Blue train wrote: "There are indeed those who spend their lives thusly, like farmers, loggers, ranchers and a few others. What do you suppose they think of wilderness?"
Perspectives, attitudes, experiences and the nature of the immediate nature vary considerably. The degree that one must keep nature at bay to survive, to be comfortable, varies.
Walking through a wilderness, not over hunted, over-grazed, over hiked, so as to be, again, to a degree pristine, is an exceptional experience. Spending time there brings natural rhythms, human nature is noticed in a more original environment.
What I used to have and still mostly do, is a warm/cool home with a water line, electric line and phone line running to it, in a pretty pristine place. I am allowed the best of both worlds. I can just sit in it and observe it and be less governed by the nature around me. It is beautiful. It is a far cry from living in a hut out here, with indeterminate water source, etc.
When out camping or backpacking, I am visiting. I bring food, I don't forage. I can move water around in bottles and filter it. I don't live there. I am also able to get closer, to experience, to be thrilled, to use all of my senses. Nudity augments that. There is spirituality and learning the sense of being in tune, a part of a greater whole, and there is wonderment.
When I'm in a wild area, it is apparent that there is a quality much different from the trailhead, the family campground, the trampled exploited lands, etc. I better understand wild when nude. I understand better still. There is huge education and are lessons to be had there lost by modern human existence.
Maybe I'm saying, "Wild" ya know it when you are there."
Maybe like "Porn, I know it when I see it."
Jbee
