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Be the first to ask a question about Early Days in the Range of Light. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jul 31, Mike Orta rated it it was amazing. I once went on a 3 week backpacking trip in the high sierras and as every experienced backpacker knows ounces count. But, I took with me John Muir's book.

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It must had weighed 16 ounces and it was worth every ounce! There is nothing like reading John Muir while camping in the high sierras. That is the category I put Daniel Arnold's book. I am too old to take a 3 week trip and so I read it in the comfort of my home. I read and paused to think and read some more. He is a very good writer. His descr I once went on a 3 week backpacking trip in the high sierras and as every experienced backpacker knows ounces count. His descriptions are very illustrated of the land and brought back fond memories.

Jul 07, George Smith rated it really liked it. Dan is the best writer of the Sierra Nevada I have read in the last 20 years: Arnold takes you off trail and up to the great peaks of the California Sierra Nevada the way the first explorers went- without route, map or trail, without rope and climbing aids, usually with very little gear at all. This is one of the great reads in Sierra History. You don't need to be a climber to profit from this history of these intrepid early explorers: Dan's descriptions of the summits and the routes they climbe Dan is the best writer of the Sierra Nevada I have read in the last 20 years: Dan's descriptions of the summits and the routes they climbed come alive because he duplicated what they did as much as possible, right down to the hob-nailed boots.

I am not much of a climber, but I do love these mountains and I now have a glimmer of how difficult, dangerous, demanding, and yes beautiful it was for Muir, King, "little Joe" Le Conte, and all the other early explorers and climbers you will meet in the pages of this exceptional book.

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Do not miss this thrilling and wonderful story of these giants who ventured to the summits in the days before these places started seeing hordes of people backpacking with tons of expensive gear. And get out of your car and see some of these places too. Many of them are still places of wild solitude and beauty, refuges in the range of light. And the summit of Brewer is just Class 2. Right off the bat, I must divulge that I am a climber who loves the Sierra Nevada, also known as the Range of Light, and am thus biased toward this book.

It is obvious that Daniel Arnold did great research in writing this piece.

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The author's motivations were derived from the hardiness of early Sierra Nevada explorers and climbers, who braved the highest, and least known, range in the contiguous U. These tough souls used minimal aids and rudimentary tools and implements in their explorations of Right off the bat, I must divulge that I am a climber who loves the Sierra Nevada, also known as the Range of Light, and am thus biased toward this book.

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These tough souls used minimal aids and rudimentary tools and implements in their explorations of this portion of California. What is fascinating is that Arnold followed their historical routes to the windswept summits with only the type of equipment that they carried in that period of history, including simple hobnail boots and manila climbing rope.

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Along the way, he not only uncovers the lives of these individuals but he also speaks to the unquenchable spirit of the explorer. This is a fun read for anyone interested in climbing, especially those captivated by one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in America, the Range of Light.

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I updated my review from a few summers ago. I've read a bit of this every summer to save at least a few chapters for the next.

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Reading this is honestly better than reading the original old-school climbers' accounts from the perspective of being able to imagine going along with the climbs, at least for climbing in this part of the world with some exceptions of course. This is about as close and satisfying as a reader could get to doing th I updated my review from a few summers ago. This is about as close and satisfying as a reader could get to doing the climbs, if you just can't get out there for whatever reason, which is a really worthy thing for an author to bring to folks in that situation.

Aug 22, Lisa rated it really liked it. This is a beautiful love letter to the Sierra Nevada mountains.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Arnold follows the early exploration of the Sierra Nevada peaks by famous conservationists, naturalists and scientists. Each chapter describes the peak, the explorer and then Arnold's own expedition to climb the peak using the same techniques, as closely as possible, as the original mountaineer. I read the book while hiking in the high country of Yosemite. I can't imagine a most inspirational book to This is a beautiful love letter to the Sierra Nevada mountains. I can't imagine a most inspirational book to read while hiking in the Sierras.

Pioneers forging paths up the magnificent sierras without modern methods and equipment. These people were sturdy and courageous! I enjoyed reading about these early climbers and am grateful to the co-worker who lent it to me or I'd never have known about it. The author is a climber and did a fair amount of research. I recommend this book to anyone wishing to know more about how this mounting range was explored in the late part of the 19th century and into the 20th. Daniel Arnold put an impressive amount of research and effort into this book and it shows. While ruthless mobsters, federal agents, and the man accused of murdering her family are in hot pursuit, she flees to the small, sleepy town of Bradenville, Oklahoma.

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