How Long Is A Firewalk?
The short answer is, kind of as long as you want. Let’s get into it.
Most firewalk companies deliver a single, and in my view, often too short a firewalk. Yes, it’s a couple of steps across hot embers, and yes you can tick ‘a firewalk’ off your bucket list, but it’s often not the unforgettable experience I like to deliver.
The first thing you will notice with us, is the size of the fire. It’s bigger than most, as we want a huge amount of embers available for our walkers.
We often begin with a three to four metre firewalk. Once everyone has walked, we invite people to walk for a second time. But we make it about a metre longer (if the venue allows this). And in doing so, as we reload the lane, we add more hot embers on top of already hot embers, making the firewalk even hotter.
No-one is obligated to walk of course, but most do. Multiple times. It becomes addictive.
After the second round, we can extend the walk again, and we continue this until we have run out of embers. This may be as much as six walks and 10 metres. We just did this over the past weekend. As one brave firealking warrior mum put it, ‘Ah shittttt, we are bloody badass women!!!’
It’s also a suprise bonus for most walkers as they expected just one walk. As another mum put it in her feedback, ‘I loved that we were allowed to walk more than once, and each time it got longer and hotter!’
So the bottom line is, we start at about four metres, and then we extend and extend and get hotter and hotter until we are out of embers.
Does this increase the chance of Firekisses on your feet?
For sure.
But we find that once ‘in state’, our firewalkers want to keep walking again and again, the sensation in their feet reminding them of their unbreakable courage.
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Whether you're looking to run a charity firewalk event, boost your team with a corporate firewalk, or take on a personal challenge — Chris Jones and The Firewalk Experience have got you covered. Get in touch today to discuss your event.
Firewalk instructor, best selling author and film director, Chris has been training people, making movies and writing books for three decades. When he is not running a firewalk, he is currently directing splinter unit on Mission: Impossible 8.
