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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