Walk To Rivendell" aka "The Eowyn Challenge"

[Alatáriël Lossëhelin]

Lyra: Congratulations! Welcome to Rivendell..come on over and join us in the hot springs.

My atlas shows 285 miles from Rivendell to Lórien; 393 miles from Lórien to Rauros; and 470 miles from Rauros to Mt. Doom--a total of 1,606 miles from Bag End to Mt. Doom.

I am so embarrassed! I would like to apologize to my fellow walkers for grossly miscalculating the distance from Rivendell to Lórien. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] I spent several hours yesterday afternoon working on a timetable/mileage chart for the rest of the journey. I discovered that if I follow the Fellowship exactly, it is actually 465 miles from Rivendell to Caras Galadhon (396 to the banks of Nimrodel). I'm not sure where my head was when I originally calculated the distance. The other sections of the journey only required small mileage adjustments: 389 from Caras Galadhon to Rauros; & 468 miles from Rauros to Mt. Doom. A total of 1,780 miles from Bag End to Mt. Doom.

It is still a feasible goal to walk from Rivendell to Caras Galadhon by December 17. It's 108 days till RotK..at 465 miles that's approximately 4.3 miles per day. Or at least to Nimrodel (3.67 miles per day). I'm not sure if I can make it by then, but I'm going to do my best.