>>695923But you know what guys? It was one of the best experiences of my life. The scenery there was beautiful, me and my best friend got to experience things we had never even imagined over there. Despite the shit that happened, we managed to keep a positive attitude and laughed it off. We were inexperienced campers, and had never hiked anywhere near as far as we did over these couple of days.
The landscape out there absolutely dwarfs you, and the snow-capped mountains almost bring tears to my eyes even now when I see pictures of it.
That's what it's about. That's why we go /out/, friends. I don't care about all the shitposting, all the bullshit on this board. You're all my brothers because you all love the same thing that I love.
We endure the shit things that happen. We endure the muddy boots, the wet socks, the freezing cold. We endure the gear failures, the shitty boring food, and the rationing of clean water.
We not only endure them, we embrace them so that we can experience what it's like to be inside the wilderness. To interact with nature on such an intimate level, and to stare in awe at her beauty.
Friends, things like this really make you appreciate how big the world is, but also help you to realize that you are a -part- of the world.
You can walk in places and see things that others have as their computer wallpapers. You can sleep in caves on beds of moss in a beautiful valley. You can set foot in places that a very select few people have ever been, just by taking a few steps off the trail.
That, my brothers, is the comfiest thing of all.
