Why do people want to go trekking?

Actually, sometimes I ask myself - why do I (and many others I have met along the way) love so much to go trekking, torturing ourselves having terrible headaches, having to cook and eat our own food, suffering from strained muscles, instead of relaxing ourselves on a beach resort, watching bikini babes run along, sipping on cool lemonade and playing water sports?

I think it boils down to a few reasons:

1. Satisfaction - Comparing the number of people who haved peaked Mount Kinabalu, for example, versus the number of people who have been to the Manukan Island beach resort… obviously, less people have been to the peak! And that is the satisfaction. Being able to say “Hey, I’ve been there, and not any tom, dick or harry can make it up there.”
2. Achievement - Sometimes we just HAVE to get there. Like… if I don’t climb this mountain, I’m gonna lie on my death bed unrest!
3. Health - While beach resort holidays are relaxing, it is also sometimes quite bad for health! At least, climbing up the mountain lets you put your muscles at work while on holiday! Not many get to do this during your day 9 - 5 job!
4. Company - When you have a close group of friends of the same interest, you tend to push each other… one mountain leads to another, automatically!
5. Nature - While the sceneries of some mountains may not be as beautiful as advertised, I think many of us just want to see “untouched land”, basically we are sick and tired of concrete walls. We want to see animals and insects, mud and soil, the clouds and the sun!

So which category do you fall into? To be frank, I even don’t know about myself. Does it matter? I just love it!

Tags: health and fitness, nature, satisfaction