Refugee from civilization, Wendell Beckwith fled a world-ranging career as a consulting engineer 17 years ago to design a life with nature.
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
John Muir
(via sparverius)
Read more about this fascinating man’s life here.
total withdrawal: tempting, and useful. but not right now. for now, we fight.
Sounds tempting to do the same.
✕ THE DAILY INSPIRATION. #108
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY