"Although the vast majority of walkers never even……" — 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 that travels on my back."
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15 Quotes by Colin Fletcher
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The best dress for walking is nakedness. But our sad though fascinating world rarely offers the right and necessary combinations…
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Now, nakedness is a delightful condition. And it keeps you very pleasantly cool - especially, I suppose, if you happen…
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By walking naked you gain far more than coolness. You feel an unexpected sense of freedom from restraint. An uplifting…
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Freed from the pressure of haste, the tyranny of film, and now the restraint of clothes, I found myself looking…
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Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people still seem quite seriously alarmed at the prospect of sleeping away from…
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Under most conditions, the best roof for your bedroom is the sky. This commonsense arrangement saves weight, time, energy, and…
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Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you.
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God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by…
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I do what I do instinctively, and that’s me. If you like me, that’s fine; if you don’t like me…
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Details of the many walks I made along the crest have blurred, now, into a pleasing tapestry of grass and…
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The best dress for walking is nakedness.
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Mostly, two miles an hour is good going.
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