Jocelyn Vegter is a successful IT professional who prefers to spend her leisure time communing with nature and exploring new territory. Naturally curious and eager to discover new wonders of the world, Jocelyn Vegter has successfully logged her 1,000th mile backpacking across the country. While her professional life doesn’t allow Jocelyn Vegter to take too much time off of work, Jocelyn Vegter has accrued 1,000 miles of trailblazing in different parts of the country.

Regarding her recent accomplishment, Jocelyn Vegter states, “I love to spend time outside, discovering new and interesting things about the environment. I almost didn’t believe I had already backpacked a thousand miles since I started keeping tabs not too long ago.” Some of her favorite hiking moments, Jocelyn Vegter explains, have been when encountering wild animals in their native habitats. A lover of animals, Jocelyn Vegter recalls, “It’s funny, when you’re on a hike, to see such an array of wildlife. Really, they aren’t even too disturbed by your presence.”

Jocelyn Vegter enjoys staying active when not hard at work. Although she loves the IT industry, Jocelyn Vegter admits it is essentially a desk job, not lending itself to much physical activity throughout the work day. Jocelyn Vegter has always thought of hiking as a great way to distract yourself from the fact that you’re getting exercise. Jocelyn Vegter states, “When hiking, it is easy to burn 1,000 calories without even noticing, because you’re so involved in taking in your environment. You don’t even realize how much physical effort you are putting in.”

Motivated by her lifetime achievement of logging 1,000 miles on foot, Jocelyn Vegter states that her next goal is to reach 5,000, a moment she plans to precisely calculate so that she can capture it on film. An advocate of participation in outdoor activities, Jocelyn Vegter wants to inspire others to get out of the house and explore their environments. Jocelyn Vegter states, “It’s a great way to stay in shape and, as an added bonus, it’s a great way to unplug from our environment and truly appreciate the natural world around us.”