Walking: One Step at a Time
After spending thirty days alone in Antarctica, I wrote in my diary: ‘I have felt more alone at parties than I do out here.’
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
I remember that in school, they strived for objectiveness. Tasks had a beginning and an end, tests got graded, and behaviour had a norm. To walk is about something else. You can reach your goal, only to continue walking the next day.
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
Brand, fit and soles are not very important when the surface is moss, roots, soil and heather.
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
letting your body travel at the same speed as your soul.
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
harmony,’
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
Aldrin reminds me that anything, even walking on the Moon, can be remembered as a defeat.
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
A hike may last a lifetime. You can walk in one direction and end up at your starting point.
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
The construction of Nan Madol
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
The answers mirror a longing to feel that we are part of something larger than ourselves. Not only society, which is important enough, but something more. Nature has its own intelligence. In school, I learned that the spiritual was the opposite of the material, but in the woods these two are not opposites – they are equals. To walk reflects this.