The Great Outdoors
Outdoors sports are some of the most interesting things to go into because there are so many things to do; however, they are also on of the hardest things to get into because if you don't know what you are doing you can get into some trouble. There are going to be many things that one will run into depending on what sport you are in, such as in hunting you can run into poachers of predator animals, or fishing with flooding or injury. Leaning your outdoors sports is essential to being not only successful, but also keeping yourself safe. Hunting, fishing, and snow sports are the most common in nevada, because they are very plentiful. People travel from all over the world to participate in the snow sports in Tahoe, Hunting is mostly locals locals from the state, and our year round fishing season also draws lots of dedicated fisherman to our rivers and lakes.
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The tourist attractions draw many unknowing people to these sports that require little skill and a lot of know how.
Snow sports can be super fun if you know what you are doing and how you want to do it, not getting ahead of your skill level is also a great thing. Many people believe that it is dangerous to go up into the mountains and hike for hours just to find the right slope to go down, yet do it anyways. They find the thrill of going forty miles per hour down a vertical mountain is the best thing ever and it can be with the proper equipment, and know how. Avalanches are a common thing in these mountains after a heavy snow, but what better time to hit the slopes. Many people die every year because they go out and look for these perfect runs out of bounds and don't think of the repercussions of just going out and jumping onto a mountain. They do not do the necessary thing that have to be done to help them survive if lost, such as packing enough food, and water, or even a survival kit. They do not plan
their routes that will be taking, or tell people where they are going. These are all necessary things to help if something did go wrong. One of the number one reasons that people get hurt in the mountains and on the slopes is the “ it won’t happen to me,” attitude, so they do not pack properly and then it does happen to them. Another reason that people get lost or die in the mountains is because they try to get way ahead of themselves on their skill level and push their limits a little bit too far. This causes problems because they end up trying to take a fifty foot cliff into fifteen feet of powder and have never even gone down a ten footer. They end up stuck on the mountain because they can't get the courage to go down it or they do go down and break bones and end trapped under the snow. In order to stay safe up in the mountains people should take every single precaution that is there and not get ahead of themselves. Snow sports are not dangerous, the people themselves make it dangerous. Fishing is another great outdoor sport that people can do at any time of the year in Nevada; It does take a dedicated fisherman to wake up at the crack of dawn in the middle of a mosquito hatch, lathered in bug spray every hour or so, while it is ten degrees outside just to try with no guarantee that you will sink into the big one you've been after for years. When you do finally sink in the the big one it is a very thrilling thing. The adrenaline rush is like nothing else because all of that work finally payed off. From tying the perfect fly, to the 5 mile hike to the little creek in the middle of nowhere, and the patients that it takes to sink into the big fish. It does take a lot of gear as well. The list goes on and on, all the way from just the basic rod and reel, a little bit of line, to the waders and the socks that you wear under them. The know how of fishing is also a big thing to learn if you want to get into it seriously. The type of fish depends on what kind of fly you tie, and how you fish for it. For example, a basic rainbow trout is the most common native fish that is in Northern Nevada, you can find them in just about and stream and river. They generally like brightens colors with little or no movement other that the natural flow of the river. A steelhead is much different from a rainbow in the way that they like a dull colored fly that moves a lot with the flow of the river. Knowing the type of fish and the way to fish them is one of the most important things that can be learned about finish. Hunting is one of the most overlooked outdoors sports in Nevada, yet also one of the most fun. Fun not in the sense that people just go out and kill animals for the joy of it, but fun in the sense that it is a process. From start to finish the amount of steps that have to be gone through in a way gives you a sense of attachment to the animal and sport. Hunters spend thousands of dollars in guns, gear, and property, just so that they have the chance to get dinner that night. We have to have the best of everything to try to out due the people in the fields or river next to you. Tricking the birds to think that where you are set up is the place to be, opposed to a different section of the river, or different field. Hunting is not a new thing, For thousands of years people have hunted for just sheer survival. It is in our jeans to want to go out and hunt, whether or not people chose to work that hard for their food is up to them, but those who do get into it have the time of their life. There is a connection between us and the animal, and that connection is what keeps us going. It gives us the push to keep on going out in the negative degree weather, just to come home clean the animal, and have a nice home cooked meal. Hunting is the only true way to say that you have got a true home cooked meal, that you truly slaved over. In conclusion, there are lots of things that you can learn how to do, but if you are going to get into anything you should give outdoors sports a try, but before you do try to learn as much about it as you can. Learn all of the gear that you need and how it works. Learn the terrain that you will be in and what preventive actions that you can take so that you can stay safe. Just ultimately have fun, enjoy what you do in everything that you do. Live Happy in whatever you do, but if you are going to do it outside be safe.
The Interior Plains is a region in west-central Canada, in the Mountain and Central time zones. It is the fourth largest region of Canada. Majority of the Interior Plains is prairie land with lots of flatlands. The total area of this region is 1, 900, 000 km². Approximately nineteen percent of Canada’s population lives in the Interior Plains region. This region includes certain points of interests and attractions such as city areas like downtown Calgary and natural sightseeing areas like the Rocky Mountains. The majority of the Interior Plains is prairie land, with many trees and grass. Most of this area is wide, open spaces and flat land. Some of the animals living here include deer, wolves, and
Christopher Johnson McCandless was a hiker who also went by the name Alexander Supertramp and ventured into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 with a bit of food and equipment, hoping to live in isolation. Almost four months later, McCandless's body was found, weighing only 30kg. His story shocked many people and got the attention of magazine writer Jon Krakauer. At First he wrote a small article in the magazine Outside that sparked a lot of controversy with the readers. Since Krakauer got a lot of attention from his article, he decided to do more investigation on McCandless’s journey. Krakauer end up writing the book named Into the Wild and explains with plenty of detail McCandless’s life before his journey to the wilderness. Now a days, most teenager or young adult would never give up the life they have, because the way were so attach to electronics and our surroundings, for Chris McCandless is a different story he gave everything he had in life to go out and live a life in seclusion that caused him his death.
The connection between Romanticism and nature was said by Marjorie McAtee, to have strengthened with the idealism of folk cultures and customs. Many romantic artists, writers, and philosophers believed in the natural world as a source of strong emotions and philosophies. The artists and philosophers of the romantic period also accentuated the magnificence and loveliness of nature and the power of the natural world (McAtee, Marjorie, and W. Everett. WiseGeek. Conjecture, 03 Mar. 2014. Web. 05 Apr. 2014.) . Mary Shelly and many other writers like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were romantic writers who were apprehensive toward nature, human feelings, compassion for mankind, and rebellious against society. Romanticism, which originated in the 18th century, is something that emphasized motivation as well as imagination (Adjective Clause). In Frankenstein, Shelley cautions that the initiation of science and natural rational searching is not only ineffectual, but unsafe. In endeavoring to discover the mysteries of life, Frankenstein assumes that he ...
It is not true that the close of a life which ends in a natural fashion-
The prose provides a thought-provoking insight into the process of discovering existential meaning for the first time. The two dimensions in the prose revealed the multifarious nature of discovery that can be intensely meaningful in ways that may be physical and intellectual. Literally it is a physical discovery arises from the exploration of the Canadian interior, emphasising the obstacles and impediments involved, applied especially to the unfamiliar ones. While the physical discovery of the untamed terrain is utilised as a metaphor of the intellectual discovery with wider spectrum of searching existential meaning, which can offer new understandings and renewed perceptions of ourselves. Hence the unpredictability and the diversity of discovery
Have you ever experience extreme boredom during the winter or have those wintertime blues? There is a sport out there that could very well dissipate those feelings, and that sport is snowboarding. Snowboarding is a sport for the adrenaline junkie. It is guaranteed to get your heart racing. The rush Will keep you coming back for more!
The ruckus from the bottom of the truck is unbearable, because of the noise and excessive shaking. As we slowly climbed the mountain road to reach our lovely cabin, it seemed almost impossible to reach the top, but every time we reached it safely. The rocks and deep potholes shook the truck and the people in it, like a paint mixer. Every window in the truck was rolled down so we could have some leverage to hold on and not loose our grip we needed so greatly. The fresh clean mountain air entered the truck; it smelt as if we were lost: nowhere close to home. It was a feeling of relief to get away from all the problems at home. The road was deeply covered with huge pines and baby aspen trees. Closely examining the surrounding, it looks as if it did the last time we were up here.
...ntinue to do these activities to stay physically active. The younger generation needs to be taught these activities rather than team sports, because when they grow older volleyball, soccer, and basketball are harder to fit into your life than hiking or cycling for example. There is no doubt that physical education programs across the nation need to be adjusted or changed, and implementing Wilderness Sports and Adventure Education is an effective decision.
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Time outside is super important to our lives. It helps us connect with the planet learn about it. But it also helps us connect and learn about each other. I go outside almost everyday and never realize how great it is. It gives us learning activities, we can exercise and even relax with the aid of the outdoors.
Walking through the woods never fails to clear my mind. After spending all day sitting in a stale classroom, filled with stress, confusion, and overwhelming responsibilities, taking a long stroll through the familiar woods behind my grandmother’s house lifts any worries that could ever weigh me down. I never wander through aimlessly. I always follow the trail of grass that has been deliberately cut down shorter than the rest, making it easier to tread through to the small creek at the end of the trail. The entire journey through the woods behind my grandmother’s house, there and back, first took on a whole new importance in my life during my junior year of high school.
Challenge plays an essential role in defining a sport; it provides the individual with the feeling of achievement in success. Skiing poses challenge even in its simplest foundations. Skiing on a poor quality hill, with icy snow and poor upkeep can sometimes create more challenge than a well-groomed slope. Skiing in the backcountry away from lifts and other people in freshly fallen snow provides an opportunity for the best of skiers to test t...
I am a psychology student with an English minor. While the combination seems odd at first glance, the two studies actually compliment each other quite nicely. I have always been fascinated by the way in which writing can reflect the inner workings of an author's mind, by the way it effects the reader in such a profound, defamiliarizing way, as well as by the way that it can be used to explore the many facets of human nature in a much more effective way than any research study. Because of this thought process I have been particularly interested in several of the poets that we have looked at and their exploration of the effects of the forces of imagination and sensual perception on their perception of nature. The debate over how much of our personal experience is based upon what we see and hear and how much is based on what we feel and believe is long standing and crosses many fields of study, psychology being only one of them. William Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey", Percy Shelley's "Mont Blanc" and to an extent Samuel Coleridge's "Chamouny: the Hour Before Sunrise" all represent different stances on the issue and therefore aid the reader in exploring the effects of perception and of imagination on experience.
Many people in America work at jobs where they are separated from Nature and other people, sectioned off in cublicles, plugged into a machine, doing work which neither challenges their intellect nor is fulfilling personally. As a result, a separation forms not only between others and from Nature itself, but from themselves, and their purpose in life. A feeling develops that are not living life to the fullest. Much of our interaction these days is "virtual interaction", taking place between us and a screen. We are capable of doing just about anything virtually: shopping, sex, even skiing. Our lack of contact with genuine, hands on experience, however, leaves a nagging feeling of unsatisfaction with the lack of physical control that we possess over our lives, and a fear that life is slipping away, untouched. Extreme sports are an extreme reaction to this dillema - they put one as close to Nature as possible, literally flush with the forces, be it gravitational or otherwise. The urge to push oneself against nature is similar to one of those "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" equations. These sports put one "up against the line", so to speak, testing our will to survive and forcing a connection with nature, with ourselves. There is a paradox here: in placing our life in the hands of natural forces, we take back responsibility and regain control, in a sense, over our existence. We are making a conscious choice to place our lives at risk, and thus taking on the ultimate responsibility, in a sense. Nature may be acting in opposition against us, but, the goal, according to Michael Bane, author of Over the Edge: a regular guy's odessey in Extreme Sports, is really to be i...
I think we all have a beautiful place in our mind. I have a wonderful place that made me happy a lot of times, years ago. But sometimes I think that I am the only person who likes this place and I'm asking myself if this place will be as beautiful as I thought when I will go back to visit it again. Perhaps I made it beautiful in my mind.