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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

Outdoor recreation often slips into what I call an achievement-based relationship with nature. I’ve been guilty of it myself. Whether it’s “bagging peaks”, racing to finish the AT, or stamping the land with machines and monuments, the focus shifts from ecology to ego.

Being obsessed with Peak Bagging is not Solarpunk.

Nature is not your personal obstacle to challenge yourself against, it is a shared place of discovery you trample when you only see it as a place to endlessly, exhaustingly conquer.

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[-] Doctorbllk@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've read the article and a lot of the opinions stated in this thread. You gotta let go of this one, dog. People live their lives the way they want to, and as long as it's harmless to others it's not anybody else's business.

That said, way too many generalizations both implicit and explicit here, including in the article itself. It sounds like the aim of the article and comments made are just looking for someone to be angry at. But I'd wager that those people actually out experiencing, even just existing in, nature are not the ones to whom that anger should be pointed. Redirect your focus, don't attack your fellow people.

this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2026
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