Solo Expedition Quotes

If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone.

If you travel alone, you can probably go faster. But the journey will never be as rewarding, and you probably won't be able to go as far.

When I was 23, I went to Alaska by myself into the glaciers of the coast range and climbed a mountain by myself. It was incredibly reckless, incredibly stupid. But I was lucky. And I survived, and I came back to tell my story.

Only the desert has a fascination--to ride alone--in the sun in the forever unpossessed country--away from man. That is a great temptation.

If you have a high-way on Everest, you don't meet the mountain. If everything is prepared, and you have a guide who is responsible for your security, you cannot meet the mountain. Meeting mountains is only possible if you . . . are out there in self-sufficiency.

I am not so proud to climb all the 8,000-meter peaks, but I was proud to climb Nanga Parbat solo. That was the most elegant thing I did.

Everyone traveling alone is just on their phones the whole time.

It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.

I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll start working on. I'd say within three to five years I'll accomplish that as well.

You can't replicate walking 94 days through the wilderness by yourself with a really heavy pack until you do it.

Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.

How could I go on my travels without that sweet soul waiting at home for my letters?