I find it easy to make brownies. I am afraid of dying. I visit therapists regularly. I am fond of being alone, which helps me appreciate nature. When I camp, I only do so on a beach. I call when I camp on the beach and get a permit. I usually camp for 1 night. I am considering a weekend long trip in a canyon near me. I went to the grand canyon last summer. I will get the food for the trip. My friend loves to cook.
I am afraid of dying alone. I usually camp out in the woods. One day I hope to go camping on a beach. I like to go camping with a small group of friends. I hike. I don't camp on the beaches near me because I fear being harassed by the police. I didn't know a permit was available for beach camping. I last went camping 2 months ago. I am planning a 2 week backpacking trip through the mountains this summer. I plan to make multiple stops on my next backpacking trip. I have never been to the grand canyon. I want to go rafting in the grand canyon.
Are you pretty good at swimming, we'll have life vests but it helps to be a strong swimmer! Yeah, I'm a strong swimmer, but I'll be sure to wear a vest too. Great! Have you done any competitions? No, just trained as a lifeguard when I was younger. Oh fair enough, that sounds like an interesting job. What do you do for work now? I teach 18th Century English Literature at the University of Chicago. Wow! How did you get into that? I've always loved literature. I've been reading voraciously since I was a kid, and I had really terrific mentors in high school. I went to Yale for PhD lit studies. One of the reasons I love the outdoors is it allows me to get away from the city with good books. I see! It is definitely nice to get away from the city. What are you reading at the moment? I reading a historical and critical study of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy in preparation for my own book on the subject. Time in nature gives me a chance to think. Ah, have you written a book before? I love nature too, it gives such good inspiration. I've published a couple in my discipline, but nobody reads them except specialists. I'm actually thinking about writing a comprehensive manual to survival in the wilderness.