It was. The distinct contrast between the hell of street life in LA and the wild, uninhabited, yet entirely less hostile, wild outback, definitely gave me context for a life lived, since then, in awe of the folly of humanity.

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throwaway173738 3 days ago | parent [-]

Nature can be cruel, unrewarding, and ambivalent but she is never spiteful and nothing she does is ever personal.

	▲	aa-jv 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Very true. And in the Australian outback, it can be absolutely beautiful too. I found it quite rewarding, personally. Stripping all the material world of 15 years of life in California took me just a few days, semi-naked, thirsty and hungry, walking barefoot among the spinifex and wattles. Definitely a life-changing experience I would do again and again.