Everett Ruess - "Nemo"
"I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the
vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer the saddle to
the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and
difficult trail, leading into the unknown to any paved highway, and the
deep peace of the wild to the discontent bred by cities."
~Everett Ruess
I have been reading a bit about Everett Ruess "The vagabond for beauty" AKA "Nemo". He was certainly a wonderful artist, appears to have possessed a keen intellect and a daring personality.
He was a young American artist, poet, and writer known for his solo explorations of the High Sierra, the California coast, and the deserts of the American Southwest and his ultimate disappearance while traveling through a remote area of Utah. His fate remains a mystery to this day.
In 2009, DNA
from human remains found in Utah were initially linked to Ruess, but
the findings were soon challenged and shown conclusively to actually be
the remains of an American Indian. The 2009 find did not resolve the Ruess mystery but rather fueled popular interest in his story.
You might find his stories and lifestyle interesting.
See you on the trail!
Tomahawk
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