Why I Don’t Trek: A Short Story

Soft, peach-tinted forest trail after rain with a muddy hiking boot, coral scarf on a trekking pole, and scattered gear resting along the path at sunset.

She called it peaceful.

I called it suspicious.

Somewhere between the rain that fell too straight and the silence that felt too deliberate, I began to realise that nature, the one we romanticise from behind city windows and YouTube soundtracks, has a sense of humour.

This short story about Trekking begins with mud. It escalates quickly.

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Kids in front of pond with swans and ducks

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