Sacred summits
Subtitle: John Muir's greatest climbs
By: edited and introduced by Graham White
Contributors: White, Graham
Publisher: Canongate
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780862417857
Subjects: Mountaineers; Naturalists; Biography; Mountaineering
Other titles: John Muir's greatest climbs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162).
Table of contents: title: John Muir and vertical sauntering / Arthur W Ewart; title: John Muir and the range of light / Francis P Farquhar; title: A Scottish climber on Cathedral Peak / Ken Crocket; title: The Tuolumne camp ; A near view of the High Sierra ; Mountain thoughts ; Prayers in the higher mountain temples; title: or a geologist's winter walk ; A perilous night on Shasta's summit ; The South Dome / John Muir; title: The rescue on Glenora Peak / Samuel Hall Young; title: The Stickeen River ; Glenora Peak ; An ascent of Mount Rainier / John Muir; title: John Muir's ascent of Mount Rainier / Aubrey L Haines.