Frédéric Gros: The practice of going on a Grande Randonnée or a walk without end does not in itself constitute an act of political resistance. That said, it is traversed by ethical dimensions which can be at the heart of political action in the most authentic sense.
Obviously, I am here primarily thinking — your question suggested it — of resistance to the contemporary values of speed, and resistance to the imperative constantly to be connected. To walk is to choose slowness, to promise oneself simple pleasures that cost nothing (the beauty of the landscape, the headiness of mountain passes, the sweetness of forest trails) or even a tranquil tiredness, as opposed to the irritations of the city.
In its immense monotony of repeated steps, to walk is to give ourselves the opportunity to rediscover a privileged mode of presence to the self, to others, to the sensible world, and finally to tear ourselves away from being absorbed by screens and connections. More here.