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The High Sierra: A Love Story
by Robinson, Kim Stanley    Robinson, Kim Stanley   
(Compact Disc - English - 9781668614747)
Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describe ..
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Eastern San Juan Mountains: Their Ecology, Geology, and Human History
by Blair, Rob    Bracksieck, George   
(Paperback - English - 9781607320845)
A companion to "The Western San Juan Mountains" (originally published in 1996), "The Eastern San Juan Mountains" details the physical environment, biological communities, human history, and points of interest in this rich and diverse mountain system.A natural division between the eastern and western slopes of the San Juans is the north-south line that runs approximately through Lake City, south of the crossing of the Piedra River by US Highway 160. In this super guidebook, twenty-seven contributors--all experts in their fields--artfully bring the geology, hydrology, animal and plant life, human histories, and travel routes of these eastern slopes to life. Design ..
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Return to the High Country: New Tales of a High Sierra Pack Cook
by Kritz, Irene       
(Paperback - English - 9781593309824)
Sittin' around the mountain campfire after a long day of camp cooking and trail riding, this old camp cook entertains the guests with stories of life in the High Lonesome. A few years back she put a bunch of the tales together in a little book called "Campfire Smoke and Trail Dust." She felt real bad on the last book when she got one of the "Wreck" stories wrong and got accused of not being truthful. No problem. There are always more stories to tell when life consists of roaring streams, impassible snowbanks, cliff trails, half-broke mules, and other entertaining stuff. So, being retired and armed with 50 years worth of stories, "Mad Dog" Kritz went ahead and ..
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Medicinal Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species
by Schwartz, Jason    Kavanagh, James    Leung, Raymond
(Paperback - English - 9781583559796)
This beautifully illustrated guide highlights the most familiar species of medicinally relevant, widespread trees, shrubs and wildflowers. Laminated for durability, this one ounce pocket guide provides simplified, essential information for hikers and campers of all ages on how to treat common backcountry maladies with wild plants. Ideal for field use by experts and novices alike. ..
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Alone at the Top: Climbing Denali in the Dead of Winter
by Dupre, Lonnie    Louwagie, Pam   
(Paperback - English - 9781681340821)
What goes through your mind when you're dropped alone in the middle of the Alaska Range, the cold and darkness surrounding you without another human being for miles? Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre had made a career out of working in teams to survive in extreme conditions and places most humans wouldn't dare to tread. But shortly after Dupre found himself alone after a twenty-year marriage, he decided he needed to summit Denali, the continent's tallest mountain, alone and in the harshest possible conditions to prove something to himself. br br Dupre was on his fourth attempt in five years in late December 2014 when a surprise storm caught him at 11,200 feet. F ..
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Yosemite Falls
by Conservancy, Yosemite       
(Hardcover - English - 9781951179205)
Few things say Yosemite National Park like Yosemite Falls. This entry in the Yosemite Icon series celebrates the booming harbinger of spring that has long delighted outdoor adventurers, nature lovers, and waterfall buffs alike. Plunging more than 2400 feet to the floor of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls is an accessible wonder, popular with hikers, international visitors, and fans of its famous splash zone. With three cascades that feature in millions of photographs, Yosemite Falls is a must-do pilgrimage for anyone who considers themselves a waterfall connoisseur. The sixth tallest waterfall on earth, renowned for its "moonbows," and loaded with both smoot ..
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The High Sierra: A Love Story
by Robinson, Kim Stanley       
(Paperback - English - 9780316306614)
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra ..
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The Mountains of California
by Muir, John       
(Paperback - English - 9780486819204)
A great hero of America's conservation movement, John Muir (1838-1914) was active in establishing the Yosemite Valley as a protected national park and in awakening interest in the importance of safeguarding natural resources. In this tribute to the grandeur of the Sierras, Muir recounts his journeys by foot through the Yosemite Valley, Mount Whitney, the famed sequoia forests, King's Canyon, and other wilderness areas. br With a natural historian's keen eye for flora, geography, and geology, Muir describes glaciers, lakes, trees, and the daily lives of the region's inhabitants. His lyrical narrative, imbued with the deepest understanding and respect for nature, ..
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Eastern Poconos: Delaware Water Gap to Bushkill
by Summa, Marie J.    Summa, Frank D.    Garris, Arthur
(Hardcover - English - 9781531622831)
Eastern Poconos: Delaware Water Gap to Bushkill provides a visual history of one of the most picturesque areas of the Northeast. With rare insight, a vast amount of knowledge, and a great deal of research, the evolution of the region from the arrival of the first European settlers through br the golden age of tourism and beyond is depicted. Grand old hotels and modest boardinghouses that have long since br disappeared are featured, along with spectacular scenery. Also showcased are images of ordinary and extraordinary people, from farmers who tilled the land to celebrities whose meteoric rise to stardom began in the summer stock theaters and resorts of this ar ..
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Utah's Unique Uintas: Reflecting on a lifetime of back-trail memories
by Wixom, Hartt P.       
(Paperback - English - 9781489568656)
The sub-title of this book is "Reflecting on a lifetime of back-trail memories." It features photos, maps, information and stories relating to the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, the highest mountain range in Utah and the only major mountain chain in North America with an east - west axis. ..
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Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches
by Fredston, Jill       
(Paperback - English - 9780156032544)
Every year around the globe, people cross paths with avalanches--some massive, some no deeper than a pizza box--with deadly results. Avalanche expert Jill Fredston stalks these so-called freaks of nature, forecasting where and when they will strike, deliberately triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how to stay alive, and leading rescue efforts when tragedy strikes. In Snowstruck , Fredston draws on decades of personal experience to take "avalanches out of the statistical realm and into the human one" (Skiing Magazine ): a skier making what may prove his final decision, a victim buried so tightly that he can't move a finger, rescuers racin ..
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Big Sur and the Canyon: Camping and Backpacking In The Ventana Wilderness
by Livingstone, Harrison       
(Paperback - English - 9780595371563)
Big Sur and the Canyon , set on California's Central Coast, is a thrilling, at times humorous tale of perhaps the most magnificent terrain in America's national forests. High adventure mix with poetic and vivid descriptions of life in the backcountry-the interior of the Ventana Wilderness. Forest fires, camping, backpacking, near death experiences, along with the spiritual intensity of what Livingstone calls his 'cathedral of the forest" dot these pages in the midst of the great freedom hikers and horsemen know in the wild and beautiful interior: redwood canyons, streams and waterfalls, to the high open dry country along the Coast Ridge a mile above the vast blu ..
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In the Shadow of the Carmens: Afield with a Naturalist in the Northern Mexican Mountains
by McKinney, Bonnie Reynolds    Riskind, David   
(Hardcover - English - 9780896727649)
Just across the Rio Grande from West Texas in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, the mountain ranges of the Maderas del Carmen rise majestically. Often called magical or mystical, they have stirred imagination for centuries. Stories of bandits, Indians, ghosts, incredible flora and fauna, cool forests, waterfalls, and vast woodlands filter across the Rio Grande. Many people have dreamed of exploring this vast ecosystem, but few have made the trip. Bonnie McKinney is among the fortunate. In 2001 McKinney and her husband, Billy Pat McKinney, moved to the Carmens to manage the large conservation project spearheaded by CEMEX, the Monterrey-based cement and building mate ..
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The Grill Bible - Smoker Cookbook: For Real Pitmasters. Amaze Your Friends with 550 Sweet and Savory Succulent Recipes That Will Make You the MASTER o
by Blackwood, Michael       
(Paperback - English - 9798596722765)
Would you like to perfect smoke your food in a fast and easy way? Do you want to become a master of grill in a matter of days , and spend quality time with your kids and best friends? Grab this guide with 550 delicious recipes and learn the techniques to smoke meats, fish and vegetables like a pro! Most of us can't wait for Sunday to arrive to enjoy a barbecue with friends or family. What better way to leave all worries behind? That's whywanted to collect in one book over 500 recipes ranging from meat to fish, vegetables, all kinds of sauces and even desserts. It will be super easy to smoke almost everything you can think of, giving life to incredibly tasty ..
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Summiting Spiritual Mountains
by Richardson, Robin Lee       
(Paperback - English - 9781736268704)
Often in His Word, we find a significant spiritual event, spiritual parable or spiritual truth when one of His mountains is mentioned. Considered by many to be the deadliest mountain in Colorado, there have been nearly 70 deaths on Colorado's Longs Peak mountain. Unbeknownst to me, God had been planning for my summit of Longs Peak decades before it was even in my thoughts. Join me, a 61 year old who had never before attempted to summit a mountain, in climbing to the summit of Longs Peak. "Summiting Spiritual Mountains" takes you on a journey into the amazing parallels that exist when comparing the physical, mental, and emotional elements of ascending one of Hi ..
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey
by MacFarlane, Robert    Waterson, Matthew   
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Hailed as the great nature writer of this generation (Wall Street Journal ), Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about the intersections of the human and the natural realms. In Underland , he delivers his masterpiece: an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. In this highly anticipated sequel to The Old Ways , Macfarlane takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Traveling through deep time--the dizzying expanses of geologic time that stretch away from the present--he moves from the ..
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Colorful, Mystical and Mysterious Mountains Calendar 2021: 18 Months October 2020 through March 2022
by Press, Calendar Gal       
(Paperback - English - 9798551057741)
strong Note that this is a DESK calendar - it does not hang on the wall Also, the calendar begins in October 2020, and goes every month until March 2022 strong Before you know it, the New Year will be here And your strong Colorful, Mystical and Mysterious Mountains Calendar 2021 strong will be your constant companion, especially once you get a look at the exciting and beautiful natural wonders you will see in infinite variety in mountains around the world. This beautiful calendar makes a wonderful Christmas, birthday or friendship gift. This calendar is in rectangular format so you will have a place to write your appointments, thoughts and goals. US Ho ..
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Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks
by Slattery, Deirdre       
(Paperback - English - 9781486301713)
This fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks introduces the reader to Australia's highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature conservation. Written by a specialist with over 25 years' experience in community education in and about the Australian Alps National Parks, this new edition features many excellent natural history and historical photographs. Ideal as support information for field trips, it will make a wonderful memento of an alpine visit ..
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The Sepik and its Catchment Area
by Dennison, John    Behrmann, Walter   
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This is the fifth publication translated from German into English by John Dennison for the Otago University Anthropology Archaeology Publication Series. Behrmann's Der Sepik was based on research into the geography and peoples of the Sepik region of New Guinea undertaken just prior to the outbreak of The First World War, and published in 1917. It is a wonderful volume exploring not only the nature of the Sepik river, but also the various tributaries. Dennison's translation provides a vivid glimpse into the vegetation, the geography, and the geology of this region, recorded over a century ago. ..
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Horace Kephart: Writings
by Claxton, Mae Miller    Frizzell, George   
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Best known for Our Southern Highlanders (1913) and Camping and Woodcraft (1916), Horace Kephart's keen interest in exploring and documenting the great outdoors would lead him not only to settle in Bryson City, North Carolina, but also to become the most significant writer about the Great Smoky Mountains in the early twentieth century. Edited by Mae Miller Claxton and George Frizzell, Horace Kephart: Writings extends past Kephart's two well-read works of the early 1900s and dives into his correspondence with friends across the globe, articles and columns in national magazines, unpublished manuscripts, journal entries, and fiction in order to shed some deserv ..
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