We all need a good laugh sometimes. But, what’s better to laugh at than some funny hiking quotes? Here’s 33 funny hiking quotes to use on your hiking buddies or for your Instagram captions:
1. “A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.” – Edward Abbey
2. “Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost, and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.” – Ellen Degeneres
3. “Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.” – Hermann Buhl
4. “Hiking is the answer. Who cares what the question is?” – unknown
5. “Camping is not a date; it’s an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home.” – Yvonne Prinz
6. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned from hiking, it’s that the early bird gets the face full of spider webs.” – unknown
7. “You’re off to great places. Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.” – Dr. Suess
8. Sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world.” – Bears
9. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddam mountain.” – Jack Kerouac
10. “I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.” – Wislawa Szymborska
11. “May the forest be with you.” – unknown
12. “Walking: The most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” – Carrie Latet
13. “It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out; it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” – Robert W. Service
14. “He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
15. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay
16. “Think outside. No box required.” – unknown
17. “Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care.” – Earl Shaffer
18. “What on earth would I do if four bears came into my camp? Why, I would die of course. Literally shit myself lifeless.” – Bill Bryson
19. “I can’t understand why men make all this fuss about Everest – it’s only a mountain.” – Junko Tabei, first woman to summit Mount Everest
20. “It’s a hill. Get over it.” – unknown
21. “Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was.” – Dag Hammarskjold
22. “One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon.” – Don Whillans
23. “You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.” – Stanislaw Lem
24. “Anywhere is ‘within walking distance.'” – unknown
25. “Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.” – Reinhold Messner
26. “I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.” – Andrew Garfield
27. “Bring a compass. It’s awkward when you have to eat your friends.” – unknown
28. “The world is big, and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark.” – John Muir
29. “If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” – Frank A. Clark
30. “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure some of them are dirt.” – John Muir
31. “Camping: The art of getting closer to nature while getting farther away from the nearest cold beverage, hot shower, and flush toilet.” – unknown
32. “There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes
33. “Fact: Hiking is actually just walking, only on dirt or rocks or other uneven surfaces. Or walking where an animal larger than you can kill and eat you.” – Brendon Leonard, Semi-Rad
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David is an accomplished mountain endurance athlete who has completed over 25 ultra marathon races (follow on Strava). He is most proud of his finish at The Drift 100 – a high elevation, 100 mile winter foot race that zigzags along the Continental Divide in Wyoming. In the future he hopes to compete in the ITI 350 and ultimately the full 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Invitational that follows the same path as the historic dog sled race.
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