![]() ![]() McGivney said Fletcher “lived most of his life as a single man, a bachelor.” He spent time in Kenya and Zimbabwe, farmed in South Africa and was a prospector in Canada before moving to the United States in 1956. A later book, “The Complete Walker,” published in 1968, is more of an encyclopedia of backpacking knowledge, though each edition - it is in its fourth - is packed with backpacking wit and a strider”s philosophy.įletcher was born in Wales on March 14, 1922, and reportedly served in the Royal Marines during World War II. ![]() “He had so many stories.”įletcher”s early storytelling is contained in his first book, “The Thousand-Mile Summer,” which was based on his hike along the length of California. “He was terrific until he got hit by the car, and then he just went downhill,” Cassidy said. He lived in Flanders Court, an assisted living facility, for about three years before being admitted to the hospital earlier this week after a period of declining health, according to his bookkeeper, Chris Cassidy. He was struck by a vehicle in 2001 while walking to a town hall meeting about the proposed incorporation of Carmel Valley, but survived major injuries. “He was like the Jerry Garcia of backpacking.”įletcher lived in Carmel Valley for many years. ![]() “He is sort of a cult icon in the backpacking world,” said Annette McGivney, the Southwest field editor for Backpacker Magazine. Colin Fletcher, a backpacking guru who wrote the book on the art of a good walk, died Tuesday at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. ![]()
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