the art of walking · 2010-05-31 22:03
From the introductory note of Edwin Valentine Mitchell’s anthology, The Art of Walking:
When I remarked to a friend that I was engaged in compiling an anthology on the subject of walking, he said, “I suppose the depressed state of the world has made walkers of a great many people who a few years ago were almost in danger of losing the use of their legs. It’s odd, when you stop to think of it, that because of the harshness of the times and the fact that show leather is cheaper than gasoline a lot of people have been driven to the discovery that walking is among the most rewarding pleasures of life.”
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To those who may look in these pages for practical advice concerning the paraphernalia of walking, such as footgear, rucksacks, and clothing, all I can say is that I interviewed a veteran walker with a view to the possibility of getting something of the sort for the book, but about the only advice of any kind he was willing to impart was this: “Ladies should not walk alone in Corsica.”
(thanks, Russell)