About Wilderness Hiking and Wilderness Hiking Ethics
Wilderness has long been recognised as a location for renewal of mind and spirit. What makes the ‘wilderness experience’ unique is the tranquility, peace and silence it offers, and the opportunity it affords for contemplation. Nature dominates and there is a relative absence of demands on our behaviour that are artificially generated or human imposed. One becomes aware of the rhythms of the mountains and the forces of nature.
Many visitors have had life changing experiences in mountain wilderness that can have a spiritual dimension. Away from the all encompassing technological world, they are able to appreciate their full potential. Most wilderness hikers return from their shared adventure in a setting of natural beauty, tranquility and solitude, with an intense feeling of well-being, as well as the satisfaction of being healthily tired after the physical exertion of a good hike!
Hiking ethics in all areas we visit is to ‘leave no trace’ and to strive to have zero impact rather than ‘minimum’ impact, on the environments we traverse. These principals also apply when visiting other cultures.
A document detailing these ethics, will be supplied to all hikers after booking a trip with Southern Secrets Hiking and Backpacking, and a full briefing will be given before the trip begins.