Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America. — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
“The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with… — Ryel Kestenbaum Copy Share Image
The man with the knapsack is never lost. No matter whither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him,… — Horace Kephart Copy Share Image
Under most conditions, the best roof for your bedroom is the sky. This commonsense arrangement saves weight, time, energy, and money. — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
“It's not "jalan-jalan" nor "liburan". It's just something we do naturally. Like breathing and eating. It's basically living.” — Riana Ambarsari Copy Share Image
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.” — Cindy Ross Copy Share Image
I was a little hippie on a world backpacking adventure, and suddenly I became a vampire princess. I still find it hard… — Lucy Fry Copy Share Image
“Hundred years war between England and France. The term ok comes from the tax collectors in England. They needed to know how… — Lost LeBlanc Copy Share Image
If you want to read anything nasty about me, just go to the backpacker websites. There's this kind of elitist branch where… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Most of my colleagues go on backpacking trips when they have to do some thinking. I go to a good hardware store… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
My meals were easily made, for they were all alike and simple, only a cupful of tea and bread. — John Muir Copy Share Image
The rule of thumb for the old backpacking was that the weight of your pack should equal the weight of yourself and… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Think what a great world revolution will take place when ... [there are] millions of guys all over the world with rucksacks… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Then came the gadgeteer, otherwise known as the sporting-goods dealer. He has draped the American outdoorsman with an infinity of contraptions, all… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can… — Horace Kephart Copy Share Image
“Wilderness areas are first of all a series of sanctuaries for the primitive arts of wilderness travel, especially canoeing and packing. I… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
“Meandering cows, tenacious bicyclers, belching taxis, rickshaws, fearless pedestrians and the occasional mobile ‘cigarette and sweets’ stand all fought our taxi for… — Jennifer S. Alderson Copy Share Image
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I made these Sierra trips, carrying only a sackful of bread with a little tea and sugar, and was thus independent and… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Someone once told me a story about long term relationships. To think of them as a continent to explore. I could spend… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
