A single trip. What You Should Know

Single trips occupy a very special place in tourism. The image of the indomitable lone wolf, bravely wading through deserts, jungles and swamps, meditating on mountaintops, whiled away their evening in the company of the fire and a strong cup of tea, looks very nice and romantic, but often has nothing to do with the real life. This article (and possibly in the next few) we will tell you that solo trips represent a really, what skills they need to have and what kind of equipment should be prepared.

Every man going on a camping trip, does it with a purpose. Someone wants to just relax and unwind, someone - to meet new places, others want to test their physical skills and learn the basics of survival in the wild. However, all of these goals can be perfectly calm and even to be reached at the company. Hiking in a group is more fun, more comfortable and safer. So why do some individuals so hard to strive for a single journey?

The answer to this question is, and it lies in the metaphysical.

Since ancient times, the loneliness is considered a strong tool of influence on a person's identity. That's why many people there rituals associated with this practice. For example, some Indian tribes sent a soldier of the future on a long hunt, and only it marked the successful completion of the transition in human the category of adult men, and in many African villages is still at fault community members are sent alone into the jungle "on re-education ". Do not be amiss to recall the experience of hermits and monks who sought the truth in solitude. Thus, it is the psychological component of a single trip is for us the value of and interest in the first place.

The impact of solo hikers per person can be quite diverse and can hardly be accurately predicted in each case. One comes unprecedented inspiration, and when they return home, they rush headlong into work. Other tschotnost aware of its existence and understand the need for radical changes in life. For others it's just a great opportunity to fully relax from the bustle and experience the greatest adventure of his life. Single trips exactly will change you, but no one knows how, and by how much.

And although, as has just been said, the end result of your adventure is difficult to predict, about some characteristic sensations that accompany a person in a single campaign, to tell all, it should be.

• You will experience an incomparable feeling of freedom. In everyday life, we are closely connected with the community around us, which sometimes palpable and sometimes invisibly forced to act one way or another. And even in a group like you will be imposed certain restrictions: on duty in the kitchen, route alignment, the need to tolerate stupid jokes satellite, lagging, or wait on the trail bustler catch. In single-player campaign you are totally and completely depends only on himself. This sense of freedom is so complete, so unusual that some even frightening.
• You know what a responsibility. All ordinary life teaches us that fatal mistakes do not happen. Any business can start and throw in a difficult moment you can ask for help and then get it, and any mistake is never too late to correct. In single-player campaign will have to get used to the idea that everything depends only on you and your every mistake can lead to irreparable consequences.
• You will know loneliness. One may dress up in clothes introvert and poking around in his inner world, but it is in a single campaign, you really learn what it means to be left to itself. Even the most seasoned, solid and psychologically stable person on the second day begin to mental dialogue with themselves, and in another couple of days to catch myself on the fact that loud comment and discuss their actions. For some it comes to conversations with trees and rocks, and it is absolutely not funny, believe me. It is in a single trip begins clearly understand that people - being primarily social.
• You will gain confidence. After a few nights in the woods, when you listen to every rustle and rush from every shadow; after several days of rain when you're soaked to the skin, will munch on the muddy trail; after getting up the mountain from the top of which it is perfectly clear that for tens of kilometers around there is not a living soul; after a dozen extraordinary situations that you overcome, you will learn at last their true capabilities and begin to respect themselves themselves.

To summarize this short article, I want to again emphasize its basic idea.

There is not one good reason why you should prefer solitary hikes, save your sick head. Yes, solo journey will undoubtedly have influence on it, but it is not the fact that in a positive way. Perhaps the way you condescend insight and you will know the meaning of life. But it is not excluded, and another variant in which the cockroaches in your head will grow to even larger sizes. In any case, this experience will leave a mark in your life.

On this optimistic note, finish, and the next article will talk about more practical things. I'll tell you what skills will be useful to you at one with nature.