Log-distance Apparating; WAS: Deduct ten points from your LOON membership

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Sushi <sushi at s...> wrote:
> 
> >We know that brooms are used for long-distance travel because it is
> >difficult to Apparate over long distances.  The issue is whether the
> >distance between London and Hogsmeade, which is somewhere in
> >Scotland, is far enough to preclude Apparating.
> >
> >Haggridd
> 
> Well, nobody ever said Apparation all had to be done in one 
> jump.  Heck, hopscotching would make London->Lima feasible, via 
> either the Bering Strait or Iceland and Greenland.  It would 
> definitely make *hopscotch* interesting as well (would that require 
> cannons?).
> 
> Sushi, nitpicky


bboy_mn:

JKR told us the distance you can apparate is limited, unfortunately
she didn't give us a number. I for one would love to know what it is,
it would certainly help my fiction.

In my fan fiction, there are programmable Portpager. Devices that are
both an electronic pager and a programmable portkey. I had to set some
range on them, and based on the scant evidence in the stories, I chose
500km or 300miles. Also, I have made the assumption that my portkeys
and apparation are about the same. I think the book contradicts this
in that people portkeyed from all over Europe to the World Cup. But my
portkey/pagers are limited by the programability and the combination
of muggle electronics and magic.

Starting in London, that range allows you to apparate to Devon where
it is assumed that the Burrow is (150 miles). But you fall 34 miles
short when trying to apparate from London to Edinburgh, Scotland
(approx. 334 miles). From that point 34 miles south of Edinburgh to MY
assumed location of Hogwarts is an additional (34+124) 158 miles.

We know from canon that London to the Weasley's Burrow is possible, or
at least, it is according to Ron. We know from the story that Surrey
to the Burrow is possible because Mr. Weasley does it in book 4 (still
roughly 150 miles). But we are given the impression that Dumbledore
flew from Hogwarts to London in the Sorcerer's Stone, although, I
suspect he apparated back in a couple of hops given the urgency of the
situation. 

So +150 miles is easy but 458 miles is hard. Based on this, I chose an
average of 300 miles. Some wizards can go a little more; some wizards
not quite that far. That range also allows you to go from London to
Dublin, Paris, Brussels, or Amsterdam in a single hop.

I also suspect, that you can combine flying and apparating. You could
take off on your broom, fly a comfortable distance from your start
location, then apparate with the broom to a comfortable distance from
your destination, and fly the remaining distance. Let's face it flying
is fun, but even at 200 mph (+2 hour journey from Hogwarts to London),
it's not as fast as apparating. Plus, given the weather in Britain, I
suspect flying is a little chilly.

So, until JKR gives us some details, that's my story and I'm sticking
to it.

bboy_mn