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- catalog abstract ""Donald Mace Williams has a deep interest in, and affection for, high mountains. After a career spent mostly on flat lands, he set out to rediscover what was special about the country above timberline. He hiked the high alpine in four of America's major ranges - the Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and northern Appalachians - and in this narrative of his travels, he tells us what he saw and learned and whom he met. "Along the way he observes the effect age has had on his psychological and physical responses to altitude and on his ideas about how to treat the environment and notes the compromises people make between the pull of mountains and freedom and the responsibilities of making a living in the lowlands. Having observed and researched what makes timberline environments distinctive, Williams unobtrusively conveys much information on history, biology, geology, weather, archaeology, high-altitude physiology, and other matters. "Frequently, he recounts a conversation with one or more of the interesting, diverse individuals he met on the trail or sought out for their special knowledge: writers, scientists, and climbers; a young British hiking companion who has come back to Colorado to repeat a climb on which a year previously, his two fellow climbers died; a pilot who climbs isolated peaks in the Sierra Nevada in search of bouillon can scrolls signed by famous early mountaineers; a "Literate Farmer" who pauses on a mountain trail in Vermont to discuss Robert Frost."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13063518.
- catalog coverage "Mountain life United States.".
- catalog coverage "Mountains United States.".
- catalog coverage "Timberline United States.".
- catalog coverage "United States Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "United States History, Local.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Along the way he observes the effect age has had on his psychological and physical responses to altitude and on his ideas about how to treat the environment and notes the compromises people make between the pull of mountains and freedom and the responsibilities of making a living in the lowlands. Having observed and researched what makes timberline environments distinctive, Williams unobtrusively conveys much information on history, biology, geology, weather, archaeology, high-altitude physiology, and other matters.".
- catalog description ""Donald Mace Williams has a deep interest in, and affection for, high mountains. After a career spent mostly on flat lands, he set out to rediscover what was special about the country above timberline. He hiked the high alpine in four of America's major ranges - the Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and northern Appalachians - and in this narrative of his travels, he tells us what he saw and learned and whom he met.".
- catalog description ""Frequently, he recounts a conversation with one or more of the interesting, diverse individuals he met on the trail or sought out for their special knowledge: writers, scientists, and climbers; a young British hiking companion who has come back to Colorado to repeat a climb on which a year previously, his two fellow climbers died; a pilot who climbs isolated peaks in the Sierra Nevada in search of bouillon can scrolls signed by famous early mountaineers; a "Literate Farmer" who pauses on a mountain trail in Vermont to discuss Robert Frost."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.".
- catalog description "The Rocky Mountains -- The Sierra Nevada -- The Cascades -- The Appalachians.".
- catalog extent "x, 225 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Timberline, U.S.A.".
- catalog identifier "0874215714 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Timberline, U.S.A.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Timberline, U.S.A.".
- catalog spatial "Mountain life United States.".
- catalog spatial "Mountains United States.".
- catalog spatial "Timberline United States.".
- catalog spatial "United States Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "United States History, Local.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "917.3/0943 22".
- catalog subject "E169.04 .W545 2003".
- catalog subject "Hiking United States.".
- catalog subject "Mountain life United States.".
- catalog subject "Mountains United States.".
- catalog subject "Timberline United States.".
- catalog subject "Williams, Donald Mace Travel United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Rocky Mountains -- The Sierra Nevada -- The Cascades -- The Appalachians.".
- catalog title "Timberline, U.S.A. : high-country encounters from California to Maine / Donald Mace Williams.".
- catalog type "Local history. fast".
- catalog type "text".