I cannot do that if I walk like I do in the city streets. That is the clue, plant your foot flat, knee over the toe, let the hips role and rotate.
Now I am going to show you how to cross a river. First, I plant my pole solidly against the rock to create three points, a tri pod with my tow legs on the pole. Plant, one, two, plant, one tow, plant again and the pole is down stream of me all the time. One, two, and again one, two angling slightly down the river the direction the current is pushing me. plant one, two, plant now let us hold it, one, two. Plant again that is a good one, one, two, plant again one, two and remember this rocks are really slippery so having this support is extremely valuable even if the current is not too strong. One, two and one, two and on an ankle deep water and I am home free.
Laura: Dick this is really steep
Dick: it is quite steep but there are ways of traveling on this which ease it out and smooth it out, make it go easier.
Laura: Yes?
Dick: Yes, right notice, I am going to plant my foot here move this one over just a small step, right, notice my knees over my toe, my hips are over my knees and planting the pole below me helps me maintain that. Now that is a little bit larger step but it was on very solid flat area.
So I keep on, just moving along like this, I am not huffing and puffing, I am not in a hurry. Do not be in a hurry when you are on mountain slopes just work your way up, step at a time especially in the stepper sections like this.
Laura: So at the end of the day you are going to be much more comfortable than what I am doing which is walking straight up.
Dick: That is right, you would not be out of breathe because you made a bit of a climb. So as I start down it is the same thing, notice, weight over that I made balance. Now I plant the pole down here to keep my hips out over my knees. Plant it again that one here, always staying in balance and moving with rhythm.
Laura: So it is all about balance.
Dick: It is all about balance, so there is a third way to walk, take your mountain stroll, and have a good time.
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