https://blog.isakkvam.com/tags/hiking/Recent content in Hiking on Isak's BlogHugoen-usTue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.isakkvam.com/post/strenuous-or-relaxing-time-off/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.isakkvam.com/post/strenuous-or-relaxing-time-off/<p>There are two kinds of vacations I take: the relaxing ones where you visit a new city, stay in a hotel, and explore a new part of the world. Then there are the dirtbag vacations, where I’m sleeping in a tent, hiking and camping somewhere, and come back a bit stronger and wild.</p> <p>This isn’t a new thing.</p> <p>Back in the mid-1800’s, two of the more influential writers that kicked off the American Renaissance were Ralph Waldo Emerson, the spiritual figurehead of the Transcendentalist movement, and his student/protege/apprentice Henry David Thoreau.</p>