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A Love Letter for My Students for the Wilderness
I am taking a momentary step-away from my classroom for several weeks this fall as I do a southbound traverse of the Appalachian Trail. Although this journey is one for me, I do not want it to be my own. As an educator of urban youth, I need them, you, and all to inherit the wilds with a will to defend them and the action to enjoy them.
The Long View of How to Train for a Thru-Hike
Training for a thru-hike means embracing the outdoors, discomfort, and mental fortitude. This is my advice for how to train for the AT when your trip is years ahead.
Notice of Intent to Hike (or An Affirmation of Job-Leaving and Dream-Weaving)
I will be thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail southbound beginning in June 2017. This will necessitate leaving the education world (but I will return) and a life in Phoenix (but I will return to AZ). This is an explanation for context. I've come to realize the following: Don't isolate yourselves from humanity, but set yourself on a path within it. Hiking is humanity on a scale of what humanity has always done for ages.
Wilderness as Sense Experience
In an age of vehicles and photo-sharing, the experience of wilderness has been dulled and framed. Thru-adventuring is a chance to engage the senses again.