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JohnC
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 1939
Location: Glastonbury, Ct

3/23/13 7:09 PM

Hey, Steve. Thanks for mentioning the Colin Fletcher books. They are terrifically interesting. He was quite a character, and a very lucid writer.

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sandiway
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Posts: 4902
Location: back in Tucson

3/23/13 9:26 PM

very fit looking guy in running shorts


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there was a very fit looking guy in running shorts and shoes who said he was going to run down to the river and back that day


Was he carrying lots of water? If not, he is an idiot.

Actually, running rim-to-rim and back nonstop was one of my fantasy goals before I realized I wasn't a very good runner.

I've done the down-and-back hike in the heat of summer. Over 100F low down in the GC. I was conservative. I carried enough water to get there and back without needing water (which I knew was available). I could have lightened my load and gone much faster. But I didn't go fast. I took hundreds of pictures, relaxed and had my beer at Phantom Ranch, and still made it back up before dark. I think it's easily within the capabilities of most folk on this forum.

Sandiway

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine

3/24/13 4:09 AM

Completeness

I read The Complete Walker back in the early '70s, around the same time I read The Complete Book of Bicycling by Eugene Sloane. Both were written with a passion for their subject probably more important than the technical detail, and both have stayed with me.

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Steve B.
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Posts: 769
Location: Long Island, NY

3/24/13 6:06 AM

"Hey, Steve. Thanks for mentioning the Colin Fletcher books. They are terrifically interesting. He was quite a character, and a very lucid writer."

Welcome

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