Nordhouse Dunes: Backpacking in a Snowstorm on Lake Michigan
Endless Horizons
In moving. In endless horizons, and mountains, and the sea; we learn to break away, and find our own paths. And there is a slope to each adventure that follows, and the adventurer knows that slope must increase, and the challenges must grow also.
Quote by Kristen Jongen
Strength does not reside in having never been broken, but in the courage required to grow strong in the broken places.
Alex
Endless Horizons
Christopher Johnson McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp, aka Alex teaches us important lessons about the unbreakability of the human spirit, the danger of loneliness, and about the nearly irresistible beauty of the call to the wild.
Jon Krakauer wrote a book about Alex entitled Into the Wild, and there is also a movie.
Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed
Courage
No matter how dark our origins. No matter where we stand, and where we are headed. We are each charged with becoming a great being, by growing up, by growing all the way up.
On a wounded knee, is no way to be free. Wherever we come from, Authenticity is our candle in the dark.
Carine McCandless, Christopher’s sister, explains a lot more about his journey.
Carine McCandless
Quote by Robinson Jeffers
To die having made Something more equal to the centuries Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed weakness.
Inextinguishable Wisdom
Our search for wisdom, as well as our climb onto the shoulders of giants, is just the first part of our story. When we learn to push ourselves to travel the hardest slopes, our shoulders will become strong enough to support the countless adventurers that are sure to follow. Long after we depart, our hard earned wisdom will retain the momentum of our hardest slopes, to serve as an inextinguishable candle in the dark.