5 reasons to go camping this summer

1. Hiking helps reduce stress

Research The benefits of nature experience: Improved affect and cognition. conducted in 2015 showed that walking outside the city, as opposed to walking along city roads, helps to get rid of heavy thoughts. Those who walked for an hour and a half in nature noted that they stopped fixating on the problems that tormented them before the walk.

2. Hiking improves memory

Exercise has a positive effect on the brain, including improving memory and thought processes. Regular exercise changes the brain to improve memory, thinking skills. … To achieve this, you do not have to strain yourself in the gym - long walks and hikes give exactly the same result.

3. Hiking makes you feel happy

In recent research For Exercise, Nothing Like the Great Outdoors. found that long walks in the fresh air provide more enjoyment of physical activity than walking on a treadmill for the same amount of time.

4. Hiking is an excellent psychotherapeutic tool

Studies have shown Physical exercise through mountain hiking in high-risk suicide patients. A randomized crossover trial., hiking in the mountains, combined with professional psychological help, can help manage symptoms of mental disorders. In patients with a strong tendency to suicide, after such trips, a weakening of the feeling of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts was noted.

5. Hiking develops creativity

In 2012, as part of the Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings experiment. a group of volunteers were asked to go on a six-day hike without gadgets. Before the trip, half of the subjects passed the distant associations test - a test for creativity, during which you need to establish an associative connection between words. The second half of the group passed the same test on the fourth day of the hike and performed almost 50% better than the first group of participants.