My First Summer in the Sierra (Illustrated Edition)

Download or read book My First Summer in the Sierra (Illustrated Edition) written by John Muir and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My First Summer in the Sierra describes two years period of Muir's life during which he lived in a cabin in Californian mountains. When he came to California and finally settled in San Francisco, John Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. Seeing it for the first time, Muir noted that "He was overwhelmed by the landscape, scrambling down steep cliff faces to get a closer look at the waterfalls, whooping and howling at the vistas, jumping tirelessly from flower to flower." He climbed a number of mountains, including Cathedral Peak and Mount Dana, and hiked the old Indian trail down Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake.