Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

The mountains fairly seized me!


"The mountains fairly seized me, and 'ere I knew, I was up the canyon . . . Had a glorious storm, and a thousand sacred beauties that seemed yet more and more divine . . . I was alone and during the whole excursion, was in a kind of calm, incurable ecstasy.  I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer."

The Contemplative John Muir

Colorado Columbines, with Columbine Falls in the background; on the trail to Chasm Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; July 12, 2013







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