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Is It A Hike?

A flow chart to help you determine whether you are on a hike, a walk, or something else entirely.

By: Aaron Rickel Jones + Save to a List

For as long as people have been walking, they have been arguing about the difference between a walk and a hike*. There are lots of opinions out there, but this flow chart will help answer that question once and for all.

*This claim is not based on facts or research.

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