No doubt the value of wilderness is almost more in what is not found there than in what is.  Consider what we typically do not find in a true uninhabited wilderness (uninhabited by humans, that is!):

. . . personal multipliers of power (vehicles, motorized tools,
electricity, and so forth)
. . . markets and marketers
. . . external temptations
. . . false values
. . . lying words
. . . too many voices to attend to
. . . too many people to relate to
. . . racial, ethnic, and gender tensions
. . . personal deception and pretense (masks)
. . . meaningless entertainment
. . . an overload of news (information)
. . . an overload of human technology
. . . an overload of noise
. . . the need to talk incessantly
. . . responsibilities clamoring for attention
. . . constant time pressure
. . . any sense that I am in control

Is there any person who cannot benefit from being relieved of these stresses from time to time?

Note: This list in abbreviated form is found in our RBC booklet “Celebrating the Wonder of Wilderness.”  You can access the entire booklet on line from the WOC blogsite by moving over onto the right sidebar and selecting “Author Resources.”  When you’re there, click on “Discovery Series” and then select the booklet you want to read.  I have written 5 of them on the theme of celebrating the wonder of creation.  You can read them there, get them in a PDF file and print them off, or follow the prompts for ordering any of them in hard copy.  They would work well as meditations for a hike.  Several groups have used them for backpacking hikes, and so forth.