Outside Reading- The Spirit of the Appalachian Trail:
Community, Environment, and Belief- Chapter 1
This
chapter starts to examine the spiritual impact of long distance hiking. Many people have different views of the
trail. Anthropologists and historians
focus on symbol systems, the connection between the hiker and the religious
body, and the evolution of the hiker through time. The second is the study of outdoor recreation
as religion. It was said that outside
recreation could produce the same feelings as religion. I thought this was very interesting because I
never thought about religion in that way.
I understand know that religion is for the person experiencing it so can
be anything. The third view is that
outside activity can reduce stress from our ever day lives.
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