Colin Fletcher, who was considered the father of modern backpacking for his lyrical and practical writings on hiking, including "The Complete Walker" and "The Man Who Walked Through Time," books ...

Colin Fletcher, considered the father of modern backpacking because of his lyrical and practical writings on hiking, including "The Complete Walker," died June 12 in Monterey at age 85. Mr ...

Colin Fletcher, considered the father of modern backpacking for his lyrical and practical writings on hiking, including “The Complete Walker” and “The Man Who Walked Through Time,” died ...

Colin Fletcher was 85. In 1968, Mr. Fletcher first published "The Complete Walker," a guide to hiking with a pack on your back. The book became a kind of manifesto for going back to nature.

Colin Fletcher, whose ornate prose and prosaic tips on such subjects as choosing the right hiking boots helped start the modern backpacking movement, died June 12 in Monterey, Calif. He was 85. Mr.

Colin Fletcher, who was considered the father of modern backpacking for his lyrical and practical writings on hiking, including “The Complete Walker” and “The Man Who Walked Through Time ...

Colin Fletcher, who was considered the father of modern backpacking for his lyrical and practical writings on hiking, including "The Complete Walker" and "The Man Who Walked Through Time," died ...