Hiking Through The Woods

A little path through the green marks the mystery with which you set upon this trek, like a seed cast into the wind, you round the corners of this path as if being pushed by some overpowering force, unable to break away. If you but put one foot in front of the other then nature will manage the rest and rescue you from the dull drudgery of the daily grind, a fate fast receding into the back of your mind and the deep recesses of your memory. Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking have been confirmed in studies. In the United Kingdom hiking is usually called rambling, which resulted in the hiking organization named Ramblers. Bushwhacking specifically refers to difficult walking through dense forest, undergrowth, or bushes, where forward progress requires pushing vegetation aside. In extreme cases of bushwhacking where the vegetation is so dense that human passage is impeded, a machete is used to clear a pathway. Australians use the term bushwalking for both on- and off-trail hiking. New Zealanders use tramping (particularly for overnight and longer trips), walking or bushwalking. Multi-day hiking in the mountainous regions of India, Nepal, North America, South America, and in the highlands of East Africa is also called trekking; the Dutch refer to trekking also. Hiking a long-distance trail from end-to-end is also referred to as trekking and as thru-hiking in some places. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=126591