Spring breeze potential. Winter gives one last rump as crocuses push up through the

soil and trees leaf out.

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to the dirt bag diaries.

To the truly committed, everyday life is surrounded and driven by the wilderness. After a few

decades of climbing trips, surfing expeditions, and endless snow-filled winters, we become

accustomed to filthy floors, dusty caves, and weeks without showers. Simultaneously, our

ability to function in metropolitan areas and modern institutions slips away.

It seems that as our union with the outdoors transforms from pastime to passion, our connection

to civilization becomes utterly broken. A significant relationship with the wilderness

is great, but on the rare occasion we are faced with an urban environment many of us suffer

from a potentially inhibiting disorder.

Do you have trouble understanding television commercials? When you're in a crowded movie

theater or stadium, do you nervously fidget or plot an escape route? Does setting foot

in a Costco or Walmart cause you to black out and crash into discount clothing racks?

If you are a patron of the outdoors, and you answered yes to any of the above questions,

the confusion and anxiety you are experiencing may be attributed to a syndrome known as

post-infatic wilderness disorder.

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