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" Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra Nevada the best. "

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" Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter. "

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" Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another. "

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" In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. "

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