Personal Choice #2

Hiking as therapy i think is a very interesting topic that we talked about briefly in this class. I chose it as my topic for my paper and it really interests me a lot. I have heard about hiking as a treatment for kids that had gotten in trouble with the law and my research has shown that it is surprisingly effective in rehabilitating people. Most of these kids come from the inner city so they have had very little interaction with nature. this complete shift from their normal life is very interesting to me because i feel that i also have had very little interaction with nature and i am curious about it all more than anything. I almost wish that one of my friends who was a hiker would show me around because i am very interested in hiking but really know nothing about it. I don't know where to begin or where to go or what to bring so its more me being apprehensive about making a big mistake.