RE: [Paddlewise] Wilderness: Isolation or Adventure?

From: Allison Corning <acorning_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:55:03 PDT
>Dave Kruger asked:
> >So, how does wilderness travel affect YOU?  I'm curious.

I spent 6 weeks doing archaeology in Northern Kenya with a small group of 
people- vast open landscapes, only other human contact a few nomadic goat 
herders that didn't speak english...Getting back to civilization was a 
complete shock...I wanted to turn around and head right back into the sahel. 
I ended up thinking many horrible thoughts about the human species. But I am 
natually anti-social and don't generally enjoy being around lots of 
people--I experience the same kind of culture shock even after being gone 
for a few days in the back country. But its also the same reason I keep 
going out again and again...

Allison

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