tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post8527187693953397008..comments2024-03-27T21:31:59.376+00:00Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: Colin Fletcher: The Man Who Walked Through TimeChris Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-70792912408897024682011-07-05T21:15:25.124+01:002011-07-05T21:15:25.124+01:00Hi Chris,
Thanks for writing this (a couple of yea...Hi Chris,<br />Thanks for writing this (a couple of years ago!); I should have referred to it before emailing you maybe!<br />The Thousand Mile Summer is outstanding, though I too really enjoy the detail he opened with in The Man...<br />The descriptive passages and feelings he experiences, even to casting away a bottle into the Colorado, hoping for it to sink but it spraying water as it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-81544328281383919102008-12-02T19:37:00.000+00:002008-12-02T19:37:00.000+00:00The Man Who Walked Through Time had the same effec...The Man Who Walked Through Time had the same effect on me as you describe The Thousand Mile Summer had on you. Colin Fletcher may come off as a curmudgeon to some, but through his writing, you see that he was after something special in his quest for true solitude, and I believe he was one of the few that knew how to achieve it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-80995061178805877592008-11-19T11:40:00.000+00:002008-11-19T11:40:00.000+00:00Definitely one of the best series of reads for an ...Definitely one of the best series of reads for an outdoor enthusiast. I first read them in '70's and have recently purchased the complete set (again!)<BR/>Incidentally they are easily found at....http://www.abebooks.co.uk/...as are many other old or obscure books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-855734426453645552008-11-17T12:29:00.000+00:002008-11-17T12:29:00.000+00:00I read The Complete Walker, The Man Who Walked Thr...I read The Complete Walker, The Man Who Walked Through Time and 1000 Mile Summer in the late seventies when starting out with this backpacking business. I think it's time I re-read these.baz carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316818349601585501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-3870528048345393932008-11-15T17:54:00.000+00:002008-11-15T17:54:00.000+00:00Thanks Chris - this was the piece that turned me t...Thanks Chris - this was the piece that turned me towards Fletcher's writing, and with it some thoughtful & evocative communication from a real master of his trade(s)John Heehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333628949466601415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-27223814035897164382008-11-15T17:35:00.000+00:002008-11-15T17:35:00.000+00:00I found The Man Who Walked Through Time in a secon...I found The Man Who Walked Through Time in a second hand book shop a few years ago and realy enjoyed it. I remember reading it in a tent in a campsite just north of Ullapool - Ardmair?. It seemed very appropriate to read in a tent!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223657383325055342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-39643277419896015332008-11-15T13:05:00.000+00:002008-11-15T13:05:00.000+00:00Is Fletcher really so unknown here? What a great p...Is Fletcher really so unknown here? What a great pity. Mind you, I discovered his books when I lived in the USA, so you may well be right. You certainly are about "The Complete Walker": as good as the most recent edition is I still cherish my copy of the first edition more. Thanks for posting the article.Big Jack Brasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685412912767965560noreply@blogger.com