Salt to Summit

A Vagabond Journey from Death Valley to Mount Whitney

Daniel Arnold

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Counterpoint
22 May 2012

Autobiography: general; Geographical discovery & exploration

From the depths of Death Valley, Daniel Arnold set out to reach Mount Whitney in a way no road or trail could take him. Anything manmade or designed to make travel easy was out. With a backpack full of empty two-liter bottles, and the remotest corners of desert before him, he began his toughest test yet of physical and mental endurance.

Badwater Basin sits 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley, the lowest and hottest place in the Western Hemisphere. Mount Whitney rises 14,505 feet above sea level, the highest point in the contiguous United States. Arnold spent seventeen days traveling a roundabout route from one to the other, traversing salt flats, scaling dunes, and sinking into slot canyons. Aside from bighorn sheep and a phantom mountain lion, his only companions were ghosts of the dreamers and misfits who first dared into this unknown territory. He walked in the footsteps of William Manly, who rescued the last of the forty-niners from the bottom of Death Valley; tracked John LeMoigne, a prospector who died in the sand with his burros; and relived the tales of Mary Austin, who learned the secret trails of the Shoshone Indians. This is their story too, as much as it is a history of salt and water and of the places they collide and disappear.

Guiding the reader up treacherous climbs and through burning sands, Arnold captures the dramatic landscapes as only he can with photographs to bring it all to life. From the salt to the summit, this is an epic journey across America's most legendary desert.

By: Daniel Arnold
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9781582437507
ISBN 10: 1582437505
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 22 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Arnold began climbing the Pacific Rim volcanoes and basalt crags of his native Portland as a teenager and went on to climb throughout North and South America. His work has appeared in Rock + Ice, ZYZZYVA, and The Mountain Gazette. His two books are Salt to Summit and Early Days in the Range of Light. He lives and climbs in Sonora, CA.

Reviews for Salt to Summit: A Vagabond Journey from Death Valley to Mount Whitney

"Praise for Early Days in the Range of Light ""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 ""A spirited journey ... This well-written memoir and travelogue should find a welcome home in many climbing collections."" --Kirkus ""With great originality and insight ... This is a splendid chronicle of early climbing in the Sierra Nevada."" --Royal Robbins"