The High Sierra av Kim Stanley Robinson

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<P><B>A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from <I>New York Times</I> bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).</B></P> Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life—more than a hundred trips—and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. <I>The High Sierra</I> is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.<BR/><BR/>Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the