backpacking Quotes

“I made it the mantra of those days; when I paused before yet another series of switchbacks or skidded down knee-jarring slopes, when patches of flesh peeled off my feet along with my socks, when I lay alone and lonely in my tent at night I asked, often out loud: Who is tougher than me? The answer was always the same, and even when I knew absolutely there was no way on this earth that it was true, I said it anyway: No one.”

“I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.”

“It felt pretty awful, and yet perhaps this was how it felt to be a backpacker.”