I suspect that a MAJOR essence of the 21st century recreational wilderness is as a death encounter, like Disneyland.
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Do you mean human? Or any large enough charismatic mammal?
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even plant death is on display - but I think the (safe, pretend) encounter with one's own death is really important
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people are obsessed with "wilderness survival" and there's a trend of focus on allegedly spooky wilderness deaths even though most wilderness deaths are car accidents, heart attack, etc.
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Huh yeah never thought about that. My own one serious experience was in spooky category (nearly getting swept away by rapids)

