While in Zakopane, the capital of the Polish mountains, I recalled what total laziness was.
I wrote this text on the 18th of March, 2025. It was our third day in Zakopane. Tomorrow, we will return to Warsaw. In Zakopane, I forgot about fasting, exposing my body to cold and tucking. The only thing I did not forget was doing street photography. During our three-day stay, I took over 450 photos. I think it is a good result. Also, despite total laziness, we did not forget what walking was. On average, we took over 14k steps daily. I know there are many people who would take more steps, e.g., because they are walking in the mountains. Still, considering we were not walking in the hills, I think it was a good result. So, where would we have been if we had not walked in the mountains?
We’ve been walking mainly in Zakopane, and we have just been walking around from restaurant to restaurant.
I also want to clarify that ‘rucking’ is a form of exercise where you walk with a weighted backpack, which I usually do as part of my regular routine. Also, we got to the Gubalowka and Kasprowy Wierch mountains, but not on foot, thanks to the cable railway. That’s why I do not consider these rides as actual mountain exploring. I would say that riding to the mountains by the cable railways was a part of the total laziness.
How happy I am that I could swim in total laziness.
Also, I am content to return to my usual behaviors (with intermittent fasting, exposing my body to cold by, among others, taking freezing showers, walking in summer clothes in frigid temperatures, and rucking) during the following days. I can dive into laziness, but I know this process cannot last longer than nine days (I wrote similar posts after our stay in Estonian Parnu in June 2024). Undoubtedly, a state of laziness, with a body full of food, with the feeling of warmth all the time, and without physical activity, like rucking, is not the natural state of the human body. The feeling of warmth I experienced was not just from the weather, but also from the cozy atmosphere of the mountain town and the hearty Polish meals we enjoyed.
