Youth Adventure Quotes

When I was 23, I went backpacking around Australia for three months. I saved up a few grand, quit my job and flew to Sydney, then went to Melbourne and up the East Coast, which was an incredible experience. I remember running out of money and getting my mum to send me a few hundred quid, which helped me get by.

My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year, a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday.

I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.

I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge.

I wanted college to be a real American adventure for me.

At 19 I left school and embarked on a 9-day bike ride with friends from London to Monte Carlo.

At the age of 14, I ran away from home for four days and hitchhiked around western Pennsylvania and southern Ohio.

I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin.