“To lovers of the wild, these mountains are not a hundred miles away. Their spiritual power and the goodness of the sky make them near, as a circle of friends. ... You cannot feel yourself out of doors; plain, sky, and mountains ray beauty which you feel. You bathe in these spirit-beams, turning round and round, as if warming at a camp-fire. Presently you lose consciousness of your own separate existence: you blend with the landscape, and become part and parcel of nature.” IfsFeelsSpiritualSpiritLosesExistenceConsciousnessFireDoorsSkyLoversMountainGoodnessHundredUnityRoundsMilesCirclesLandscapeCampsRaysBeamMiles AwayParcelSpiritual PowerCircle Of Friends Book:Meditations of John Muir: Nature's Temple Source: Meditations of John Muir: Nature's Temple
“You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in 6,000 feet of fixed ropes, and have one Sherpa pulling you and another pushing you. ... The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.” IfsShouldBigsHappensSpiritualProcessGoalGrowthPayFeetDangerousMountainLaysPersonal GrowthGuidesCompromiseFixedClimbsPushingClimbingLoadPullingSoloOxygenRopeLaddersEverestSherpas Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Cross-country running was so beautiful with all the trails and the lake regions ... very physical and also a bit spiritual, where you could come over the mountain and all of a sudden you'd see a Buddhist landscape fog.” CountryRunningBeautifulSpiritualBitsMountainCrossesBuddhistLandscapeLakesRegionsFogTrailsCross Country Running Author:Robin Williams
“I was a tiny bug. Now a mountain. I was left behind. Now honored at the head. You healed my wounded hunger and anger, and made me a poet who sings about joy.” MadeSpiritualJoyLeftGrowthBehindsPoetMountainHungerTinySpiritual GrowthWoundedHonoredBugsLeft BehindHealed Author:Rumi
“I cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his infantile vanity.” ThinkingMenSpiritualMountainAgreeVanityManifestationAspirationClimbingMountain ClimbingHystericalInfantile Book:Triple Jeopardy Source: Triple Jeopardy