"All great and precious things are lonely." -- This means that the greatest things in life aren't found in large crowds of things or people. The greatest, most precious things are to be found still and untouched by human hands.
"Ahead, a steely, sunlit sea unfurls to the horizon. Behind, the treeless landscape affords a view of snow peaks, a river still to ford, and my tent, a painfully long walk away." -- This represents a journey of the soul. It is the distance he has traveled to get where he is at that point. Through the struggle and painful walks, the landscape is still beautiful and the view is worth the pain.
"The ruins dotting the landscape drive home the point that I'm alone in a place that no longer belongs to humans." -- The meaning of this is that what the author is seeing is a ghost town of where humans used to live, but no longer do. It is an area that is left to the elements to handle.
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