The less you carry the more you will see, the less you spend the more you will experience. In tramping you are not earning a living, but earning a happiness. There is perhaps no greater test of friendship than going on a long tramp. You discover to one another all the egoisms and selfishnesses youContinue reading “Quote: Stephen Graham: The Gentle art of tramping”
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Quote: Robert Cortes Holliday
Holliday published fifteen books, including The Walking-Stick Papers (1918), Men and Books and Cities (1920), Literary Lanes and Other Byways (1925) “The best, the most exquisite automobile is a walking stick; and one of the finest things in life is going on a journey with it” – Robert Cortes Holliday
Excerpt: Of Walks and Walking Tours. The Walking Tour.
In this excerpt Harold articulates the timeless joys of the longer distance walk. The pedestrian of today still shares the same philosophy and creed. It is one of the building blocks the constitutes journey and indeed contributes to one of the glorious mysteries of walking.
Excerpt: Of Walks and Walking Tours. The Instinct for walking. By Arnold Haultain. Published 1914.
Another excerpt from Haultain’s 1914 text.
“The Soft American” – President John F. Kennedy
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. . . . [We] know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; thatContinue reading ““The Soft American” – President John F. Kennedy”
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A quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson It is not difficult. Do not overthink it. Plan, but do not dwell on the ifs and buts. Here are some tidy prerequisites.
Quote: Jack Kerouac
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” – Jack Kerouac
Quote: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, (born December 22, 1823, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 9, 1911, Cambridge), American reformer who was dedicated to the abolition movement before the American Civil War. During the Civil War Higginson accepted command of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, later the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, the first black regiment in the U.S. armed forces. After 1864 he wrote a series ofContinue reading “Quote: Thomas Wentworth Higginson”
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”
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”
The Order Of Walkers 