"low intensity activities, like hiking"

[Chip Down]

On a mountain biking board, somebody made reference to attire suitable for "low intensity activities, like hiking".

Curious, I googled "low intensity activities like hiking".
My favorite results:
- low-intensity activities like hiking and camping
- low intensity activities like hiking or horseback riding

Clearly, I'm doing this hiking thing all wrong

[dmthomas49]

I think you are doing it right as shown in your photos. How many times have you seen photos of people right after horseback riding where people need a beer to reenergize?

[BigBear]

I guess I think of hiking as a low-intensity sport. It's not like you are roping up to hike the trail or setting protection. It's less intense than jogging or running, and hiking is not an extreme sport. In general, you are unlikely to die from hiking unless you trip and fall, but how many of us have managed that little piece of magic walking out our front door. I know about as many people who have seriously injured themselves at home as on the trail. Sure, if you fall of the trail or get caught in a rockslide or tree fall your results will vary, but in general don't we all have a 99.99% change of coming back with no more than a bruise or scratch from a walk in the woods?

[Chip Down]

BigBear, did I ever tell you about the time I had to manage the Eliot crossing with a broken humerus?

[BigBear]

Chip: We made a ruling from the judges on your Eliot crossing. That's a water sport, perhaps body-surfing, depending on the flow.

[Webfoot]

I don't think most people would call what you do merely hiking. But hiking is low intensity in the sense of being aerobic rather than anaerobic and sustained for thousands of repetitions (steps) rather than brief bursts of power.