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You are right in stating that this book is about the man, Colin Fletcher, not about a hike through the Grand Canyon. I was wrong to judge it on that false assumption and I thank you for pointing that out.

I don't--as you have implied--consider the inclusion of people any more desirable in an adventure account than in my own adventures, which I prefer to be solo. It's about good writing as much as about subject matter. The writers I mentioned--Moon and Krakauer--are both skilled at relating adventures, solo and otherwise. They are good writers.


AND?

Let's stop here and agree that we have different tastes in backpacking literature.