I recommend the following article from the New Yorker Magazine to anyone who ever expects to venture into the wild.  Titled Call of the Wild by Paige Williams and found in the 1/19/2026 print edition of the magazine, it may be the best look at what it is like to venture into the back country as a “modern” human I have ever read.  Outstanding!  Inspiring.  Here is a quote from a search and rescue volunteer in Great Smoky Mountain National Park, “The park [nature] is just neutral. People are, like, ‘Mother Nature’s out to kill you’ or ‘Mother Nature’s out to help you.’ It doesn’t care. It just does its thing.”  The onus is on you to know how to get out there and how to get back.  A volunteer role in the outdoors is in my future.  I can feel it!