When you are walking, there is only one sort of performance that counts: the brilliance of the sky, the splendor of the landscape.

"Efforts have been made to create a new market in hiking accessories: revolutionary shoes, incredible socks, high-performance trousers . . . [But] when you are walking, there is only one sort of performance that counts: the brilliance of the sky, the splendor of the landscape.  Walking is not a sport."

Frederic Gros,
"A Philosophy of Walking"

Photos: (Top) Sunset on Mills Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, November 21, 2014; (Middle) Lake Haiyaha, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, November 21, 2014; (Bottom) The Loch, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, November 22, 2014