Jake Frasier - Outside Reading 2

While doing my research for my paper, I came across the journal article "Leaving 'Leave No Trace' Behind Towards a Holistic Land Use Ethic" by David Moskowitz and Darcy Ottey. The authors discuss the importance of Leave No Trace, and its role in the wilderness experience. In my opinion, I feel that it is vital to uphold the ideas of Leave No Trace because it provides everyone with an equal experience of nature. If someone goes off trail and affects the wilderness somehow, those who follow that person will not experience the unaltered beauty that the first person did. In addition, by following Leave No Trace ethics it can help to create a more natural experience when hiking on a trail. It is important to "minimize impact," upon nature. This means not leaving trash around campsites etc. If everyone follows these types of ethics, it creates mutual respect between people, their peers, and nature.