Best thing about nature? It's almost free of people.
Rediscovered nature a while ago, bought some equipment and headed out the door. Learned a few things. As a child i used to live in the countryside in a smaller rural area. I almost had forest outside the door. I used to go walking in nature for an hour or more. We had some wetlands to the east that was dangerous, but apart from that there were varying types of forest, mostly coniferous, but to the west of the town it was more mixed along a lake.
I also used to take my bike into the woods and do "mountainbiking" before it got popular. I rode over rocks and downhill. Eventually i learned to take bandaid with me
When we moved to a new city, i jumped on my bike and started exploring the city, when that was done i started going outside town, most i did in a day was 44 km - and i forgot to bring water! Was a sunday so every store in the little towns i passed through was closed.
Longest i ever walked was a day trip across a nature park, almost 20 kilometers. Took a 65L expedition bag filled with stuff with me and tested if i could make it, and surprise - i did. Learned to take care of my feet, if i don't i walk till i bleed.. and then some.
I really like walking and taking pictures of animals and green parts and smelling the different smells of the forest and fields. Calms me down like nothing else. I have a hammock and a tarp that i can make a camp with in under 5 minutes and while it's adequate to sleep in with a 2 season bag until mid September, a week ago i decided to order a proper ultralight tent (1.1 kilo) that i'm gonna use this year. I have a 4 season sleeping bag (-39'C) but it's heavy and still wont help much against the elements.
Also gonna throw myself to the challenge of doing a longer multi day hike in 2018, main problem isn't time or money, it's finding someone to hike with. Most of the people i know are nerds who hardly ever leave their homes, or they have families and similar limitations.
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