Adam Kimmel – Topic Of My Own Choice : Hiking

Before taking this class I had really never thought about taking a period of time to go out and hike to experience the wilderness. It was never very appealing to me, but after seeing and speaking about all of these amazing places and experiences that have happened it is really growing on me. I find it very sad that as a society we don't really think about how much you can grow from going out and hiking a trail. When we need to relax we often book a trip out to some exotic place where we can relax in a hotel and have a car drive us around all day. But I now know how much more of a impact going into a harsh wilderness and hiking through it on foot can have on you. When you finish that hike you will have grown as a person more in one hike that you would in a life time of normal trips. I hope one day our society understands that its good for you to take off work and go experience the wilderness because it will help you grow and make you appreciate all you have so much more.