Richard F. Fleck is author of many books including Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Indians, editor of John Muir’s Mountaineering Essays, A Colorado River Reader, which was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities to be the reader for seven states project 2001-2. He contributed a biography of John Burroughs for the Encyclopedia of New York State. Fleck is also the author of numerous introductions to trade paperback editions including Henry David Thoreau’s Maine Woods, John Muir’s Our National Parks, and Samuel Hall Young’s Alaska Days with John Muir.

"Fleck's eloquent accounts of climbing peaks and exploring the intermountain deserts of the American West reflect an intimate firsthand knowledge of and reverence for the region." —Lybrary.com

• Acknowledgments  Prologue: Death ValleyChapter One: Descent into History at Grand Gulch, UtahChapter Two: Adventures Beneath Desert RimsChapter Three: Descent into the Grand CanyonChapter Four: An Alluring, Icy Longs PeakChapter Five: Steep Trails in Rocky Mountain National ParkChapter Six: High, Wide, and Windy: The Prairies of LaramieChapter Seven: Where Land is Mostly SkyChapter Eight: A Scramble up TabeguacheChapter Nine: Four-Corner HighChapter Ten: A Windy Ascent of Guadalupe Peak, TexasChapter Eleven: Sand Dunes of the High DesertChapter Twelve: Climbing High in the Pecos and San Juan MountainsChapter Thirteen: A Close Call on Mount PrincetonChapter Fourteen: The Solace of Dinosaur RidgeChapter Fifteen: Rambles Along the Mosquito RangeChapter Sixteen: Multiple Ascents of Mount Evans and Pikes PeakChapter Seventeen: Paha Sapa Wakan (Sacred Black Hills)Chapter Eighteen: Mountains Over the DesertEpilogue: A Rock on My Desk  A Selective List of Informative Mountain and Desert BooksAbout the AuthorA Note on This EditionIndex

Richard F. Fleck is author of many books including Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Indians, editor of John Muir’s Mountaineering Essays, A Colorado River Reader, which was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities to be the reader for seven states project 2001-2. He contributed a biography of John Burroughs for the Encyclopedia of New York State. Fleck is also the author of numerous introductions to trade paperback editions including Henry David Thoreau’s Maine Woods, John Muir’s Our National Parks, and Samuel Hall Young’s Alaska Days with John Muir.

"Fleck's eloquent accounts of climbing peaks and exploring the intermountain deserts of the American West reflect an intimate firsthand knowledge of and reverence for the region." —Lybrary.com

• Acknowledgments  Prologue: Death ValleyChapter One: Descent into History at Grand Gulch, UtahChapter Two: Adventures Beneath Desert RimsChapter Three: Descent into the Grand CanyonChapter Four: An Alluring, Icy Longs PeakChapter Five: Steep Trails in Rocky Mountain National ParkChapter Six: High, Wide, and Windy: The Prairies of LaramieChapter Seven: Where Land is Mostly SkyChapter Eight: A Scramble up TabeguacheChapter Nine: Four-Corner HighChapter Ten: A Windy Ascent of Guadalupe Peak, TexasChapter Eleven: Sand Dunes of the High DesertChapter Twelve: Climbing High in the Pecos and San Juan MountainsChapter Thirteen: A Close Call on Mount PrincetonChapter Fourteen: The Solace of Dinosaur RidgeChapter Fifteen: Rambles Along the Mosquito RangeChapter Sixteen: Multiple Ascents of Mount Evans and Pikes PeakChapter Seventeen: Paha Sapa Wakan (Sacred Black Hills)Chapter Eighteen: Mountains Over the DesertEpilogue: A Rock on My Desk  A Selective List of Informative Mountain and Desert BooksAbout the AuthorA Note on This EditionIndex

Richard F. Fleck is author of many books including Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Indians, editor of John Muir’s Mountaineering Essays, A Colorado River Reader, which was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities to be the reader for seven states project 2001-2. He contributed a biography of John Burroughs for the Encyclopedia of New York State. Fleck is also the author of numerous introductions to trade paperback editions including Henry David Thoreau’s Maine Woods, John Muir’s Our National Parks, and Samuel Hall Young’s Alaska Days with John Muir.

"Fleck's eloquent accounts of climbing peaks and exploring the intermountain deserts of the American West reflect an intimate firsthand knowledge of and reverence for the region." —Lybrary.com

• Acknowledgments  Prologue: Death ValleyChapter One: Descent into History at Grand Gulch, UtahChapter Two: Adventures Beneath Desert RimsChapter Three: Descent into the Grand CanyonChapter Four: An Alluring, Icy Longs PeakChapter Five: Steep Trails in Rocky Mountain National ParkChapter Six: High, Wide, and Windy: The Prairies of LaramieChapter Seven: Where Land is Mostly SkyChapter Eight: A Scramble up TabeguacheChapter Nine: Four-Corner HighChapter Ten: A Windy Ascent of Guadalupe Peak, TexasChapter Eleven: Sand Dunes of the High DesertChapter Twelve: Climbing High in the Pecos and San Juan MountainsChapter Thirteen: A Close Call on Mount PrincetonChapter Fourteen: The Solace of Dinosaur RidgeChapter Fifteen: Rambles Along the Mosquito RangeChapter Sixteen: Multiple Ascents of Mount Evans and Pikes PeakChapter Seventeen: Paha Sapa Wakan (Sacred Black Hills)Chapter Eighteen: Mountains Over the DesertEpilogue: A Rock on My Desk  A Selective List of Informative Mountain and Desert BooksAbout the AuthorA Note on This EditionIndex