When you spend enough time in the mountains, you acquire a very distinct mindset; the way you think and see things starts to change. Overtime, we’re all the more wise through our experiences.

Here is a list of 15 things, I think we can all agree upon, only adventurers would know:

1. The 5 second rule is extended to at least 30 seconds when you’re outside and any food is dropped on the ground.

2. We’re not all a bunch of minimalist, vegan hipsters.

3. Descending is often worse than ascending.

4. Finding bruises and scratches days after a hike is quite normal.

5. No amount of bug spray will deter the bugs. Just forget about them, you will likely become immune.

6. TP is considered to the be the eleventh essential.

7. There’s no such thing as getting lost, there are only shortcuts. If we happen to get lost, it has nothing to do with the shortcut.

8. The higher we go, the harder it gets; at the same time, the closer we get, the easier it goes.

9. Feeling down? We just walk, run, hike it off. A healthy dose of oxytocin, endorphin, dopamine, and serotonin is exactly what the doctor ordered; it can be found in the hills. Yeah, there’s a study for that.

10. Rainforest green is an easily identifiable shade on the colour spectrum.

11. There isn’t much variation between our outdoor attire and our normal/everyday attire. When going out for dinner or attending an event, we strongly consider if wearing a our black leggings.

12. A pair of jeans makes us feel fancy.

13. There are few things finer than the smell of campfire.

14. After a hard day in the mountains, we’re up for eating just about anything – even our least fave meal.

15. Off the pavement, we say “hi” to everyone we come across and we’re likely to engage in some sort of conversation. On the pavement, we rarely notice others around us.

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