Backpacking Quotes

24 quotes by 21 authors

I was a little hippie on a world backpacking adventure, and suddenly I became a vampire princess. I still find it hard to believe that… — Lucy Fry
Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people still seem quite seriously alarmed at the prospect of sleeping away from officially consecrated campsites, with no… — Colin Fletcher
We do not go to the green woods and crystal waters to rough it, we go to smooth it. We get it rough enough at… — George W. Sears
Then came the gadgeteer, otherwise known as the sporting-goods dealer. He has draped the American outdoorsman with an infinity of contraptions, all offered as aids… — Aldo Leopold
Backpacking is the art of knowing what not to take. — Sheridan Anderson
Think what a great world revolution will take place when ... [there are] millions of guys all over the world with rucksacks on their backs… — Jack Kerouac
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… — Colin Fletcher
Under most conditions, the best roof for your bedroom is the sky. This commonsense arrangement saves weight, time, energy, and money. — Colin Fletcher
The rule of thumb for the old backpacking was that the weight of your pack should equal the weight of yourself and the kitchen range… — Patrick F. McManus
The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my… — Sarah Wayne Callies
Most of my colleagues go on backpacking trips when they have to do some thinking. I go to a good hardware store and head for… — Neal Stephenson
I see myself being married to my girlfriend and backpacking all over the world. If I can go out and do a 15-mile hike and… — Matt Long
I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America. — David Morrissey
My meals were easily made, for they were all alike and simple, only a cupful of tea and bread. — John Muir
I made these Sierra trips, carrying only a sackful of bread with a little tea and sugar, and was thus independent and free.... — John Muir
It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with getting from point… — Cheryl Strayed
When I was 23, I went backpacking around Australia for three months. I saved up a few grand, quit my job and flew to Sydney,… — Olly Murs
When I left school, I went backpacking around the world for two years. — Georgia Salpa
I, made in England, felt excluded, miffed, resistant to the idea of even visiting India, a position of increasing absurdity as, one by one, backpacking… — Glen Duncan
I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking,… — Malik Bendjelloul

Who Wrote These Backpacking Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 24 Backpacking Quotes as follows: