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Daily Inspiration Quote by Karolina Kurkova

"Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun"

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There is a quietly radical pleasure embedded in Kurkova's breezy line: it reframes “fun” not as spectacle or luxury, but as disappearance. Coming from a model - a profession built on being seen, cataloged, and relentlessly placed in the public eye - “undiscovered places” reads less like a travel brochure and more like a small act of self-reclamation. The hook is its understatement. She doesn’t sell hiking as enlightenment or self-optimization; she sells it as play. That casual register is the point: it normalizes escape from the camera and the algorithm, making privacy feel not virtuous, just enjoyable.

The subtext also tugs at the cultural fantasy of “unmapped” terrain, the aspirational idea that somewhere still exists beyond branding. Of course, in 2026, truly “undiscovered” is almost always a metaphor - a place not pinned, not posted, not turned into content. Kurkova’s phrasing nods to that tension: discovery is what her industry trades in (new faces, new looks, new campaigns), while her leisure is defined by the absence of discovery. It’s a reversal of the gaze.

Context matters, too. Models are often treated like symbols of curated perfection, so a simple endorsement of hiking functions as counter-programming: sweat, uneven ground, and silence against the flattened glamour of images. It’s not deep on purpose; it’s strategic in its lightness. The line offers a lifestyle cue - authenticity without the sermon, adventure without the performance - and that’s exactly why it lands.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Kurkova, Karolina. (2026, January 17). Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/hiking-in-undiscovered-places-is-a-lot-of-fun-81060/

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Kurkova, Karolina. "Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/hiking-in-undiscovered-places-is-a-lot-of-fun-81060/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/hiking-in-undiscovered-places-is-a-lot-of-fun-81060/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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Karolina Kurkova

Karolina Kurkova (born February 28, 1984) is a Model from Czech Republic.

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