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.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved . . .



"Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man . . . 
 
 
No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body."

Charles Darwin
 
 
Photos: (L) Joanne standing between two redwood trees, Redwood National Park, CA; (R, Top) Hiking in the forest at Mt. Rainier National Park, WA; (R, Bottom) Bigtooth Maples draped with club moss, Redwood National Park, CA; July 24 and 29, 2014

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