Mountains On The | Sage Erickson

JOHN MUIR

One day’s exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books. See how willingly Nature poses herself upon photographers’ plates. No earthly chemicals are so sensitive as those of the human soul.

– John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir, 1938

“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature’s darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.”

– Our National Parks, 1901

“Wander here a whole summer, if you can. Thousands of God’s wild blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted. If you are business-tangled, and so burdened by duty that only weeks can be got out of the heavy-laden year … give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of hortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.”

– Our National Parks, 1901

Wetsand photoshoot featuring Sage Erickson and Andrew Jones.

Photography – Scott Soens

Styled by – Shannon Menzel

Womens clothing and footwear – Beach Riot, Made by Dawn, Free People, Some Days Lovin’

Mens surf clothing and footwear – Levis, Brixton, Wetsand Brand, Clarks shoes