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Title: Re: the concept of Wilderness and what it means?
Post by travelinman on Aug 5^th, 2009 at 6:47pm

For myself few people better distill the magic and beauty of the wilderness experience than Sigurd Olson.

To quote from Olson:

"Wilderness is more than lakes, rivers, and timber along the shores, more than fishing or just camping. It is the sense of the primeval, of space, solitude, silence and the eternal mystery."

Sigurd Olson from an Article in Naturalist Magazine