On page three, the narrator speaks about climbing the mountain to escape his thoughts and his daily life as a teacher. I have noticed that many hikers follow the trail to escape their mundane daily lives. Almost all hikers hike as a way to find their flow, and relieve themselves of worry about day to day functions and harassing thoughts. As the text explains, places mold one's personality; "landscape is a connector of the soul with the being." Further, the text cites a term meaning person, "daesein," or otherwise translated as "being there." This term directly correlates the very existence of a human being as being intrinsically attached to where that human being is geographically. I found that to be very enlightening. I would definitely agree that every place that I have been in, whether it be for a few days, or even years, has had a significant impact on me. I would say that my hometown has shaped me, just as much as being physically here at CNU surrounded by this environment and these people who share it with me.
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