“How deeply am I willing to go into the wilderness?”

Photo © Kerry Skarbakka.

A nice blog entry from Pruned. I ask these questions myself and love the fact that the Inner Harbor boardwalk (granted, not wilderness) has no fence. From the entry:

How deeply do we allow the tyrannical claws of the A.D.A. and other institutional regulations to extend into the wilderness?

At which point do we allow for the loss of control, from which one may begin to experience moments of unexpected wonder, terror, even compound multiple fractures?

Where is the limit of designed access?

Speaking of these kinds of questions, check out the book Outside Lies Magic.

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