‘We are deep in the wild now, deep in the lonely, sweet, remote, primeval world, far far from anywhere familiar to men and women. Clean air to breathe; stillness, solitude, and space; an unobstructed view everyday and every night of sun, sky, stars, clouds, mountains, moon, cliffrock and canyons.
The living organism stands out bold and brave and vivid against the lifeless sand and barren rock. Each stone, each plant, each grain of sand exists in and for itself with a clarity that is undimmed by any suggestion of a different realm.’
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
