2 Quotes by Richard Hall

It is there from the moment I smell the tussock, the forest, the heat of the sun on rocks. And it's there in the smell of blood, sweat and mud ingrained in my jersey as I fall asleep using it as a pillow in a mountain hut, under a heaven studded with glittering stars.

In the wild there is an element that cannot be seen, tasted, heard or smelt – it can only be felt, and it is a feeling of enchantment.