This year's walk promises to be the shortest of the "big" walks that I've ever done.* Officially 146 kilometers, the Geumgang trail promises to be a compressed series of dams (the dams are more spread out along the Four Rivers trail). Since I love Korean dams, this ought to be a treat. Paradoxically, though, I'm having to prep for this trip a little more thoroughly in terms of equipment because I'll have no choice but to camp for one night. So: big backpack to carry the camping equipment, freeze-dried food, mess kit, and chemical fuel for a chemical campfire (not used in years... I hope it's still good). In case it rains, I need to bring rain gear for myself and my backpack, as well as a Ziploc bag for my phone to keep it safe from the damp.
Practice walks are part of the prep. When you do practice walks, you don't want to overexert yourself right before you set out on the real walk: blisters, etc., acquired before the walk only become bigger problems during the walk. So you have to leave yourself a few days to heal from whatever aches and pains come with the practice walking. My practice-walk schedule is: do a 9.5K walk (which I did yesterday), then an 18K walk (that's tomorrow), then a 33K walk (that's Saturday). Next week, practice walking with the backpack—9.5K walks next Tuesday and Thursday, nothing strenuous. Meanwhile, prep equipment, perform any last-minute checks on the route, and squeeze in some work.
For me right now, "work" basically means quiz-generation and book-creation. I plan to pump out two more quizzes before my departure date (March 15th, the Ides), then concentrate on my movie-review book. On the days I do my 18K and 33K walks, I doubt I'll have the energy to do any work at all. This means I'm working today, walking tomorrow, working Friday during the day, walking Friday night to Saturday morning, then working straight through the 14th of the month (9.5K-walk days are also work days).
March 4 (today): work on quizzes
March 5 (Thu.): walk 18K to Bundang (+ work...?)
March 6 (Fri.) work on quizzes
March 6-7 (Fri.-Sat.): walk 33K, Yangpyeong to Yeoju
March 7 (all day): probably rest
March 8 (Sun.): work on movie-review book
March 9 (Mon.): work on book
March 10 (Tue.): 9.5K walk with backpack, work on book
March 11 (Wed.): work on book
March 12 (Thu.): 9.5K walk with backpack, work on book
March 13 (Fri): work on book
March 14 (Sat.): work on book, final trip prep
March 15 (Sun.): depart for Daejeon, stay overnight
March 16-20: walk the Geumgang trail, pref. w/no injuries
March 20, evening: arrive back in Seoul
March 21: back to work, maybe with another quiz or three
before April 20: finish the ebook version of the movie-review book
April 20-30: repopulate Substack, the blog, etc.
before May 15: finish the dead-tree version of movie-review book
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*I've done several 120K walks from Incheon to Yangpyeong over the course of four days before, so it's not as though 146 km is that big of a difference. Just a day's difference is all.
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