Quotes on Hiking

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.

Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats andclothes you have worn out.

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

Hiking the PCT was the maddening effort of knitting that sweater and unraveling it over and over again. As if everything gained was inevitably lost

When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with his Creator. When man pits himself against the mountain, he taps inner springs of his strength. He comes to know himself.

The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.

The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key. That’s the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesn’t much matter whether you get where you’re going or not. You’ll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons. It is what we leave behind that is important. I think the matter of simplicity goes further than just food, equipment, and unnecessary gadgets; it goes into the matter of thoughts and objectives as well. When in the wilds, we must not carry our problems with us or the joy is lost.

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

Every journey begins with a single step.

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing