“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.”— Edward Abbey
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Mountain Ridges, Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska
“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.”— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Wasenegg Ridge, Swiss Alps
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”— John Muir
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Girl hiking Schilthorn mountain, Switzerland
“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much […]
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Scrambling in Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington State
“The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.”— Sir Richard Burton
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Alpine Stream, Cascade Mountains
“Coming near the edge of the snowfield I find running water close to the surface, visible among the rocks. I stop to drink. The water is bitterly, brilliantly cold with […]
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Mount Rigi
Enjoying a fine day in Switzerland with a cog train ride up Mount Rigi for spectacular views of the Swiss Alps, and then a steep scramble down it’s north side […]
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