[at-l] re: Colin Fletcher

[athummingbird at hemc.net (athummingbird)]

Ah yes, wonderful book. Along with his "Compleat hiker" books in their
umpteenth iteration. Fletcher was my introduction to hiking back in 1962.
Dutch Treat
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From: "Paul Magnanti" <pmags@yahoo.com>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 1:38 PM
Subject: [at-l] re: Colin Fletcher


> >>I haven't yet read "River: One Man's Journey Down
> >>the Colorado, Source to Sea," but the subject
> >>interests me. Does anyone on the list recommend
> >>that book?
>
>
> Excellent read done in the usual good Fletcher
> narrative style. A little geology, a little history,
> lots of thoughtful words, good adventure.
>
> And here is an excerpt I love:
>
> I also realized that I'd grown soft, Things had been
> going to well latlely. Too easily. I needed something
> to pare the fat off my soul, to scare the shit out of
> me, to make me grateful, again, for being alive. All I
> knew, deep and safe, beyond mere intellect, that there
> is nothing like a wilderness journey for re-kindling
> the fires of life. Simplicity is part of it. Cutting
> the cackle. Transportation reduced to leg- or
> arm-power, eating irons to one spoon. Such simplicity,
> together with sweat and silence, amplify the rhythms
> of any long journey, especially through unknown,
> untattered territory. And in the end such a journey
> can restore an understanding of how insignificant you
> are-thereby set you free.
>
>
>
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portion of the rainbow I have clutched
> --Thoreau
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