"The mountains were there and so was I." — Maurice Herzog

More Hiking Quotes

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• Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. — Matthew Arnold
• Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. — Alfred Austin
• May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and… — Edward Abbey
• It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on… — Dave Barry
• Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of… — Joseph Addison
• Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. — A. C. Benson
• I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone. — Cyrano de Bergerac
• In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at… — Joe Biden
• I love hiking in Iceland most, there are lots of brilliant paths. — Bjork
• Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. — Paul D. Boyer
• We carry within us the wonders we seek without us. — Thomas Browne
• If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping… — Bill Bryson

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