The Art of Manliness

#318: Exploring Life's Trails, Literally and Metaphorically

Jul 3, 2017
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ANECDOTE

Robert Moor's Appalachian Hike

  • Robert Moor hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in 2009 after college while figuring out his next life step.
  • The five-month hike was a dream come true and a time to gain clarity before graduate school.
INSIGHT

Trails Are Living Systems

  • Trails are not static; they evolve as people and animals create shortcuts and follow paths.
  • This fluidity reveals trails as a shared, living system beyond a simple path.
INSIGHT

Animal Trails as Communication

  • Trail making is one of the animal world's earliest forms of communication through externalized memory.
  • Ants use pheromone trails as dynamic, efficient information networks about food sources.
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