Want to hear (read) your best Hiking quotes

[Homer&Marje]

:-?Just want to hear some of the diverse things people have gathered in their brain along countless hours of trails sky and pain. Always inspirational for me!

Heres one.

"The AT is not about luck, but rather the willingness to put up with extreme pain with a smile on your face while somewhere very close to the fringes of sanity" -Homer&Marje Happy trails

[modiyooch]

Here is my motto: "Thru hike; not thru pack"

[Jason of the Woods]

Walk it off, man.;)

[Cabin Fever]

"It's just over the next hill."

[rafe]

Here's a 232 page PDF packed with trail and wilderness-related quotes:

http://www.sctrails.net/trails/library/Quotes.pdf

[kayak karl]

Here's a 232 page PDF packed with trail and wilderness-related quotes:
http://www.sctrails.net/trails/library/Quotes.pdf

Good link:)
i like this quote from there........

I can only meditate when I am walking. When I stop, I cease to think; my mind only works with my legs.
—JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU, French philosopher & writer, 1712–78

[fiddlehead]

My own or somebody elses?

Mine: "And people think we rough it out here"

Other people: "No matter how hard you try, tin foil will not burn" (Rainman)

[Grampie]

"Hiking is like sex. You think you can do a lot, until you get into it.":-?

[Lone Wolf]

"blue-blazing is like masturbating. everybody does it but no one admits to it."

[rafe]

There were days
and there were days
and there were days I know
when all we ever wanted
was to learn and love and grow
Once we grew into our shoes
we told them where to go
walked halfway around the world
on promise of the glow
stood upon a mountain top
walked barefoot in the snow
gave the best we had to give
how much we'll never know we'll never know

- Days Between, Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia

[MOWGLI]

Here's a 232 page PDF packed with trail and wilderness-related quotes:

http://www.sctrails.net/trails/library/Quotes.pdf

Thanks. I've seen that in book form, but a PDF is quite useful.

[Homer&Marje]

"Complaining is like a rocking chair, it's fun, but at the end of the day it gets you nowhere, walking faster does."
-my parents

[hopefulhiker]

"Thru hiking is easy.... except for the hiking part" Hopeful Hiker

[bloodmountainman]

"Where in the Blue Blazes are we?":confused:

[spunky]

From the title of Model T (J.R. Tate's) book,
Walking on the Happy Side of Misery

That is difficult for a lot of people to comprehend but thru hikers, long distance hikers, and especially section hikers truly understand it.

[Mags]

The following is a collection of quotes from a Yahoo group I helped to maintain in the past.

The group has since transitioned to a website designed and maintained in part by a thru-hiker buddy of mine now located in Boulder: Mike "d-low" DiLorenzo. (http://www.d-low.com/)
(http://www.d-low.com/)
Most of the quotes were chosen by me. I found the quotes from my readings, cribbed from other sites or just happened to hear. A few I chose for a specific day (e.g. Halloween). A few were chosen by friends when I went away on vacation and they handled the e-mail list. Most, but not all, the quotes are outdoor and/or adventure related The really oddball quotes are probably by my buddy Josh (http://www.jzapin.com/) . :-D

Have the quotes up to Spring 2006 from just before I left for the CDT. I also have extra quotes that I like and never used.

Enjoy!

--Paul Mags


http://www.pmags.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=33

[Mags]

Thanks. I've seen that in book form, but a PDF is quite useful.

I borrowed some quotes from that PDF in the past for my own quote list. :)

[Lyle]

While sitting, chest deep, fully clothed in Eagle Creek after being knocked off a log by Rhododendron during one of MANY crossings of the creek in the Smokies:

"G#@ D*%# banana trees!"

[Homer&Marje]

"Do not walk in front of me, for I will not follow you. Do not walk behind me, for I will not lead you. Rather, walk beside me, and be my friend"

-Two kids on acid (swear i wasn't one of em):eek:

[Mags]

While sitting, chest deep, fully clothed in Eagle Creek after being knocked off a log by Rhododendron during one of MANY crossings of the creek in the Smokies:

"G#@ D*%# banana trees!"


Oh. (another word for crap). We're here.
--Mags, PCT finish, Sept 2002

[Odd Thomas]

“A funny thing to do is, if you're out hiking and your friend gets bitten by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going to go for help, then go about ten feet and pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with him about who's going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke. (http://thinkexist.com/quotation/a_funny_thing_to_do_is-if_you-re_out_hiking_and/338756.html)” - Jack Handy

[Homer&Marje]

“A funny thing to do is, if you're out hiking and your friend gets bitten by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going to go for help, then go about ten feet and pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with him about who's going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke. (http://thinkexist.com/quotation/a_funny_thing_to_do_is-if_you-re_out_hiking_and/338756.html)” - Jack Handy

I cannot describe in words how funny that is to me... it's disturbing... but i think.. no yes i laughed so hard i peed myself

[Odd Thomas]

“When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.” - Jack Handy

[HeartoftheTrail]

"Go all the way there - Come half way back"

in my signature, also.

[Jason of the Woods]

I forgot: It's just a little up and a little down.

[Blade]

Found scrawled on a shelter wall on Isle Royale:

"DEET is eating my gear"

[Odd Thomas]

Found scrawled on a shelter wall on Isle Royale:

"DEET is eating my gear"

rofl, thats classic! :p

[Bearpaw88]

"It'll grow back"
"Don't be a Douche"
"What's with all these drinkers with hiking problems?"
"The next section is all down hill"

[Jim Adams]

"Don't hurt the mice! We are just hikers spending a night in their world"

actually heard this at a shelter during my 1990 thru.

geek

ps. the cat ate good!

[Cool AT Breeze]

"It's just walking" - Lone Wolf

[Bear Cables]

" You can't have the mountain top experience unless you climb the mountian" my son's quote.

Then there's " just two more miles..."

And on a recent tough hike..." pull it from the liver"

[faarside]

The Trail is a path of knowledge where you may find questions or answers, joy or sorrow, death or life. What It does not have, is not worth having. What It does not know, is not worth knowing. -- Faarside

Happy Trails!

[Bearpaw88]

"It'll grow back"_COMA
"Don't be a Douche" -B Jack
"What's with all these drinkers with hiking problems?"- Lone Wolf
"The next section is all down hill"-every jerk headed sobo

forgot to properly give credit to the quotes

[whitefoot_hp]

"Its just this"

[Kerosene]

"I wonder about my wanderings." --Hammock Hanger

[sherrill]

"I don't think that storm is heading our way"

[Monkeywrench]

Standing in front of Big Branch shelter, which is yards from the roaring Big Branch, in a raging downpour with water cascading off the roof overhang, a newly arrived hiker asked the usual question, "Where's the water?" Duh!

[Footslogger]

"This wasn't in the brochure" ...heard often after the first 3 weeks of non-stop rain in 2003

'Slogger

[Mzee]

While climbing the brutal Copper Creek Trail out of Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park where surmounting one ridge revealed another to be surmounted etc etc etc ...

"Blue sky at the top of a ridge means absolutely nothing." Chris Cameron

[Cool AT Breeze]

"The trail is much easier and flatter in Virginia"

[NerdyJohn]

As my hikes get more difficult, I cannot help but remember Stevie Nicks singing: "You cannot know the dream until you've known the nightmare"

[Summit]

Miles from nowhere
I guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there

Look up at the mountain
I have to climb
Oh yeah, to reach there.

Lord my body has been a good friend
But I won't need it when I reach the end

Miles from nowhere
Guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there

I creep through the valleys
And I grope through the woods
'cause I know when I find it my honey
It's gonna make me feel good

I love everything
So don't it make you feel sad
'cause I'll drink to you, my baby
I'll think to that, I'll think to that.

Miles from nowhere
Not a soul in sight
Oh yeah, but it's alright

I have my freedom
I can make my own rules
Oh yeah, the ones that I choose

Lord my body has been a good friend
But I won't need it when I reach the end

Miles from nowhere
I Guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there.

-- Cat Stevens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNId6M4SSNk

Been singing this song on the trail for 35 years! :)

[mrc237]

"Are we there yet"

[RiverWarriorPJ]

"blue-blazing is like masturbating. everybody does it but no one admits to it."

lllllllll......:jump:jump.......

[RiverWarriorPJ]

"Pain is Only Weakness Leaving Your Body"

[notorius tic]

"Where is the water standing at a DRY Spring" PA 07 as a Thunder Storm rolls in "ME"

[notorius tic]

Litterally talking to myself on PLEASENT POND 07 "*** AM I DOING HERE THIS IS NOT PLEASENT"

[Tin Man]

On the eastern end of VT

Bartender: "let me see the map. I thought we were going up through this section?"

Tin Man: "you have to go down to go up."

[sheepdog]

"I've hiked in plenty of ugly places" From Billy Goat

[rafe]

From Jan Liteshoe's book and LT diaries: "Tell the Queen!"









(you just have to read it, I guess...)

[mrc237]

"blue-blazing is like masturbating. everybody does it but no one admits to it."

"I ain't no stinkin blue blazer"

[imscotty]

“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas."Herman Melville - Moby Dick

[takethisbread]

Maine is beautiful


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[August W.]

This was a friend speaking of his first attempt at backpacking solo. "The sun had set but I could still see just well enough to stay on the trail. All of the sudden one of the bushes on the side of the trail stood up on it's hind legs and growled at me!! It was nearly as tall as I am. It ran one way and I ran the other!" He ended up sleeping in his truck that night.

I often remember this one on a long grueling uphill climb.... "All things great are equally as difficult."

[Josh Calhoun]

a sobo from 2013 named "UP" once told me that the trail in front of me was "Poop your pants flat" got a lot of laughs out of that for the rest of NH and Maine

-Rash

[English Stu]

Are we nearly there?

We will be there in about five minutes.

[DavidNH]

this is my favorite whiteblaze thread ever.

Couple of my favorites: "It's just over the next hill." yeah... it's always "just over the next hill."
"we'll be there in about five minutes." That's been said every five minutes.
"I ain't no stinkin' blue blazer." Me neither. And that goes for slackpacking too!

[QiWiz]

Overheard on AT, young man talking about treating his between-leg chafing with Gold Bond Powder:

"All I'm doing is making gravy down there"

[rocketsocks]

Overheard on AT, young man talking about treating his between-leg chafing with Gold Bond Powder:

"All I'm doing is making gravy down there"
I'll never eat another dumpling :eek:

[takethisbread]

It's a mountain, get over it


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