… We will be hiking, backpacking, animal tracking, and working on skills like plant identification and wilderness survival. Some of us may also participate in more mindful events intended to clear the mind and open our eyes. What does having a Wild Mind mean? Gary Snyder, an American poet, Zen Buddhist, mountaineer, environmental activist, deep ecology philosopher, and founding member of the Beat Generation, says: "It means self-organizing. It means elegantly self-disciplined, self-r …