"Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people……" — 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 no more equipment than they can carry on their backs. When pressed, they babble about snakes or bears or even, by God, bandits. But the real barrier, I'm sure, is the unknown."
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Colin Fletcher
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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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Although the vast majority of walkers never even think of using a walking staff, I unhesitatingly include it among the…
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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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