
Early Days in the Range of Light
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Daniel Arnold did more than imagine - he spent three years retracing the steps of his climbing forefathers, and in Early Days in the Range of Light, he tells their riveting stories. From 1864 to 1931, the Sierra Nevada witnessed some of the most audacious climbing of all time. In the spirit of his predecessors, Arnold carried only rudimentary equipment - no ropes, no harness, no specialized climbing shoes. Sometimes he left his backpack and sleeping bag behind as well, and, like John Muir, traveled for days with only a few pounds of food rolled into a sack slung over his shoulder.
In an artful blend of history, biography, nature, and adventure writing, Arnold brings to life the journeys and the terrain traveled. In the process he uncovers the motivations that drove an extraordinary group of individuals to risk so much for airy summits and close contact with bare stone and snow.
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- Intro
- Contents
- List of photographs . ix
- Introduction: "The Range of Light" . 1
- 1 . William Brewer + Mount Brewer [July 1864] . 7
- 2 . Clarence King + Mount Tyndall [July 1864] . 45
- 3 . Clarence King + Mount Clark [July 1866] . 87
- 4 . John Muir + Cathedral Peak [September 1869] . 105
- 5 . John Muir + Mount Ritter [October 1872] . 113
- 6 . Bolton Coit Brown + Mount Clarence King [August 1896] . 139
- 7 . Joseph Nisbet LeConte + North Palisade [July 1903] . 163
- 8 . James Hutchinson + Mount Humphreys [July 1904] . 195
- 9 . Ernest Clayton Andrews + Mount Darwin [August 1908] . 221
- 10 . James Hutchinson + Black Kaweah [August 1920] . 241
- 11 . Francis Farquhar + Middle Palisade [August 1921] . 257
- 12 . Charles Michael + Michael Minaret [October 1923] . 289
- 13 . Norman Clyde + Mount Russell [August 1926] . 309
- 14 . Norman Clyde + Norman Clyde Peak [June 1930] . 335
- 15 . Thunderbolt Peak: The End of the Era [August 1931] . 371
- Acknowledgments . 405
- Notes . 407
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