Norman Maclean penned A River Runs Through It, which was and is wildly popular and has inspired generations to get outside.  Today’s quote comes from his lesser known, but equally impressive book, Young Men & Fire.  Maclean traces the tragedy of the Mann Gulch Fire of 1949 up and down the terrain repeatedly, for years, until he arrives at the truth.  In the process, he discovers many things, not least of which being the value of the lives of those who perished there.