Albatross

A free-spirited wanderer who roamed wild places alone.

John Muir was the quintessential solo explorer, walking thousands of miles through untamed wilderness — from the Sierra Nevada to Alaska — driven by a deep, almost spiritual need to wander free. He was famously self-sufficient and solitary in the wild, spending extended periods alone in Yosemite and beyond, sleeping under the stars with little more than bread and a blanket. Like the albatross, he was most alive when untethered from civilization, covering vast distances and inspiring others through his lyrical accounts of the natural world.