Sunday, August 18, 2013

The Great Rewards Of Hiking

By Don Beldon


Whether professional mountain climbers or occasional amateur eco-tourist, either people would tell the world that hiking is one of the best outdoor activities of mankind. Fortunately, they can be as convincing as the ideas they live for. There is always a group of like-minded people who finds innate sacredness while stepping onto high ground.

What makes hiking special is that in the old times, nobody would make something special of it. It is just simple walking, yet going through on an elevated plane. However, it is very unique compared to simple walking because mountains and hills are considered sacred grounds.

Whether you ask either a novice or an expert workout buff, all of them would reasonably agree that hiking is an excellent for of workout. No matter where you go, an ascending journey on foot always requires twice the normal gauge of strength. So even if you are just plainly walking, you can barely be conscious about exerting twice effort and you are less likely to anticipate getting tired in the same way as what people are mentally conditioned with running or jogging.

There is more than one way of explaining why reaching the summit is very fulfilling for all hikers. It is one type of "finish line" that does not draw too much painful exhaustion. When one reaches the summit, he or she will receive the greater benefits of a more excellent quality of air that is dense enough to curtail thirst and cool enough to relieve from feeling burned out.

What even makes hiking less tiresome is when a hiker reaches the summit is that the view is just as uplifting as the cool natural air around it. An individual marveling the sights from the peak of a hill or mountain is a common scene found in drama or epic motion pictures that stimulate to viewers the sense of majestic visual pleasure. It is twice more satisfying when one is actually in that place.

Hikers can sometimes even hardly feel tired when they watch their surroundings from the base of the mountain up to the summit. No matter how technologically advanced humanity has become, there is still a lot about nature for us to be amazed with. For some hikers, the farther the summit is, the better as they can prolong their visual cravings.

Hiking is not just a physical pastime, as oftentimes this kind of activity has become a prerequisite to many esteemed vocations. The ever-exalted National Geographic Society has been around for centuries and the brunt of their profession makes hiking inevitable. Hiking is also an essential part of field scientists operating either in the domain of biology or geography.

If there is anything that constitutes the epitome of the importance of hiking, it is the chance for humanity to be connected to Mother Earth. Technology has a way of destroying God-given things which our ancestors only take for granted. Hiking can offer everyone a perspective of our world on top of our great experience.




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