Re: What do you get out of the backcountry?

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Posted by Alicia on January 8, 2007 at 2:45:17 pm EST
In reply to Re: What do you get out of the backcountry? posted by SteveTheFolkie on January 8, 2007 at 8:57:52 am EST

I agree with most of what everyone else said. I go outside for the: solitude, peace, quiet, time for contemplation, simplicity, physical activity…

I take away: self-awareness, self-reliance, an appreciation for nature, stress relief, a clearer head, calmer mind and body, and better sense of priorities…

SureLockInc/Donald says he feels closer to God in nature and I can also identify with that sentiment.

He also says that nature “brings us (especially men) back to what most men love, the need and desire to be wild at heart and to act rugged.” I’m a woman, so I can’t say how men as individuals or a group feel about nature, but I think many women also would say they have a strong connection to wilderness and being active outdoors, but tend to express it in a different ways.

This raises the question of whether men and women, on the whole, identify differently with nature. Obviously individuals can and do. I think it depends on the individual more than gender though, but I could be wrong.

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