This article popped up on my Firefox homepage, most of which I pay no attention, but this one did catch my attention as I wanted to know more. It is about noise pollution which is no doubt more insidious than any other pollution since most people would go huh? Yet is there a point in your life where you were actually in a place and heard no man made sound for a period of time? Reading the article made me think about quiet which is something I value pretty much.
I can think of one incident that is clearly etched into my mind from 1971. There are several events between 1962-1972 that are clear now as they were back then. Some good and some bad. The quite event was one of the good ones. I was up in the mountains east of San Diego, called Mt. Laguna, and it had just snowed heavily. The main road was closed to all traffic except those who lived up there. A friend's parents had a cabin up there so three of us drove up. We never went to the cabin but just stopped on the road to enjoy the snow. I walked up the hillside and found a log to sit on after brushing off the snow. Light snow was still falling and the other two were out of sight. or 30 minutes I sat there listening to the wind blow through the pine trees as the snow fell. No other sounds be it people, planes, cars, or animals. It was just me alone in the world and it was a very serene experience till they yelled, Mike, where are you. Have never experienced such total silence of man made noise since then. Close but not quite.
The only others times I was able to avoid man made noise wasn't on land but diving. At 100 feet down off a Philippine Island along a cliff face before a deep drop off to the abyss. Obviously all you hear is your breathing and nothing else in the dark other than what your flashlight illuminates. That is very surreal. Long article so I'll post the link.
https://www.afar.com/magazine/gordon...=pocket-newtab
I can think of one incident that is clearly etched into my mind from 1971. There are several events between 1962-1972 that are clear now as they were back then. Some good and some bad. The quite event was one of the good ones. I was up in the mountains east of San Diego, called Mt. Laguna, and it had just snowed heavily. The main road was closed to all traffic except those who lived up there. A friend's parents had a cabin up there so three of us drove up. We never went to the cabin but just stopped on the road to enjoy the snow. I walked up the hillside and found a log to sit on after brushing off the snow. Light snow was still falling and the other two were out of sight. or 30 minutes I sat there listening to the wind blow through the pine trees as the snow fell. No other sounds be it people, planes, cars, or animals. It was just me alone in the world and it was a very serene experience till they yelled, Mike, where are you. Have never experienced such total silence of man made noise since then. Close but not quite.
The only others times I was able to avoid man made noise wasn't on land but diving. At 100 feet down off a Philippine Island along a cliff face before a deep drop off to the abyss. Obviously all you hear is your breathing and nothing else in the dark other than what your flashlight illuminates. That is very surreal. Long article so I'll post the link.
https://www.afar.com/magazine/gordon...=pocket-newtab
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