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Hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk for pleasure along a trail in nature.
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Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond physical recollection.
But it’s all still there in my heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure—they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days to come, like a treasure found and then, voluntarily, surrendered. Returned to the mountains with my blessing. It leaves a golden glowing on the mind.
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― Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
― Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
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Whatever restorative effects a town visit offered always vanished with astonishing swiftness on the trail.
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― 2 Titles By Bill Bryson: " A Walk in the Woods," & "Notes From a Small Island."
― 2 Titles By Bill Bryson: " A Walk in the Woods," & "Notes From a Small Island."
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