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    Early Days in the Range of Light: Encounters with Legendary Mountaineers

    By Daniel Arnold

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    “A splendid chronicle of early climbing in the Sierra Nevada.” —Royal Robbins
     
    It’s 1873. Gore-Tex shells and aluminum climbing gear are a century away, but the high mountains still call to those with a spirit of adventure. 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 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.
     
    “Ever wish you could travel back to climbing’s early days and follow the earliest first-ascent visionaries? This fantasy comes to life . . . in this elegant narrative.” —Climbing Magazine
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateSep 9, 2009
    ISBN9781582436555
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    • 5/5
      Fascinating insights about the legendary mountain climbers who reached the Sierra Nevada's summits before the age of rock climbing gear. Arnold, himself, takes to these peaks following their footsteps--using, grit, intuition, love of the land and awe of these majestic peaks to guide him.
    • 5/5
      If you enjoy the Sierras this is an excellent read.
    • 5/5
      Invaluable history for anyone interested in the California Sierra. > By the time the men gave up their game, [Norman] Clyde’s pack had gained twenty pounds. He walked out of their camp the next morning with an undiminished stride and close to a hundred pounds on his back. Asked once why he did not use pack animals, he explained, “I can carry a damn mule faster than he can carry me.”