The Story of One Man in the Wilderness Sublime
The fall of my Junior year in high school I went to Conserve, an environmental based semester boarding school. Part of the Conserve School experience is a three-day solo camping immersion in the wilderness. I started this three-day journey with minimal items hoping to make the most of the experience with the least. My pack consisted of one milk jug of water, a sleeping bag, the clothes on my back, three books, matches, a torn pair of shoes, my journal, and a taped envelope. Inside the envelope was a cell phone. On the envelope was written, “DO NOT OPEN!” The goal for these three days was to remain without contact with the outside world, this meant not using the cell phone except for in an emergency.