Why in the Outdoor World?
Posted on 2008 under Adventure as usual, Environment, Hikes, State of matters, Thoughts | 1 Comment15 Aug
In a mood for mischief. Was looking around at various sites and blogs. The Mumbai Hikers Blog, Lonely Planet, wikitravel.org, Trekshitiz, Treks N Rapids…. and I was wondering what do I write on my blog. This is what came up - my intense need to know.
What is it in the outdoors and adventure travel that calls to people? Honestly there is mud, mosquitoes, snakes and other creeps. There are no easy lifts and clean beds. Food and cooking is primitive. We exhaust ourselves climbing a mountain and risk life and limb to come down again. So why?
Why is the world so passionate about (to quote some inquiry emails I get) weekend gateways, hicking, treasure hunt riddles clues, rapling, climbhing and so many other things that they don’t even know how to spell? What about those things tempts them? What makes them leave their warm and cozy homes in pursuit of strange hardships with even stranger people? Read more… »
