Math for Crazy People

[were_lemur]

According to the Eowyn Challenge (which is a very handy resource), it's 535 miles from Minas Tirith to Isengard, and another 693 miles from Isengard to Rivendell, for a total of 1228 miles.

The Walk Time Calculator Suggests a pace of between 2.5 and 3 miles per hour. (I think my guys can probably do about 3.5 -- they're not going to be enjoying the scenery. Rounds up to 351 hours travel time.

Assume they're going to be going when they're not sleeping (16 hours), that's 22 days. Which seems like too little time.

Especially considering the "issues" that I'm going to be throwing at them.

(Personally, I really wouldn't buy them making the journey in under two months. After all, in Canon, it took the walkers 2 months to get from Rivendell to the Falls of Rauros. Though they did have to make a few course corrections. Still, they were all fit, at the time.


Hmmm ...

Anyway, I should probably head off to bed. Seeing as I have to be at work in just over six hours.

Comments

[lexin.livejournal.com]

That is too short a time. I reckon they couldn't walk more than 8 hours a day, and probably less because the assumption that whenever they're not sleeping they're walking doesn't (IMO) hold up.

All depends on how much food they're carrying and how much time they have to devote to catching food and/or cooking or otherwise preparing it. They also have to devote time to weapon maintenance and things like that and I think your pace is a bit fast for wilderness travel - perhaps bring it down to 2m per hour; three would be possible on good roads but not across rough ground. Bring that down to 1m an hour or less when crossing boggy or mountainous land and then recalculate.

[were-lemur.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definitely don't think I'd go with the figure I figured. I'm thinking of just ballparking it and saying four months or so. (I hate math, hates it, my preciousssss ... )

[lexin.livejournal.com]

Somewhere, I have a book where they've done the math for you; if I come across it during my tidying up I'll post the info.