Rob Baker

“On a shrunken planet where nearly every mountain bears bootprints and every mile of river has been run, being 'first' tends to require creative task definition" (111).”
― Jo Deurbrouck, Anything Worth Doing: A true story of adventure, friendship and tragedy on the last of the West's great rivers

“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“...one of those moments had just passed, a moment in which normalcy becomes crisis and then flips back so fast it's hard to hang onto the significance of what has just happened" (143).”
― Jo Deurbrouck, Anything Worth Doing: A true story of adventure, friendship and tragedy on the last of the West's great rivers

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
― Pablo Picasso