Sierra. Notes & Images from the Range of Light

109 Pages·2006·15.5 MB·English

by  James Martin

SIERRA

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Copy Editor: Don Graydon
Book Design: Karen Schober
Cartographer: Jane Shasky
Cover photograph: Mount Whitney and Iceberg Lake at sunrise
Photo captions: Page 1: A climber rappels down a cliff in Yosemite with the east buttress of El Capitan in
the background. Pages 2–3: Banner Peak reflects morning light in Thousand Island Lake. Right: Pines high
on the Bighorn Plateau cling to life in the rocky soil. Page 7: The setting sun highlights the Minarets south
of Yosemite (top); to ascend Reeds District in Yosemite, a climber must place a hand in the crack and twist
it (lower left); the sheer east face of Mount Whitney dwarfs the rocky Alabama Hills in Owens Valley (lower
right).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martin, James, 1950—
Sierra: notes and images from the Range of Light / James Martin.
p. cm.
Originally published: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-59485-723-2 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-59485-725-6 (ebook) 1. Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
—Pictorial works. 2. Sierra Nevada
(Calif. and Nev.)—Description and travel. 3. Martin, James,
1950—Travel—Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) 4.
Mountaineering—Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) I. Title.
F868.S5M375 2012
979.4’4—dc23
2012010413
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-59485-723-2
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-59485-725-6
For Greg Thompson, always in the mountains.
—J. M.

Contents
Introduction: My Sierra
Rock
Ice
Muir
Climbers
Photography Notes
Bibliography, Acknowledgments, Park Information

Middle Palisade overlooks Palisade Creek as it begins its steep journey to the Middle Fork of the Kings
River.