Solo Safety

After trying a couple of backpacking trips with friends, I decided to solo from then on out. The trips were much more rewarding when soloed in silence, as my thoughts were not interrupted by the yammering of party members which were rarely worth listening to, but soloing required elevated awareness of hazards capable of injuring or killing at any moment.

Each trek presented unique risks to be aware of and managed to avoid dire consequences.

Threat awareness was adjusted carefully for locale and environmental conditions as required.

This way, the chances of incidents occurring were minimized, even if never fully eliminated.

This worked well as I trekked about seeing places I wanted to gaze upon before my death.

No injuries or incidents serious enough to scare me off ever occurred, yielding ideal results.

Soloing also allowed memories to kindle more thoroughly in my mind, always easily recalled.

And as time passed, I was able to hike and see plenty of beautiful, remote wilderness areas.

I used to want to return to a place I once lived to explore areas only glimpsed beyond city limits, but extreme religion and politics combined into noxious mix preventing that trekking.

Ah well, I could never live long enough to see them all, and happily survived all I did get to.