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Colin Fletcher

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born

March 14, 1922 in Cardiff, Wales, The United Kingdom

died

June 12, 2007

gender

male

genre

Outdoors & Nature

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Colin Fletcher was a pioneering backpacker and writer.

In 1963, Fletcher became the first to walk the length of Grand Canyon entirely within the rim of the canyon "in one go" — only second to complete the entire journey — as chronicled in his bestselling 1968 memoir The Man Who Walked Through Time. Through his influential hiker's guide, The Complete Walker, published the same year, he became a kind of "spiritual godfather" of the wilderness backpacking movement. Through successive editions, this book became the definitive work on the topic, and was christened "the Hiker's Bible" by Field and Stream magazine.

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Books by Colin Fletcher

Average rating: 3.93 · 757 ratings · 113 reviews · 19 distinct works

	The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon 3.84 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1967 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Walker IV by Colin Fletcher, Chip Rawlins 4.05 avg rating — 113 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Complete Walker III 4.12 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	My rating:
	River : One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Thousand-Mile Summer 3.92 avg rating — 74 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The New Complete Walker: The Joys and Techniques of Hiking and Backpacking 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1974	My rating:
	The Complete Walker: The Joys And Techniques Of Hiking And Backpacking 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Man From The Cave 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Secret Worlds of Colin Fletcher by Colin Fletcher, Luann Walther (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Winds Of Mara 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings	My rating: