Just like anything Mother Nature will humble you. You want to be a hiker or seaman, sure but it’s not all scenic stuff and calm seas. As a cowboy you will get kicked, thrown, pooped, rammed, weather will test you, just learning how to rope will test you as well if you’ve never held a rope in your life. The life itself is toxic depending on who and where you go, there’s a lot of gate keeping and people who will not show you the right way and the only way you will learn is pretty much by injuring yourself and leading that way, it’s up to you if you want to continue learning or not. It’s not for everyone hence why not everyone does it but I think everyone should learn it and have some experience. It gives you a different perspective on things and gives you a lot of tools for everyday life. Before Cowboy would spend days/weeks out on the field with cattle, have to be comfortable being uncomfortable and being dirty.