May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

Cast as a benediction, the line celebrates a life chosen for difficulty, solitude, and risk rather than comfort or conformity. “Crooked, winding” trails suggest non-linear experience—learning by detours, mistakes, and exploration—while “lonesome” and “dangerous” affirm that meaningful encounters with wilderness (and with oneself) often require leaving crowds and safety behind. The payoff is not material success but perspective: the “most amazing view,” a metaphor for hard-won insight and awe. The mountains “into and above the clouds” intensify the aspiration toward altitude—clarity, freedom, and the sublime—echoing Abbey’s broader ethos that wild places and strenuous journeys are essential to human dignity and imagination.