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 12, 2012

The land gives its explorers a calmness and imperturbability.


"Mountain men, desert men, canoe men [and women], they are the same the world over . . . They move easily . . . with no apparent strain or effort.  The country has done something to them, given them calmness and imperturbability, the mark of the wilderness . . . , a land of silences, ancient trees, and far vistas."

Sigurd F. Olson

Photo:  A canoe and a kayak glide along String Lake, with Mt. Moran in the background and Subalpine Spiraea blooming in the foreground; Grand Teton National Park, WY; July 8, 2012
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