Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Team A / Blogging vol.4 / Yosuke / Recommendation of Field Walking

Picture : Cerro Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina


I went Botanic Gardens, which is a hill located south east of UCR campus, with my friend last Friday. It was second opportunity for me to get to there, for I couldn’t climb up to the top of hill at the first visiting because of time restriction. There are so many beautiful flower gardens, such as Rose garden, Iris garden and Cactus garden. When I was on top of the hill, I could see splendid view of Riverside and many mountains, and I could feel really comfortable breeze with chorus of birds. Botanic Gardens is become one of my favorite places here in Riverside, so I’ll recommend you to visit there by walking. Moreover, I’ll describe about recommendation of field walking as follows.

First, walking is good for human health because it is aerobic exercise as well as full body motion. Especially, walking is good for respiratory systems. In fact, my mother-in-law had disease of respiratory systems about ten years ago, and she began field walking in accordance with her doctor’s advice. One year later, fortunately, she could overcome from her disease completely. In addition, walking is known as a best way for controlling weight by burning fat without hard exercise.

Second, field walking is an adventure which we can see majestic view of nature, such as mountains, rivers, lakes and ponds. My most memorable field walking is visiting of Cerro Aconcagua, 6962m above sea level; the highest mountain in South America in Mendoza, Argentina. I visited there in February, 2009 as a snap bus tour from Santiago, Chile on holiday of business trip. In this short trip, we could have a field walking at the middle of this mountain, which is located 3200m above sea level. We spent about three hours in this beautiful place, and we could see the top of the mountain with bright blue sky as well as beautiful natural ponds. I learned the magnificence of nature and enjoyment of field walking from this experience.

Finally, I recommend you to go field walking to somewhere with your friend. It’s so easy to begin because you have to buy only shoes for field walking. I believe that you can find something new feeling from field walking.

1 comment:

  1. WOW~~~~~The scenery is soooo pretty~~~
    I agree with you~,walking is good for health,and I think you can see more beautiful scenery by hiking which we can't see by driving~~~
    Sometimes, I just give up halfway, because it was so tired. But I think I will try hiking next time, I will try my best in order to see the wonderful scenery...^_^

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