Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2058 – June 1, 2021

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Whatever it is, it’s worth it, because you’re spending focused time together – in nature – as a family. And what’s more important than that?

―JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS and BREW DAVIS, Families On Foot, 2017


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2038 – May 12, 2021

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Sandra-Schmid-hiking-with-SAHC-on-Tanque-Verde-Falls-Trail-Tucson-AZ-2-13-93

Growing up, I had always thought that nature was beautiful, but I had never seen myself as a part of nature. I had never seen myself as a part of all that beauty—until I hiked the [Appalachian] trail.

—JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS, The Pursuit of Endurance, 2018


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1187 – Jan 12, 2019

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Sandra-Schmid-hiking-at-Lassen-Peak-Nat-Park-CA-2000

No matter your age, you’re never too old to go for a hike.

―JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS and BREW DAVIS, Families On Foot, 2017


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1160 – Dec 16, 2018

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Sandra-Schmid-putting-hand-into-Isaqueena-Falls-SC-1989

The trail is there for everyone at every phase of life.

―JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS and BREW DAVIS, Families On Foot, 2017


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1151 – Dec 7, 2018

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Sandra-Schmid-hiking-on-Linda-Vista-Trail-Tucson-AZ-1993

Hikers have two primary teachers: nature and other hikers.

—JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS, The Pursuit of Endurance, 2018


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1124 – Nov 10, 2018

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Jim-Schmid-next-to-geyser-Yellowstone-NP-AYH-Cross-Country-Bike-Trip-1987

Take what the trail gives you.

―JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS and BREW DAVIS, Families On Foot, 2017


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1112 – Oct 29, 2018

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Jim-Schmid’s-bike-at-Baker-Creek-State-Park-Savannah-Run-1982

For the majority of human existence, exercise was the norm or the baseline and being sedentary was the exception.

—JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS, The Pursuit of Endurance, 2018


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1088 – Oct 5, 2018

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Sandra-Schmid-bicycling-on Virginia-Creeper-Rail-Trail-VA-1997

Take what the trail gives you.

―JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS and BREW DAVIS, Families On Foot, 2017


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1080 – Sept 27, 2018

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Sandra-Schmid-signing-register-on-Appalachian-Trail-to-McAfee-Knob-VA-1999

Benton MacKaye and Myron Avery—one a dreamer, the other a doer—gave more of themselves to the Appalachian Trail than any other duo in history and the fact that they were frequently and bitterly at odds is testament to the trail’s history, one filled with controversy and conflicting personalities.

—JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS, The Pursuit of Endurance, 2018


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #926- April 26, 2018

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Sandra-Schmid-hiking-Cadillac-Trail-Tallahassee-FL-2008

A lot of hikers love maps; they love to carry maps, they love to look at their maps throughout the day, and they love to figure out the specific distances and elevations separating different points on the maps. I don’t particularly care for maps.

—JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS, Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, 2010


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