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Join Clarence King on an exhilarating journey through the Sierra Nevada in his memoir, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. As a key figure in the California Geological Survey and the first director of the U.S. Geological Survey, King offers captivating narratives that blend adventure with scientific exploration. Written in 1872, his accounts of hand-and-foot rock climbing feel as relevant today as ever. Experience the thrill of Victorian-era mountaineering alongside insights into groundbreaking scientific concepts like Darwinian evolution and glacial formations. With Californias landscape ...

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is an engrossing blend of scientific exploration and personal adventure. Clarence King describes the ascent of Mounts Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney with a scientific poet’s eye, and makes the grandeur of the cliffs, the peaks, the glaciers, and the meadows of Yosemite Valley come alive through his remarkable gifts of portrayal. King describes nature like a master painter while his portrait of the people of California 20 years after the Gold Rush finds engaging expression in a subtle shift of style.