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Walking can help with loneliness now, writes Hanan Abdelrahman.
Many children do not interact with the trip. Given the opportunity, the feeling of mastery can be transferred to all forms of learning, writes Hanan Abdelrahman. Photo: Private
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Hanan abdelrahman
Math teacher
Three years ago, a Norwegian colleague invited me to Kjerringhøgda in Østmarka. Since then, there has been a steep learning curve.
Trip number two to the same location with a guru from the eastern countryside two years later came after I called a hiking friend on Facebook.
Experiences in nature have great transfer value to life in general.
Several researchers have shown that nature can reduce stress and worry and put us in a better mood. Among others, Gregory Bratman from Stanford University in California.
You realize how the body and the brain play together. How dare you go further than you thought possible. And how nature receives and accepts you as you are.
One measure of integration outperforms all others, says Hanan Abdelrahman. Photo: Anders Baumberger.
Nature can be a scenario of integration
Many ask me how many trips I have made. And why do I do it. The answer is: I have made many trips of various kinds. Everything from five kilometers to six miles. For all seasons and in all weather conditions. Alone and with others. DNT trips, day trips, night trips, mountain trips, forest trips, canoe trips, ski trips, climbing trips, at all hours of the day.
The forest, the mountain and the sea are free zones. Here you don’t have to fulfill or satisfy anyone other than yourself. I myself feel comfortable, calm, strong, in control and free. I experience greater mastery for each longer hike I take and for each mountain peak I manage to climb. And every time I spend the night in a tent or outdoors without being afraid.
I dream of starting a hiking buddy movement in which a Norwegian family invites a minority family who is new to the country on a Sunday trip, writes Hanan Abdelrahman. Photo: Private
I grew up in Cairo. The only contact I had with nature was going on a picnic in the park. We usually drove, parked the car, walked a few hundred yards, and had a large picnic basket full of good food. The aspect of training and going far was not something that worried us.
Nature can be a setting for the integration of minority women. Because it is not necessarily only in Holmlia’s women’s cafe that it happens. There is so much on the way to Kjerringhøgda in Enebakk. My dream is to start a movement of hiking friends where a Norwegian family invites a minority family that is new to the country on a Sunday trip.
It is on these trips that true networking occurs, misunderstandings are cleared up, and people of different cultures can become closer to each other.
Teach children about interaction
I didn’t take my own kids on trips when they were little because I found out hiking was late. Let children have the pleasure of discovering new places and things and feel the feeling of mastery when they stand on top of the mountain. We recharge and naturally tire of being energetic outdoors. Small trips with some food and drink are worth their weight in gold from a young age.
Many children and young people have no idea of the interaction and dependence on nature. Given the opportunity, the feeling of mastery can be transferred to all forms of learning. They may come to believe that they can do it if they try and don’t give up. In today’s society and the situation of the crown in which we find ourselves now, it is a “must”. There will be too many seats with digital tools. They all do their thing. So it’s more important than ever to add physical activity to our couch bodies.
It will benefit everyone. Especially now.
