hi, are we using US-miles here?
So this should be a good table for converting, no?
US miles km
1 mil 1,6 km
70 mil 113 km Apaches warrior: 4-12 men raiding parties on horses (not on foot !)
20 mil 32,2 km Castle dispatch team max (with horses)
45 mil 72,4 km Karnazes Run (on foot/day, no sleep)
20 mil 32,2 km Adventure Group - low estimate
40 mil 64,4 km Adventure Group - high estimate
8 hour estimate
On foot km With horses km type 20 mil 32,2 km 40 mil 64,4 km trails - Rolling 14 mil 22,5 km 30 mil 48,3 km trails - Hilly 9 mil 14,5 km 20 mil 32,2 km trails - Mountain 15 mil 24,1 km 30 mil 48,3 km Rolling grasslands 12 mil 19,3 km 25 mil 40,2 km Hilly grasslands 8 mil 12,9 km 20 mil 32,2 km Forest/thick scrub 6 mil 9,7 km 15 mil 24,1 km Hilly forest 5 mil 8,0 km 10 mil 16,1 km Un-blazed Mountain passes 5 mil 8,0 km 10 mil 16,1 km Marshland
Naismith's rule
3 mil 4,8 km One hour
Add an hour for 2000 feet / 610 m ascent
Roman legions
15 mil 24,1 km Legion (5 hours march a day)
25 mil 40,2 km Compramised Legion (more time)
50 mil 80,5 km Death marches (more time)
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My local sources would indicate the following
"þingmannaleið" (max 37,5 km [or 23.3 us miles]) is the distance a civil servant (the parlementarian representative) will travel in one day on horse, and the way he will travel. The distance is four weeks (9,4 km [or 5.59 us miles]) or five german miles (7,42 km [or 4.349 us miles]). (http://lexis.hi.is/cgi-bin/ritmal/le...ingmannalei%F0)
"Ein vika/víkja sjávar" one week of rowing , it is the disance that a rower would rown on one site of the boat. afther that distance he would go to the other side of the boat, (it is about one hour). But the distance varies (7.4 km [or 4.35 us miles]), (8.3 km [or 5.15 us miles]) or (9,4 km [or 5.59 us miles]). The word "week" is here refearing to the act of making way for the other rower.
When planing a daytrip with a horse, you can plan to travel 30-50 km per day [or 18.64 - 31 us miles], the "Þingmannaleið" is well within that limit (37,5 km [or 23.3 us miles]). Traveling on horses for long distance will ask for 3-4 horses per traveler, and use the younger horses early in the day. (http://www.ismennt.is/not/hbrynj/hestar/ferdalog.htm).