Able Quote by Andrew Skurka

The first big trip that I remember was going from the East Coast to the West Coast with my parents. They owned a VW…

— Marky Ramone

In all my wild mountaineering, I have enjoyed only one avalanche ride; and the start was so sudden, and the end came so soon,…

— John Muir

Part of the reason I fell in love with the trail is because it was so extremely difficult, more difficult than the marathons and…

— Jennifer Pharr Davis

I did a lot of canoe tripping earlier on. I was on 10 trips, and I would get the feel of the forest and…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I went to Alaska as a young man just looking for adventure. And like so many of us in the '70s, we found it.

— Tom Bodett

Most of my best travel experiences have been with work and the best of all was a trip to Antarctica, which was just the…

— Michaela Strachan

I did a lot of hiking and I loved it.

— Ashley Judd

In 1977, I climbed a fairly difficult mountain for the first time, which was Mount McKinley, in Alaska. I climbed the so-called 'American Direct…

— Tamae Watanabe

I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do…

— Michael Weatherly

We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the…

— Vicki Lawrence

My first expedition was at about the age of eight.

— Ann Bancroft

I've always walked and climbed; spent a lot of time in the arctic and places.

— Robin Day