Early Days in the Range of Light

Encounters with Legendary Mountaineers

Daniel Arnold

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Counterpoint
01 January 2011

Climbing & mountaineering

""A splendid chronicle of early climbing in the Sierra Nevada."" -Royal Robbins

It's 1873. Gore-Tex shells and aluminum climbing gear are a century away, but the high mountains still call to those with a spirit of adventure. Imagine the stone in your hands and thousands of feet of open air below you, with only a wool jacket to weather a storm and no rope to catch a fall.

Daniel Arnold did more than imagine-he spent three years retracing the steps of his climbing forefathers, and in Early Days in the Range of Light, he tells their riveting stories. From 1864 to 1931, the Sierra Nevada witnessed some of the most audacious climbing of all time. In the spirit of his predecessors, Arnold carried only rudimentary equipment- no ropes, no harness, no specialized climbing shoes. Sometimes he left his backpack and sleeping bag behind as well, and, like John Muir, traveled for days with only a few pounds of food rolled into a sack slung over his shoulder.

In an artful blend of history, biography, nature, and adventure writing, Arnold brings to life the journeys and the terrain traveled. In the process he uncovers the motivations that drove an extraordinary group of individuals to risk so much for airy summits and close contact with bare stone and snow.

""Ever wish you could travel back to climbing's early days and follow the earliest first-ascent visionaries? This fantasy comes to life . . . in this elegant narrative."" -Climbing Magazine

By: Daniel Arnold
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 177mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 685g
ISBN: 9781582436166
ISBN 10: 1582436169
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 January 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

At fifteen, Daniel Arnold began climbing the Pacific Rim volcanoes and local basalt crags of his native Portland and went on to climb throughout North and South America. He lives in southern California, and Early Days in the Range of Light is his first book.

Reviews for 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"