“A mountain meadow filled with native wildflowers, clean air, a babbling snowmelt-fed stream, and a pika calling from the scree fields above—there is nothing more authentic than that; there is nothing more worth fighting for.”

“Well, I met my wife in Wilderness, on a long hike I was undertaking. She had heard from mutual friends that I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. The long journey through 49 wilderness areas interested her. Plans were made, she joined me around Mt. Hood, and here we are today 32 years later, still getting out in the wild.”