[pct-l] John Muir's Birthplace

[Edward Anderson]

Giniajim, 
Thanks for the update. Guess I will have to journey back to Dunbar.

MendoRider




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From: giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net>
To: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>; pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 12:56:06 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] John Muir's Birthplace


I think there is some question about which house Muir was born in, whether his 
parents' house, or his mother's family's house across the street.  One of them 
is now maintained as a national monument.  The Scots are very proud of John 
Muir!  http://www.jmbt.org.uk/content/

----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Edward Anderson 
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
>Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 3:21 PM
>Subject: [pct-l] John Muir's Birthplace
>
>I became inspired by John Muir's writings while I was in High School: early 
>1950's. Later in the 50's I hiked the JMT - without resupplies - and also 
>climbed Whitney solo via the same route that Muir had taken. It is now known as 

>the "Mountaineers Route" and is rated grade 4. 
>
>In 1963 my wife and I visited Muir's birthplace in Dunbar, Scotland, hoping to 
>visit the house where Muir was born. We were unable to find anyone who knew 
>which house. We asked several people and no one had even heard of him. In 
>desperation, we looked in the phone book for a Muir. We found a John Muir. We 
>called him and learned that he was a school teacher. He told us he was related 
>to "our" John Muir. That's all he knew - had no idea which house. We were 
>surprised that there was no monument. We were there on a holiday and had to move 
>
>on or we would have visited the Chamber of Commerce (or equivalent). We did 
>visit the Castle where Muir described climbing as a child. I assume that, by 
>now, there must be a monument to John Muir - that Dunbar would be proud of him.
>
>When we had a son we named him after Muir. We also visited the Bancroft Library 

>in Berkeley where we could read a collection of unpublished writings of John 
>Muir. The Sierra Club had more.
>
>MendoRider
>
>
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