Wilderness has been companion to Americans since we landed on this continent and cleared the first trees to make a civilization. During that time it was something to be conquered. It had to be overtaken for the settlers to survive. It was a battle on a daily basis to live and the wilderness was the main obstacle. In Modern society most Americans live in large cities. Wilderness might as well be the park down the street with a few hundred trees. A common joke in today’s society is that camping means making hotel reservations. In modern society wilderness is not viewed as a threat to daily life anymore. So why is wilderness the desired place for many Americans to escape to and perhaps risk their lives?

The wilderness is secluded. Only a small percentage of Americans trek into the wilderness for their own reasons. The wilderness is also still so large in America i

The wilderness is another popular retreat because of the beauty. As I mentioned before Americans attacked the wilderness very proficiently and yet still did not conquer it everywhere. There are many places in America that could still be called untouched. This untouched beauty is very appealing to many people. Many advocates of Mother Nature find it very refreshing to be someplace that we have not turned to concrete and put our stamp on.

t is possible to stay in one place for years and never see another person. This fact could be the greatest reason for a person to seek out a challenge in the wilderness. We are saturated with the thoughts, ideas, propaganda, gossip, and ugliness of everyday society; the wilderness is the most obvious place for a person to retreat if they really wish to escape these things. Another reason a person might wish to be secluded in the wilderness is to escape judgment. In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless enters the Alaskan wilderness alone. It could be said that he chose to do this to escape the judgment of others who might ridicule his actions or sway him from doing something his way. To have another individual give you their ideas and opinions and to have that person as a sounding board would ulimately hamper turning

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