Leading me through the forest was Bonnie Gisel, curator of the Sierra Club's LeConte Memorial Lodge and the author of several books on Muir. "Yosemite Valley was the ultimate pilgrimage site for Victorian Americans," Gisel said. "Here was the absolute manifestation of the divine, where they c...
2002. An Analysis of Human Pathogens Found in Horse/Mule Manure Along the John Muir Trail in Kings Canyon and Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks. Wilderness and Environmental Medi- cine, 13:113-118.Derlet RW, Carlson JR. An analysis of human pathogens found in horse/mule manure along the ...
I have carried many a 50-pound pack; I've hiked to the top of Mt. Whitney, there to think beautiful thoughts; I've hiked the 200-mile length of California's John Muir Trail, running from Yosemite to Sequoia. And even in [translate] ...
I pulled into my campsite a short time later.Complete with fire pit and bear box (big, locking metal box for food) this was where I'd spend Monday and Wednesday nights.I'd succeeded in scattering all my food and gear all over the place when I decided it was time to find the restro...
John Muir was a naturalist and conservation advocate who was largely responsible for the creation of Sequoia and Yosemite national parks. He was one of a group who founded the Sierra Club in 1892.