Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people still seem quite seriously alarmed at the prospect of sleeping away from officially consecrated campsites, with no more equipment than they can carry on their backs. When pressed, they babble about snakes… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Frankly, I fail to see how going for a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains can be judged less real than spending six months working eight hours a day, five days a week, in order to earn enough money… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Under most conditions, the best roof for your bedroom is the sky. This commonsense arrangement saves weight, time, energy, and money. — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
By walking naked you gain far more than coolness. You feel an unexpected sense of freedom from restraint. An uplifting and almost delirious sense… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the foundations of the house… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
It is always there, of course, when you come back from the green world. You have been living by sunrise and sunset, by wind… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Freed from the pressure of haste, the tyranny of film, and now the restraint of clothes, I found myself looking more closely at what… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
“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… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you. — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
“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… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
