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Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am \u2014 the reluctant enthusiast\u2026 a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Save the other half for yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it\u2019s still here.<\/em><\/p>\n

So get out and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers,\u2026 breath deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stilness, that lovely mysterious and awesome space.<\/em><\/p>\n

Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators.<\/em><\/p>\n

I promise you this: you will out live the bastards.<\/em><\/p>\n

– \u00a0Edward Abbey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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