Yosemite Meditations for Adventurers

by Michael Frye (Photographer), Claudia Welsh (Editor)

Overview

The spirit of adventure is alive and well in Yosemite — all one needs to do is walk off and find it. But "adventure" need not mean scaling The Nose of El Capitan. The vast park is simply an adventurous place, with something for everyone. This pocket companion, brimming with Michael Frye's lush photographs paired with inspired quotes, captures the adventurous essence of Yosemite and the sense that something wonderful is waiting just over there. With a foreword by the legendary Royal Robbins, the book features writers, thinkers, and bona fide adventurers, including:
John Muir
Sir Edmund Hillary
Susan Sontag
Galen Rowell
Bill Bryson
Lynn Hill
Ron Kauk
Walt Whitman
Edward Abbey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Cheryl Strayed
Enid Michael
Renny Russell
Sharon Giacomazzi
Mark Jenkins
Lillian Smith
Pearl S. Buck
Terry Tempest Williams
Alex Lowe
R. Mark Liebenow
Peter Croft
Diane Arbus
T.S. Eliot
Richard Hovey
Wendell Berry
Helen Keller
Norman Clyde
Yvon Chouinard
Scot Miller
Howard Thurman
Robert Browning
Lito Tejada-Flores
Corita Kent
Joseph Campbell
Sigurd F. Olson
Frosty Wooldridge

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930238466
Publisher:	Yosemite Conservancy
Publication date:	06/10/2014
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.60(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Michael Frye is a professional photographer specializing in landscapes and nature and has contributed to books about Yosemite as well as articles about photography in publications worldwide. He lived in Yosemite National Park for many years and maintains his photography studio in nearby Mariposa, CA. Claudia Welsh lived in Yosemite for 25 years, spending most of that time as a buyer and manager of the Ansel Adams Gallery. Welsh still lives near the park, in Mariposa, CA, where she works with her husband, photographer Michael Frye.

Read an Excerpt

Excerpt from the foreword:
"Of the many inspiring quotes in this little book, my favorites include the words of mountaineers John Muir and Sir Edmund Hillary. And I even have my own: “Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb we first climb in our mind.” When scaling the walls around Yosemite Valley, from El Capitan to Half Dome to Sentinel Rock and Yosemite Point Buttress, from my first ascent of the face of Half Dome to my more recent solo of El Capitan, I have always found it to be true. I hope this book helps awaken your adventurous spirit and inspire your dreams." —Royal Robbins

"The mountains are calling and I must go." — John Muir

"When the pursuit of natural harmony is a shared journey, great heights can be attained." —Lynn Hill

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." — Edward Abbey

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." — Sir Edmund Hillary

"Magic is the only way to describe it, climbing pitch after pitch of the most perfect, beautifully sculpted granite in the world." — Ron Kauk

"To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from." — Terry Tempest Williams

"Something to remember: Your feet are like dogs, they are happiest when they’re going somewhere." — Sharon Giacomazzi