By the Numbers: 1000 Consecutive Days, 4+ Hours Moving Outside

Unintentionally (at least initially), from July 1, 2021 to March 26, 2024, I have spent at least 4 hours moving outside. Every. Single. Day.

This never started as a goal. I took all of July and the first week of August 2021 off work to rest & recover, to explore location options for Wild Walks and spend some time with my wife before our daughter was born.

Fast forward about 580 days and I started to do some math.

I knew I was spending 3+ hours outside every day with our dog and either another 1+ hour outside with my horse or another 1+ hour every day on the phone. Often it would be both.

February 2023, I thought I might be approaching 500 consecutive days. I realized I was closing in on 600. Speaking with a friend, I knew that it was realistic for me to get to Thanksgiving 2023 without breaking the streak. From there, it would be a question of the winter from November 2023 to March 2024.

Ironically, the worse the weather, the more likely I am spending 4+ hours outside. This comes from having a highly active dog and owning horses. (Anyone who has taken an axe to a frozen livestock water trough or dug snow-packed "stilettos" out of hooves knows what I'm talking about.)

So here I am, having achieved one of the more unintentional goals I've ever achieved. 1000 consecutive days with 4+ hours every single day outside. I've broken down some of the more interesting numbers from my 1000 days.

First for context, most North Americans:

• experience 93% of their life indoors at 22C or 72F
• spend 11+ hours every day connected to digital media
• touch their phones 2600+ times per day
• will never sprint after 30 years old (including through airports, for the bus, after kids, etc.)

By The Numbers - 1000 Days, 4+ Hours Moving Outside:

• Minimum time outside: 4h03m (day 600)
• Maximum time outside: 24 hours
• Average daily time: 7.5 hours
• Median daily time: 4.75 hours
• Hottest temperature: 55C / 131F
• Coldest temperature: -26C / -15F
• Wind speed (sustained): 110kph / 68mph
• Wind speed (gust): 160kph / 100mph
• 24 hour rainfall: 112mm / 4.5 inches
• 1 hour rainfall: 15mm / 0.5 inches
• Closest Lightning Strike: <100m, Powell Butte, Oregon
• Pairs of shoes: 23
• Pairs of Blundstone's: 1
• Blisters: Zero
• Estimated total distance traveled: 29,500 km / 18,330 miles
• Median daily distance: 24.7 kms / 15.35 miles
• Median daily steps: 34,000
• Maximum 7 Day Distance: 304 kms / 189 miles
• Days without cell phone coverage: 67
• Calories burned: > 4,072,346
• Most ridiculous reason to be outside: 4+ hours breaking a 1.5" - 2" layer of ice in a horse paddock
• Weight moved in a single date: 8,000lbs (~56-58 bales of Timothy hay)
• Audiobooks: 81
• Months to watch Ozark's final season: 15 (note there were 14 episodes)
• Abandoned campfires prevented from becoming wildfires: 9
• Tallest flame on an abandoned campfire: 1.25m / 4 feet high
• # of abandoned campfires extinguished on Day 1000: 1
• Most consecutive days outside for sunrise: 172
• Animals rescued: 33 (more to come on this)
• Days I did not see another human in the 1st hour of my day: 417
• Days part of me did not want to go outside when I needed to: 950