Strange but true story: She walks in LA
Posted
Apr 30 2008, 03:14 PM
by
Karen Datko
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In a post called "WWFD? (What would Frodo do?)," Arduous of Arduous Journey tells a most amazing story. She lives in car-crazed Los Angeles, and she walks. (We'll get back to Frodo in a minute.)
She acknowledges how strange this is. "In LA, if the only parking spot is three blocks away, it means you should probably just valet," she says about routine behavior.
In fact, she's hoofing it about 70 minutes a day. "The rest of my commute (via subway and bus) takes about half an hour each way, just five minutes longer than my drive would be," she adds.
What are the benefits? She looks and feels great, and has a tan that wasn't sprayed on. She doesn't drive to an $80-a-month gym to walk on a device "that seems more suited to hamsters than humans," she writes. She smells the jasmine in the morning air.
What's this have to do with Frodo Baggins? Some geek calculated that the distance from Frodo's home in the Shire to Mordor, where Frodo needed to toss the ring into Mount Doom, was 1,841.8 miles. Frodo covered it mostly on foot.
"So, the next time you are about to jump in your car on an errand, take a moment to think to yourself, what would Frodo do?" she writes. "The answer is, he'd probably walk. And you should too."
