"John Muir (18381914)." PBS. PBS, 2009. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.

This article about John Muir was published by PBS (Public Broadcasting
Service). There is no specific author listed.
This is a General Internet Source: This article is a mini-biography of
adventurer, John Muir (1838-1914). It is a short overview of John Muirs
life and what he wanted to accomplish through his published articles. It
begins in his early life and how he developed his undying love/passion
for nature. The article goes on to explain what Muir did with his passion
for the outdoors. As a result of this, we had one of the first
documented scenarios of adventure therapy.
This source relates to my topic, because John Muir was one of the first
advocates for adventure therapy (without even knowing it). He was
one of the first people to actually document the affects that the
wildness had on him mentally and spiritually. The origin of the idealistic
and fundamentals of adventure therapy in the United States basically
began with John Muir.
Reflection: John Muir was one of the first people to experience the
benefits of the wilderness and adventure therapy and documenting it,
without knowing what adventure therapy even was. Muir studied
botany and geology at the University of Wisconsin. He walked all the
way from Indiana to Florida, creating botanical sketches of the land
around him. From there he sailed to California and walked from San
Francisco to Nevada, the range of light that would change his life
Muir felt a spiritual connection to nature. He believed that man-kind is
part of an interconnected natural world, and that God was revealed to
him through nature. Muir preached his gospel of nature by writing
articles for leading magazines that made him internationally famous.
Muirs love of the wild gave his writings a spiritual quality. His readers
were inspired and often moved to action by the enthusiasm of Muirs
own unbounded love for nature. When Muir spoke about the wilderness
he said things like, cares will drop off like autumn leaves and in the
great fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness people will find hope.
When Muirs work took too much of a toll on him, he took would seek
restoration in the wild. He bid others to do the same.