The Thousand-Mile Summer
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| Author | Colin Fletcher |
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| Original title | The Thousand Mile Summer: in desert and high sierra |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Backpacking |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Howell-North Books, Berkeley |
Publication date | 1964 |
The Thousand Mile Summer by Colin Fletcher is the author's chronicle of his 1958 hike along the entire eastern edge of California. Fletcher writes of traveling on foot along the Colorado River, though Death Valley and the High Sierra. The book was first published in 1964.
Quotes
God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you learn only geography. Watch darkness claim it, and for a moment you may grasp why God had to create Satan--or man to create both.
External links
- California Serendipity, The Thousand Mile Summer Revisited Retracing Colin Fletcher's epic walk, 1958 - 2008
- colinfletcher.com Memorabilia & Tours
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