My first outside reading will be from something I stumbled
upon while doing my annotated bibliography project that has stuck with me. It comes from Hippy Kippy’s 2011 Appalachian
Trail Journal. He says “I have been a
little under the weather and so the climbt to the top of the steps apped my strength. However upon entering the woods and climbing
toward Springer, I felt life enter my body”.
I feel as though this statement shows the true power of the wilderness,
it has healing powers; the power to rejuvenate not just the physical body but
the morale of even the most beaten person. It is almost as though wilderness is capable
of passing its own life into those that enter it. The place is truly greater in power than any
that we could create with our hands and technology. The ability of the wilderness to provide
energy and life is something that I would love to study further, I find it fascinating
that it can bolster people so easily.
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