It's 1873. Modern climbing gear and Gore-Tex shells are a century
away, but the high mountains still demand your attention. Imagine
the stone in your hands and thousands of feet of open air below
you, with only a wool jacket to weather a storm and no rope to
catch a fall.Daniel Arnold did more than imagine he spent four
years retracing the precarious steps of his climbing forefathers
and lived to tell their tales here. 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.In
an artful blend of history, biography, nature, and adventure
writing, Arnold brings to life both the journeys and the stunning
terrain. In the process he uncovers the motivations that drove an
extraordinary group of individuals to risk so much for the summits
of our most fabled landscapes.
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