P1_3 I Would Walk 500 Miles

Authors

  • Phil Relton University of Leicester
  • Scott Davis University of Leicester
  • Alice Ramsden University of Leicester
  • Connor Clark University of Leicester

Abstract

In their 1988 song 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' [1], The Proclaimers state that they would be willing to walk 500 miles, and then 500 more, in order to be the man that falls down at your door. In this paper we examine the feasibility for a Proclaimer, modelled on the average Scottish male human, to walk such distances without food. It was found that a Proclaimer, would lose 1:3% of its body mass after 500 miles and 2:8% after 500 more.

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Published

11/20/2017

How to Cite

Relton, P., Davis, S., Ramsden, A., & Clark, C. (2017). P1_3 I Would Walk 500 Miles. Physics Special Topics, 16(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2457

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2017): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles