Hi, good read. I've spent gargantuan amount of time outside, from short hunts and hikes on my property, to week-long adventures in Wilderness areas. So much to say ... to people who can benefit, and avoid calamity, or worse, from my/our experience, and advice (if we're willing to give it). On the first backpacking trip I took my daughters on (quite young), I was schooling them in the great outdoors, rules, do's and dont's, etc. ... much of which they at that time seemingly ignored ... wanting no more to get to the lake and swim and fish ... but I thought, "Shit, this stuff's important!", and started writing it down on the back of one of my maps. I now have a lot to give. And how to give it? I've written a small book on the matter, and plan to write more. It seems like people tend less to seek to learn person-to-person these days.
I will follow you for a while, and see where this goes.
Thanks Jeff! Glad you enjoyed the article! Sounds like you have some really great experience in the outdoors. Excited to have you following along and sharing your wisdom. It’s meaningful work.
As a novice hiker I really appreciate the points you raise in this article. Thank you!
Hey now, you’re no hiking novice at this point!!
Hi, good read. I've spent gargantuan amount of time outside, from short hunts and hikes on my property, to week-long adventures in Wilderness areas. So much to say ... to people who can benefit, and avoid calamity, or worse, from my/our experience, and advice (if we're willing to give it). On the first backpacking trip I took my daughters on (quite young), I was schooling them in the great outdoors, rules, do's and dont's, etc. ... much of which they at that time seemingly ignored ... wanting no more to get to the lake and swim and fish ... but I thought, "Shit, this stuff's important!", and started writing it down on the back of one of my maps. I now have a lot to give. And how to give it? I've written a small book on the matter, and plan to write more. It seems like people tend less to seek to learn person-to-person these days.
I will follow you for a while, and see where this goes.
Thanks Jeff! Glad you enjoyed the article! Sounds like you have some really great experience in the outdoors. Excited to have you following along and sharing your wisdom. It’s meaningful work.