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Splendid Mountains
Most of the less well known early explorers of the Sierra Nevada were private individuals, rather than government expeditions or cartographers. The more literate ones had accounts of their achievements, adventures, and
mishaps published in newspapers and journals, often accompanying them with photographs, drawings, and hand-drawn maps. Most of these wilderness travelers have been immortalized by having their names placed on mountains, lakes, and Frank Dusy; Wales, Wallace, and Wright; Theodore S. Solomons; Bolton C. and Lucy Brown; Joseph N. and Marion LeConte; Lt.
Nathaniel Fish McClure; Cornelius Beach Bradley; James E. Hutchinson. These are foremost among the few who pioneered the routes that are followed by so many at the present day.
Bolton Coit Brown in 1895 . . . all the splendid mountains away off north and east of Paradise Valley, where the map shows nothing, were beautiful exceedingly . . . .
In 1896 Brown made the first ascent of Mount Clarence King, and The top of the summit block slopes northwest, is about fifteen feet across, and as smooth as a cobblestone. If you fall off one side, you will be killed in the vicinity; if you fall off any of the other sides, you will be pulverized in the remote nadir beneath.
mishaps published in newspapers and journals, often accompanying them with photographs, drawings, and hand-drawn maps. Most of these wilderness travelers have been immortalized by having their names placed on mountains, lakes, and Frank Dusy; Wales, Wallace, and Wright; Theodore S. Solomons; Bolton C. and Lucy Brown; Joseph N. and Marion LeConte; Lt.
Nathaniel Fish McClure; Cornelius Beach Bradley; James E. Hutchinson. These are foremost among the few who pioneered the routes that are followed by so many at the present day.
Bolton Coit Brown in 1895 . . . all the splendid mountains away off north and east of Paradise Valley, where the map shows nothing, were beautiful exceedingly . . . .
In 1896 Brown made the first ascent of Mount Clarence King, and The top of the summit block slopes northwest, is about fifteen feet across, and as smooth as a cobblestone. If you fall off one side, you will be killed in the vicinity; if you fall off any of the other sides, you will be pulverized in the remote nadir beneath.
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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March 2, 2012
This was not at all what I thought it would be -- all the articles were about the Sequoia Natl Park & Kings Canyon area. I had assumed the book would cover the entire range. Not to mention that it's dry as dust ...
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