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title: "3 Backpacking Quotes By Colin Fletcher"
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> [Under most conditions, the best roof for your bedroom is the sky. This commonsense arrangement saves weight, time, energy, and money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/under-most-conditions-the-best-roof-for-your-bedroom-is-the-sky-this/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

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> [Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/although-the-vast-majority-of-walkers-never-even-think-of-using-a/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/colin-fletcher-25774_backpacking_although-the-vast-majority-of-walkers-ne_344747.jpg)

> [Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people still seem quite seriously alarmed at the prospect of sleeping away from officially consecrated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/even-in-these-mercifully-emancipated-decades-many-people-still-seem/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

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## More by Colin Fletcher

> [Mostly, two miles an hour is good going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/mostly-two-miles-an-hour-is-good-going/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [The best dress for walking is nakedness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/the-best-dress-for-walking-is-nakedness/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/god-is-light-we-are-told-and-hell-is-outer-darkness-but-look-at-a/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [Life should be an unfinished business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/life-should-be-an-unfinished-business/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [Under most conditions, the best roof for your bedroom is the sky. This commonsense arrangement saves weight, time, energy, and money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/under-most-conditions-the-best-roof-for-your-bedroom-is-the-sky-this/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [By walking naked you gain far more than coolness. You feel an unexpected sense of freedom from restraint. An uplifting and almost delirious sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/by-walking-naked-you-gain-far-more-than-coolness-you-feel-an/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of the house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/although-the-vast-majority-of-walkers-never-even-think-of-using-a/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [It is always there, of course, when you come back from the green world. You have been living by sunrise and sunset, by wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/it-is-always-there-of-course-when-you-come-back-from-the-green-world/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [Freed from the pressure of haste, the tyranny of film, and now the restraint of clothes, I found myself looking more closely at what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/freed-from-the-pressure-of-haste-the-tyranny-of-film-and-now-the/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [“But if you judge safety to be the paramount consideration in life you should never, under any circumstances, go on long hikes alone. Don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/but-if-you-judge-safety-to-be-the-paramount-consideration-in-life-you/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/every-walk-of-life-falls-under-the-testicular-imperative-either-you/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [“The act of driving your body, very occasionally, close to its limit of endurance is for some reason one of life’s major satisfactions. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/the-act-of-driving-your-body-very-occasionally-close-to-its-limit-of/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people still seem quite seriously alarmed at the prospect of sleeping away from officially consecrated campsites, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/even-in-these-mercifully-emancipated-decades-many-people-still-seem/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [Details of the many walks I made along the crest have blurred, now, into a pleasing tapestry of grass and space and sunlight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/details-of-the-many-walks-i-made-along-the-crest-have-blurred-now/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

> [I do what I do instinctively, and that’s me. If you like me, that’s fine; if you don’t like me then don’t watch me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-fletcher/i-do-what-i-do-instinctively-and-that-s-me-if-you-like-me-that-s-fine/)

[Colin Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-fletcher/)

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