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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Hey that's fair. Some people appreciate the man-made and urban environments more than others. I used to be that, but less so these days.
I'll take birds chirping, running water and trees creaking over car horns, tires on pavement, mufflers on a ####box, indistinct people noise and meth heads screaming at the clouds every day of the week.
I'll never relate to people who are energized by the latter but that's fine.
IMO experiencing a scenic place in person is a completely different thing than seeing a couple photos and reading about it. I find I experience most places i go to in a totally different way than I was expecting from my research. That's the beauty of it. Finding out what these places are like from your own subjective POV. Once in a while it's a disappointment (brutal weather, bad terrain), but far more often it's something special that you'll remember.
I'll scantly remember the umpteenth time I walked down the same street to the same place with the same kind of people and conversations. It all just blurs together when you look back on it. That's why going out into the wilderness to a new place and the unknown and surprise you get to uncover in doing something novel will in most cases win out for me. It's also a great environment to bond with people where you can be yourselves with no social pressures of an urban environment and conquer a mountain or trail in the process.
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Totally understand my view is garbage on that one, being born and raised near Banff and mountains. Ya their big. Go to maui or the big island or some other cool landscape I love it. I want some weird animals and insects. If you don’t have lizards your hike sucks. I think I was 25 before I saw my first lizard, and don’t get me started on crabs. Our crappy flies and gophers and squirrels. Bears would actually be cool.