Walk to Mordor and Back Again (2018)

[TGP]

Mile 32!  we Hide from the Black Rider!

:woot

 

 

this is just the 1st one though.... the next encounter is more consequential- Frodo nearly puts the ring on and his is 'Rescued' by the Elves...

 

THAT is at mile 41.

its the Next big thing to look for....

 

[edit: with any luck I should arrive to that point by the end of the day.  today SHOULD  be a good day for mileage.]

[bker1370]

I'll make the first black rider today (only about 0.13 miles short LOL), but I don't think I'll make the 9 miles today to make the second one LOL.

[TGP]

MILE 51

Stock-brook!

 

this part of the tale- reminds me of myself... Wandering not that far from home and somewhat lost.

After the elves, the Next day, the Hobbits begin to forget themselves and break into song... (before At mile 54, a shrieking cry reminds them why they have to be more careful)

 

we'll Get there today For sure!

 

and... hopefully we shall get to Farmer Maggot's fields;  this one of the First BIG disappointment of the movie;  Farmer Maggot is a good guy (in the book) who helps them out of tight spot.   Unlike the movie

 

the Movie Unfortunately seem to enjoy making major characters seems more stupid or evil than they were...

 

[Cataleya]

Oh man you guys are way ahead of me! I just hid from the black rider. XD

[TGP]

don't worry Cataleya

I  (and I guess Cooldad is up here, too) got the unknown monsters distracted.

 

you've got clear walking through your part of woody end.

 

[IslandGirl_Becks]

Yesterday I left Yaktrax in the park. It brought me back to when I first started running my freshman year of college... or to the attempted crossing of the Misty Mountains via the Pass of Caradhras. Any time your run involves 3 pairs of pants and ski goggles, you know it's going to be good! Onward!

 

Edited to add: I saw a @Teancum joined. Is your username meant ironically? 

[TGP]

Mile 71!

 

decisive times have come for our little group of hobbits.  within a few hours they would come to Frodo's new home at Crickhollow, and shock the Hobbit by revealing that they know - just about everything!

 

After a bath, singing, and a good nap.  they leave into the wilderness the Next morning- early.

 

I'm there!  lets head into the Old forest....  I'll try to given an update at Mile 98; at the house of most peculiar man Bombadillo

 

BTW...

its getting 2 weeks since the 2018 walk has begun.   How are you guys are doing anyways?  Has this gone about as well as you expected- worse? better?

curious.

As for Me I am Having A TON of fun tracking my mileage and shadowing the mighty mordor walk.  I really think I'm going to make it !  if not there and back- I think I can make the cracks of doom by the fall.  that's the goal.  (Sept 15, specifically).  I'm pretty sure I'm on pace.

[Teancum]

On 09/01/2018 at 9:12 PM, IslandGirl_Becks said:

Edited to add: I saw a @Teancum joined. Is your username meant ironically? 

 

I don't think so? Haha. It's the name of an ancient Assassin and warrior (pronounced tee-ANG-cum) 

[TGP]

woot!  we were Lost and Now are saved- trapped and outwitted by a tree; a fun little miracle occurs

 

Tom Bombadil

 

What a mysterious yet wise and fortuitous meeting!  and Yet,  so fun they simply can't include him into the Movie.  Pippin I think says this better...

 

 

Oh well.  BTW I made myself a schedule given my current pace.  assuming today's pace (and I do intend to go further ,per day, in the spring)...

 

135	Bree		1/21/2018
179	Midgewater Marshes		1/28/2018
241	WeatherTop Mountain and the attack		2/6/2018
358	LastBridge		2/24/2018
393	the OldTrolls		3/1/2018
458	Rivendell		3/11/2018
690	Hollin		4/15/2018
750	the Top of Redhorn Pass		4/24/2018
798	the Doors of Moria		5/2/2018
839.3	Durins Deep Bridge, Moria		5/8/2018
861	Blindfolded in Moria		5/11/2018
920	Caras Galandin, Lothlorien		5/20/2018
930	Lunch with Galadriel		5/22/2018
1063	North Undeep		6/11/2018
1142	South Undeep		6/23/2018
1210	Emyn Muil Begins		7/3/2018
1267	Sarn Gebir		7/12/2018
1288	statues of Argonarth		7/15/2018
1309	Parth Galen (break Fellowship)		7/18/2018
1383	Capture Gollum		7/30/2018
1411	Enter Deam Marshes		8/3/2018
1427	See Dead faces		8/5/2018
1433	End Marsh		8/6/2018
1475	the Black Gate		8/13/2018
1523	Campfire at Ilthien		8/20/2018
1533	Henneth Annun		8/21/2018
1590	Crossroads		8/30/2018
1599	Top of the Stairs Minas Morgul		9/1/2018
1612	Shelob's Lair/Cirith Ungol		9/2/2018
1680	Water @ Morgai		9/13/2018
1700	End of forced march		9/16/2018
1755	Dreadful Nightfall		9/24/2018
1779	Mount Doom		9/28/2018

I will strive to make a picture post at each of these milestones.  

 

Happy Journey and don't forget to share how your Mordor walk is going.

(and speaking of that Congrats to @AthenaMM who has just finished the how journey in a little more than 2 years.  Woot!)

 

See You guys in Bree!

[AthenaMM]

Happy Journey and don't forget to share how your Mordor walk is going.
(and speaking of that Congrats to@AthenaMM who has just finished the how journey in a little more than 2 years.  Woot!)
 
See You guys in Bree!

Thanks!! My goal was to finish by the end of 2017 and I was on schedule to make it. Then I messed up my Achilles tendon in November and that slowed things down. Still finishing a little more than a week into 2018 isn't too bad.

[Diadhuit]

Updated the spreadsheet... And while there, inspired by  @TGP I did a bit of estimates: if I keep my current Dublin pace (in Italy I have a car, so I am slower, that affected the first week in January) I can reach Mordor by end of December 2018.

Aiming for:

Rivendell - 5/4/2018

Lothlorien - 9/6/2018

Rauros - 26/9/2018

Mordor - 31/12/2018

 

I put the dates on my calendar, as a reminder

[TGP]

big Number days; as I've had some real nice walks this weekend.

 

so I'm PROBABLY at Bree and lest I walk right by it, without stopping...  I look for and find the Prancing pony.

Hey wasn't Gandalf suppose to meet me here?

good thing there is a ranger around.  It appears we shall have to trust him.... he really knows he way around

 

[TGP]

"you know Walking to mordor is VERY LONG, quiet and Tired Work...."

 

"shut it, pippin!".... Merry says, Quite annoyed, at hearing pippin grumble (yet again!) on the long walk out of chetwood.

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Just letting you guys knows I'm alive and still walking.  not likely to see anything cool for awhile though.  End of the week Midgewater marches (prolly)- but I'll have to be fast paced indeed to get to Weather top by the end of the NEXT week.

[bker1370]

Made it to Old Man Willow today, not sure of total miles for today but only need 0.69 to get there and have almost 5 miles in.

[Cataleya]

I really need to update whoops

[TGP]

good steady progress, then.

 

Tom bombadillo is like one of my favorite characters in LOTR.

and Treebeard!  but I suppose he is a LONG ways down the road.....(and down a different path)

[shy]

OMG! Hi!!

 

I've only JUST stumbled upon this!! So you just record your miles on the spreadsheet? You don't need a FitBit, right? I've been using MapMyWalk app on my iPhone. What do I need to do to join in?! This sounds like fun! Are there rewards...? (Like a high five or a "way to go" or a gift card? lol)  *nudge*  

 

 

Update: I went ahead and began filling it out but do I need to save or what exactly? (Super sorry, just not famliar with spreadsheets.) I started my journey from the day before yesterday, hope that's ok. 

 

[TGP]

Sure. hi ! join along.  

in fact, you can begin back at Jan1 if you can figure out how much mileage you've made.

 

at any rate; this kind of journey is one of patience and long marches in the wilderness ; along with perhaps a few artistic posts (if you feel like it)

 

I'm definitely the loud one of the bunch; but I LOVE lotr and I'm getting a huge kick of vicariously sharing their walk. mm. another milepost is about ready to bust.

: excuse me...

[TGP]

177.3 and the marsh is all around us!  we seemed to enter in during our noon-day run

but Strider tells me it will get much more intense in the next couple miles.

 

which is fine except for these awful relatives of the cricket.  Sam dubbed them "neekerBreakers"- How  are we even spose to sleep with all that racket?

 

walking to Mordor IS uncomfortable ( says pippin for the umpteenth zillion times; everyone is too sick of it and their own moody thoughts to even yell at him)

 

 

 

[shy]

Should I include walks taking my daughter to and from school or just purposeful exercise?

[TGP]

all the rules are yours to decide

but i have DEFINELY included any steps the watch says I did.  (whether purposeful exercise or not)

 

IMHO.  1779 miles is a Long ways;  don't take any of your well deserved mileage away from you.

 

 

[shy]

10 minutes ago, TGP said:

all the rules are yours to decide

but i have DEFINELY included any steps the watch says I did.  (whether purposeful exercise or not)

 

IMHO.  1779 miles is a Long ways;  don't take any of your well deserved mileage away from you.

 

 

 

Thanks!!

[Scaly Freak]

7 hours ago, TGP said:

all the rules are yours to decide

but i have DEFINELY included any steps the watch says I did.  (whether purposeful exercise or not)

 

IMHO.  1779 miles is a Long ways;  don't take any of your well deserved mileage away from you.

 

 

This.

 

I let my Fitbit count my steps through the day. The following day, I scroll backwards and it has turned the step count into a number of miles. That's what I log. Seems both the easiest and most consistent method.

[Cataleya]

 
This.
 
I let my Fitbit count my steps through the day. The following day, I scroll backwards and it has turned the step count into a number of miles. That's what I log. Seems both the easiest and most consistent method.

Same.

[shy]

Ya'll with your fancy Fitbits..