Backpacking is a great way to escape the rat race and be one with nature. But it's likely your backpacking experiences can fade with time. To prevent this, the best way is to keep a backpacking journal for your adventures.
Why You should Keep Backpacking Journals
You should take time to consider some of your most recent backpacking experience. What are the things that sticks out in your mind? Now think about the first time you ever went backpacking. You will undoubtedly remember a few things about the geography, people you went with, particular backpacking routes and spectacular views. But the experiences you have forgotten will be lost to time. If you had kept a backpacking journal, this won't be the case.
Did you know that there are famous instances when people kept journals throughout time? Of course, Anne Frank's Diary is the best example. Anne kept a running commentary of the two years her family spent hiding from the Nazis in her diary. Your backpacking experiences should be more lighthearted but still, if you keep a journal you will be able to remember them as the years pass.
A good backpacking journal combines a number of characteristics. In order for you to avoid taking unnecessary space for other things, it should first be compact. Next, it should also have a case so that it will be protected from rain, spills, and so on. Third, the journal should contain blank areas to write your notes. Finally, cues should be contained in the journal to remind you to keep notes on specific things. Cues should include the following,
Include the people you went backpacking with,
Did you enjoy the place you backpacked and where was it?
Write down the people you met as well as their contact information,
The geographic and weather conditions,
What were the routes you tried and how far did you make it?
What were the unique things that happened while you were backpacking?
At the end of the trip, these things are what you should be able to get from your journal:
For the other backpackers and people you met, you should have their contact information.
Enough detail so that you or a friend will be provided with a guide if you backpack the location a second time.
Memories to reflect upon years later, and
Something to pass on to your friends, children and grandchildren.
Getting the most out of your backpacking journal would mean that during backpacking breaks or immediately after, you should write in it. Every trip is special, even if you just go out for a weekend.
Backpacking is a great way to commune with nature. It's therefore important to preserve the experience.
Why You should Keep Backpacking Journals
You should take time to consider some of your most recent backpacking experience. What are the things that sticks out in your mind? Now think about the first time you ever went backpacking. You will undoubtedly remember a few things about the geography, people you went with, particular backpacking routes and spectacular views. But the experiences you have forgotten will be lost to time. If you had kept a backpacking journal, this won't be the case.
Did you know that there are famous instances when people kept journals throughout time? Of course, Anne Frank's Diary is the best example. Anne kept a running commentary of the two years her family spent hiding from the Nazis in her diary. Your backpacking experiences should be more lighthearted but still, if you keep a journal you will be able to remember them as the years pass.
A good backpacking journal combines a number of characteristics. In order for you to avoid taking unnecessary space for other things, it should first be compact. Next, it should also have a case so that it will be protected from rain, spills, and so on. Third, the journal should contain blank areas to write your notes. Finally, cues should be contained in the journal to remind you to keep notes on specific things. Cues should include the following,
Include the people you went backpacking with,
Did you enjoy the place you backpacked and where was it?
Write down the people you met as well as their contact information,
The geographic and weather conditions,
What were the routes you tried and how far did you make it?
What were the unique things that happened while you were backpacking?
At the end of the trip, these things are what you should be able to get from your journal:
For the other backpackers and people you met, you should have their contact information.
Enough detail so that you or a friend will be provided with a guide if you backpack the location a second time.
Memories to reflect upon years later, and
Something to pass on to your friends, children and grandchildren.
Getting the most out of your backpacking journal would mean that during backpacking breaks or immediately after, you should write in it. Every trip is special, even if you just go out for a weekend.
Backpacking is a great way to commune with nature. It's therefore important to preserve the experience.
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