Who Said That? Done - See Part 2

Hmm, I'm just throwing out names now. Randy Vogel?

Armando Menocal?
Randy Vogel?

nope, nope. This person is a mathametician, and former US Air Force Officer.

John Gill

winner mcbrendan.

Damn! Missed it by 4 minutes.

Haha, thanks Mono. Definitely was guessing there.

"Transport me from the hives of men
where clamor makes its home,
And on a mountain's soundless sward
there grant that I may roam."

Nope, a bit older, and American

Howard Hughes?

Hank Caylor wrote:Howard Hughes?

Older still.

Now that I think of it more, this quote might be a bit difficult as the author wasn't a dedicated climber (as far as I know). The only place I have found this quote however, is in a climbing book.

mcdbrendan wrote:Haha, thanks Mono. Definitely was guessing there. "Transport me from the hives of men where clamor makes its home, And on a mountain's soundless sward there grant that I may roam."

Thoreau?

The guy who said, there only three real sports, all the rest being merely games?

Hank Caylor wrote:The guy who said, there only three real sports, all the rest being merely games?

Nope

SW wrote:Thoreau

Nope

Clint Eastwood on extasy!

Ernie Hemmingway

Emerson
Whitman

Monomaniac wrote:Emerson, Whitman

NIVEK wrote:Ernie Hemmingway

EDGE wrote:John Muir.

Hank Caylor wrote:Clint Eastwood on extasy!

None of the above! This is more Eastwood on serious mushrooms. Muir would have been 43 when this man was born, so not that far back. Already said no to Hemmingway ; ) Not Emerson or Whitman either, they were considerably older.

Perhaps the full poem will help?

"O grim, all potent master, Fate
relent and set me free,
From bonds of cities, canyon streets,
the thrall of industry;
Transport me from the hives of men
where clamor makes its home
And on mountain's soundless sward
there grant that I may roam.

I weary of the struggle, strife,
the surge of multitude;
I long for peace among the hills
in silent solitude.
Where flower-spangled meadows lie
where wait the high plateaus,
Where eagles hover, gentians nod
beside the virgin snows;

Where summits dazzling, looming far,
their crests beyond the clouds.
Look down with pity from their heights
on cities shadowed crowds;
Where peaks eternal, crowned with light,
remote from earthly sod,
Reveal the splendor of the skies,
the glory that is God."

mcdbrendan wrote: And on mountain's sward sward there grant that I may roam.

What the hell is sward sward?

Galen Rowell?
Washburn?
HILLARY!!!!!!

Hank Caylor wrote: What the hell is sward sward? Galen Rowell? Washburn?

Hahaha, edited. Thank you

Not Rowell or the great Washburn. He was an illustrator, and studied at U Penn.

EDGE wrote:Upton Sinclair?

Strike again... But same generation more or less.

Hank, what island is Hillary from? ;) Not Hawaii, that's for sure. Nope.

mcdbrendan wrote:Nope, a bit older, and American