Early Days in the Range of Light: Encounters with Legendary Mountaineers
“Dan has done something unique in climbing histories—he went back in time—first, by ferreting out and suffusing himself with ancient lore, then by forgoing modern equipment, and finally by retracing the finger-and-footholds used by the first climbers. His approach, as wackily original as the colorful characters he introduces, worked. This ‘book’ is really a Technicolor time machine to the earliest explorations of American high peaks.” —Peter Croft