[pct-l] A Great Book for the Trail

[Jason Moores]

"Annals of the Former World" changed the way that I view the trails that I
hike. I find it interesting to pause from time to time to check out the
rocks around me. McPhee gave me a great deal more to consider at these
times. I read "Travels with the Arch-Druid" in '09 while I was in the Sierra
- another fasinating book.

Shroomer is right, "My First Summer..." is an excellent read full of the
exuberance of a young man finding his passion.

Jackass



On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yup, McPhee for a good, can't put it down read, on any subject that in an
> other's hands could be deadly boring.  As for the question of Muir's
> writings, they are great, but written in an antique style, almost King
> Jamesesque, that captured our nation 120 years ago, in a way that changed
> it
> forever.  It's often poetry in prose guise, but thick with words in a way
> modern writers are not.  Read him slowly, and enjoy his gorgeous verbosity,
> but don't expect it to be quick or gripping in the way a modern nature
> writer, like McPhee, can be.  That being said, My First Summer in the
> Sierra, The Yosemite, or The Mountains of California (a compilation of
> essays), are all good.
>
> Shroomer
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