#backpacking

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... ↗

— John Muir

#camping #connection #earth #hiking #inspirational

The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with every conceivable measure of safety and comfort under the sun. But that isn't what being in nature is all about. Rather, it's about feeling free, unbounded, shedding the distractions and barriers of our civilization—not bringing them with us. ↗

— Ryel Kestenbaum

#barriers #burden #civilization #distractions #freedom

It's not "jalan-jalan" nor "liburan". It's just something we do naturally. Like breathing and eating. It's basically living. ↗

— Riana Ambarsari

#backpacking #traveling #nature

Wilderness areas are first of all a series of sanctuaries for the primitive arts of wilderness travel, especially canoeing and packing. I suppose some will wish to debate whether it is important to keep these primitive arts alive. I shall not debate it. Either you know it in your bones, or you are very, very old. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#camping #canoeing #primitive-arts #wilderness #art