Hiking Quote by Jamie Luner

While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

— John Muir

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in…

— John Muir

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

— Edward Abbey

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

— William Arthur Ward

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

— Greg Child

Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain...…

— Chris Darwin

Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies to those…

— Gaston Rebuffat

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

— Billy Connolly

There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.

— Richard R. Nelson

“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

Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.

— Chris Darwin

“...by bringing myself over the edge and back, I discovered a passion to live my days fully, a conviction that will sustain me like…

— Jonathan Waterman