Hiking Quotes - Page 5

It seems possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation.

The true charm of pedestrians does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

Hiking is the best workout!... You can hike for three hours and not even realize you're working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself.

Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible.

In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest.

We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place.

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer.

It is a great art to saunter !

Walking is also an ambulation of mind.

There is no orthodoxy in walking. It is a land of many paths and no-paths, where every one goes his own and is right.

Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

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

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.

Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

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.

The "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" hitchhiker really made people never want to hitchhike again - the hitcher, the show. Hitchhiking is always vaguely sexual.

I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Sanctuary cities are a lot like hitchhiking. And the abstract, it feels really good until you feel dead.

Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of the house that travels on my back.