The seven principles are plan and prepare, travel and camp on durable surfaces, dispose of waste properly, leave what you find, minimise campfire impacts (be careful with fires), respect wildlife, be considerate of other visitors. Planning and preparing are useful because they will help you enjoy and on top of minimising the damage you do to the land. Travelling and camping on durable surfaces is good because it assists you to not damage any area. It’s also easier to travel on and will help with your journey. Disposing waste properly is good because it will allow you to leave no trace when you are on your journey.
Leaving what you find is a great principle because it won’t affect the ecosystem of the environment, as you will not be interfering. Minimising the campfire impacts is crucial as fire can be flammable in some surroundings like a wide forest with many trees. If you don’t make a fire well it might spread across the forest and impact the wildlife. Respecting wildlife is crucial as disrupting wildlife can affect the ecosystem and how it runs. This can include feeding some animals the wrong things. Being considerate to other visitors is an ethical responsibility to others. This helps you enjoy your outdoor journey to the fullest degree.
I couldn’t really enjoy snorkelling as I had to sit out because of some mild hernia, I did a bit of orienteering, but I did enjoy archery (so far) quite a bit. Sitting out in snorkelling wasn’t all bad though, I did learn about snorkelling by listening and hearing about the experience. Orienteering isn’t necessarily my cup of tea, but I can see how people would enjoy it. I find it a little irritating to find where my location is using a compass, and this might’ve been because I wasn’t good at it. Archery was my favourite experience out of them all, as I have done it before, and because it was enjoyable. Learning how to shoot an arrow on target was rewarding and satisfying, it created a new goal for every lesson we went to.