Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada John Raffensperger As the gunman keeps coming

As the gunman keeps coming after them

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and is also a well - known tourist destination filled with spectacular natural sceneries

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ISBN13: 9780007323036

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada John Raffensperger As the gunman keeps comingA bona fide classic, originally published in 1872, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is still exciting reading. It describes the perils and pleasures experienced by Clarence King (1842 1901) while conducting the first geological survey of California in the 1860s. His language was equal to the marvels he found, and here with unfading brilliance are his accounts of scaling such mountains as Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney. The chapters on the Yosemite