“Accidents in the mountains are less common than in the lowlands, and these mountain mansions are decent, delightful, even divine, places to die in, compared with the doleful chambers of civilization. Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain-pass…”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Even the sick should try these so-called dangerous passes, because for every unfortunate they kill, they cure a thousand.”— John Muir, amazon.com