What is a Pace?
Many clues will have pace counting involved (i.e., look under the rock 20 paces northeast of the Red Queen). The question often comes up, from both hunters and clue writers: “What should we be using as a pace?”, or “is there a standard pace?”, or “is a pace one or two steps?”, etc. The problem is that there are no good answers to these questions, even if you’ve decided to standardize on one or two steps, because everyone has different length legs, and some people pace by simply walking whilst others pace by taking exaggerated steps. Many clues will have pace calibration legs, or other subtle hints, so you can calibrate one pace of the hider’s to one of your paces, (see below for a description of pace calibration legs), and you won’t have to know or guess what the hider thought a pace was, and how long their legs are, rendering the question moot. If they don’t, you will just have to go by feel, or try some of the various definitions and hope your pace is similar to that of the hider’s.
