David Grann Quotes

I love camping, everything about it - tents, the camping stove, sleeping bags. I'm obsessed with technology, be it synthesizers and speakers or tents and Gore-Tex.

I am not a person of nature. I love to think of myself as one, but I've never even gone camping.

Camping is something I've done all my life.

Just about every weekend when I was growing up, we would throw rods and rifles and tents and shovels and pickaxes into the back of the truck and then head off to the side of a mountain or the bottom of a canyon. Hiking, fishing, hunting, rock-hounding: this is how my parents passed the time.

I don't think I'd ever really survive the outdoors.

I never camped as a kid, but I really got into camping and sleeping outdoors. I've also done some amazing river floats in New Mexico and Idaho. It's peaceful and awesome.

I'm a camper. I love being out in the wilderness.

I'm really into rock climbing and hiking and stuff.

I have my mountain man moments like hiking in the woods.

The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my husband's family, and I grew up camping and backpacking. I love to camp.

I'm obsessed with nature and living in the wild, which I just think is crazy. Imagine if a bear attacked you! That's an actual possible way you could die.

I'm a huge camper, and love hiking and mountain biking.

There are very few things I've done just twice in my life, 40 years apart, and one is to backpack on the Pacific Crest Trail across the California/Oregon border.

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

As a child, when asked what I would be, I usually said I was going to be a huntsman. A fine profession, truly!

I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.

I did a lot of hiking and I loved it.

I've been doing long-distance backpacking since 2002 when I hiked the Appalachian Trail. You start to calm down and relax and get into the slower rhythm of nature.

In Canada, I climbed some mountains with the Alpine Club of Canada, which taught me a lot about stamina.

My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond.

I never slept outside of my home.

I've been doing a lot of hiking, which I love.

I like camping.

I've never stayed in a tent or a caravan in my life, and I never joined the Boy Scouts. I don't see the point of going on holiday to enjoy less comfort than I have at home.

I love hillwalking and have been doing a lot of climbing.