For me, and for thousands with similar inclinations, the most important passion of life is the overpowering desire to escape periodically from the clutches of a mechanistic civilization. To us the enjoyment of solitude, complete independence, and the beauty of undefiled panoramas is absolutely essential to happiness.


Bob Marshall (1901 – 1939) was an American forester, writer and wilderness activist and explorer. Wilderness Areas of North America By Ann Sutton, Myron Sutton. p.189