Richard Proenneke Professions : Naturalist Born : May 4, 1916 Died : April 20, 2003 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Richard Proenneke There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been. Richard Proenneke packing sadness wonder I have thought briefly about getting caught in rock slides or falling from a rock face. If that happened, I would probably perish on the mountain in much the same way many of the big animals do. I would be long gone before anyone found me. My only wish would be that folks wouldn't spend a lot of time searching. When the time comes for a man to look his Maker in the eye, where better could the meeting be held than in the wilderness? Richard Proenneke eye animal fall To look around at what you have accomplished in a day gives a man a good feeling. Too many men work on parts of things. Doing a job to completeness satisfies a man. Richard Proenneke jobs giving men Learn to use an axe, and respect it and you can't help but love it. But abuse one and it will wear your hands raw and open your foot like an overcooked sausage. Richard Proenneke abuse feet hands Too many men work on parts of things. Doing a job to completion, satisfies me. Richard Proenneke completion jobs men Similar Authors Bob Irwin naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace naturalist Alexander von Humboldt naturalist Henry Walter Bates naturalist Chris Packham naturalist Charles Kellogg naturalist All Authors
