What truly is staggering is that humans have to now become so urbanized that we need to go on courses to be given a glimpse into skills that only a few generations ago were "standard". The speed with which we've lost these core skills is frightening and really does go to show how civilizations can abandon their roots and change. I look at the western world as it is and see clearly how the Egyptians could have forgotten how and why the pyramids were build in a few hundred years.
Add to this the now almost obscene commercialisation of the outdoors in one way or another (partly driven by people who have no real interest in the outdoors or nature - many of which "discovered" the outdoors in a book - but instead are driven by the almighty £) - I'm amazed as to how the outdoors can be packaged and sold to people. Very sad.
Add to this the now almost obscene commercialisation of the outdoors in one way or another (partly driven by people who have no real interest in the outdoors or nature - many of which "discovered" the outdoors in a book - but instead are driven by the almighty £) - I'm amazed as to how the outdoors can be packaged and sold to people. Very sad.