The Hiking Hermit
… Discover your Path
Welcome. This site is about traveling the natural way—on foot. It’s about recognizing that walking is central to our identity as a species.
“…the walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours—as the swinging of dumb-bells or chairs; but is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Our compulsion to walk, to seek out new horizons, can be traced back more than 100,000 years. We are the ape who left the trees to explore the world. Walking upright led to tool use, agriculture, community, and technology. Sadly, we have become addicted to our tools, and find ourselves straying farther and farther from the sustainable ways of our ancestors. These days we are more likely to travel in machines than to walk. We swarm over the land, sweeping aside what nature put there, replacing it with what we think we need.
But deep down inside, our hearts cry out for what we’re losing. Our souls are homesick.
When you step back into nature, suddenly you can hear the call. You’ve come back home. Join me for a walk in the Wilderness. Let’s reconnect with our deep wild roots. Let me guide you to a path that is right for you or be your own Pathfinder. Hike your Dream. Please reach out if you want to know more.