It is extraordinary that a person can simply walk to be healed. ... (American Hiking Society) So, why not just go for a walk in your neighborhood instead of hiking? ... Although she compared it to childbirth, because it was painful at times, she noted that like childbirth you remember what is good about it. ... Hiking can do more than just put you in contact with many walks of life that share the common ground of hiking; pun intended. ... It was serene to sit and watch them frolicking in the warm summer sun and to remember that animals share this earth too. ...

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