John Muir was the doyen of the American wilderness and a wise old beard. These are just a few passages from Muir that still resonate more than a century after he wrote them: “Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.” “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity...” “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 01:06:41 +0000
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