Category Archives: Historical

Quote: Henry David Thoreau

“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits unless Ispend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly morethan that — sauntering through the woods and over the hillsand fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. […]the walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to takingexercise, asContinue reading “Quote: Henry David Thoreau”

A Survey By Way Of Preface

The train, the car, the buggy, the bicycle are excellent means of getting from place to place; none of them gives him leisure to note what lies between. That is peculiarly the walker’s gain. It is then that he gathers the harvest of the quiet eye, and he sees not only the widespread landscape, but also the details of Nature’s plan.

Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson

This quote speaks directly to the sacrament of ad Communionem for the the Order. “There are two companions, with one or other of whom it is desirable to go out on a tramp. One is an artist, that is, who has an eye for beauty. If you use a good and skilful companion, you shallContinue reading “Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson”

Quote: J. Brooks Atkinson

“Walking companions, like heroes, are difficult to pluck out of the crowd of acquaintances. Good dispositions, ready wit, friendly conversation serve well enough by the fireside but they prove insufficient in the field. For there you need transcendentalists — nothing less; you need poets, sages, humorists and natural philosophers.” — J. Brooks Atkinson, “A NoteContinue reading “Quote: J. Brooks Atkinson”

Quote: Stephen Graham, “ The Gentle Art of Tramping”

“On the road the weak and strong points of character are revealed. There are those who complain, making each mile seem like three; there are those who have untapped reserves of cheerfulness, who sing their companions through the tired hours.” Stephen Graham Stephen Graham World Traveller

Arthur Barrett – Victoria’s First Walker

Tim Erikson of the Victorian Race Walking Club has done significant work in documenting the history of competitive walking in the state of Victoria. This Original article deals with Arthur Barrett and his 1893 walk from Melbourne to Sorrento. On the afternoon of 25th January, 1893, 1 was standing on Princes Bridge in a highlyContinue reading “Arthur Barrett – Victoria’s First Walker”

Quote: Horace Kephart 1916

Horace Sowers Kephart (September 8, 1862 – April 2, 1931) was an American travel writer and librarian Seriously, is it good for men and women and children to swarm together in cities and stay there, keep staying there, till their instincts are so far perverted that they lose all taste for their natural element, theContinue reading “Quote: Horace Kephart 1916”