How far a horse travels in one day

[kortleggur]

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).