The assessment of whether someone is suitable as an outdoor companion has nothing to do with their education, skills, or status. The crucial factor is feeling at ease when interacting. The enjoyable dynamics experienced during hiking greatly rely on the 'empathy' shared among fellow hikers....

More and more individuals are embracing the idea of traveling, embodying the sentiment, 'the world is vast, and I yearn to explore it,' as a collective call to escape the constraints of everyday life and seek a life characterized by liberty and ease. We often...