I watched the long walk and now I’m reading the book. I was wondering, how credible is the distance? It’s 300 to 400 miles. What would happen to your body on the way?

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    21 hours ago

    I’m not familiar with your source material. Are we talking about one continuous segment without stops, or can the walker rest at regular intervals?

    • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
      5·
      21 hours ago

      No rest and no falling beneath below 3 miles per hour.

      Edit: under lower than to lesser than (proof-read your posts)

      • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        I’ve not seen the film yet. I wonder, if there’s no maximum speed can you just sprint ahead and then stop for a little rest?

        • michaelmrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          It’s not about the average over time. You are required to keep a continuous pace. If you drop below spec you are given a warning. The fourth warning is a rain of lead in your body. You can lose a warning by keeping pace for one hour and you can accumulate addition warnings until mortality if you don’t get back up to speed after a given warning.

          So with no warnings you have less than 40 seconds to live if you just stop.

            • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
              3·
              19 hours ago

              It’s been a while since I read it but the guards also there to make sure you don’t abscond. Which would probably include running ahead of the group.

              • calliope@retrolemmy.com
                3·
                19 hours ago

                Correct, in the book they have multiple groups of soldiers that run ahead (in vehicles) if there is a vanguard.

                I’m reading it too because I read it over a decade ago and making it into a movie seemed stupid to me. So I wanted to know how stupid.