John Muir’s 1000 mile walk to the Gulf of Mexico

In a rubberized bag
comb
brush
towel
soap

change of underclothing
copy of Burn's poems
Milton's Paradise Lost
Wood's botany
small new testament
journal
map
a plant press

John Muir (1838 – 1914)

Scottish born American naturalist, inventor, writer, rover and crusader for wilderness preservation

“Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness” he wrote. “All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.”

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