How to Suffer Outside Quotes

“You long to go ito nature because nature doesn't care about you. To be clear, it's not that nature sees you, accepts you for who you are, and loves you anyway: nature just doesn't give a shit about you.”
― Diana Helmuth, How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking

“there’s no reason to take a hunting axe backpacking, and you should under no circumstances bring a cast-iron pan. Backpacking is the opposite vibe from the “pioneer” branch of returning to nature. Rather, it is the art of moving through the wilderness as if you were a ghost,”
― Diana Helmuth, How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking

“With every step you take, the insignificance of your problems in the face of the natural world will be unavoidable. No one will be there to care about you—except you. In other words, you will be forced to self-soothe.”
― Diana Helmuth, How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking

“3.​Tighten the straps until your stomach looks like an overfilled muffin top. 4.​Take your shoulder straps in both hands, and tighten them by pulling down like you’re trying to kill the muffin top with triceps push-ups. 5.​Attach the chest strap and tighten lightly—not so much you can’t breathe, but enough to stabilize the top of your pack on your back. 6.​Grab the straps behind your head and pull them down, like the legs of a toddler that you’ll kick off your back if it doesn’t stop flailing. 7.​You should feel like your pack is teetering off your hips, with about an inch between your shoulder and the shoulder strap. Adjusted properly, it should feel like more of your weight is being carried by your hips, not your shoulders. Good job—you’re on your way to becoming a chiropractor’s dream.”
― Diana Helmuth, How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking