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41) The Dawn Wall
Pub. Date
2018.
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In January, 2015, American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson captivated the world with their effort to climb the Dawn Wall, a seemingly impossible 3,000 foot rock face in Yosemite National Park, California. The pair lived on the sheer vertical cliff for weeks, igniting a frenzy of global media attention. But for Tommy Caldwell, the Dawn Wall was much more than just a climb. It was the culmination of a lifetime defined by overcoming obstacles....
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Pub. Date
©2010
Description
In this provocative walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada's big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail in a personal search for answers: How do we address the climate change...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Send a Ranger: My Life Serving the National Parks is the story of one park ranger's journey from Gettysburg to Denali and back, raising a family, contending with bears, and rescuing hikers, in four national parks over more than 30 years. Interspersed with real-time journal entries, these reflective, engaging, stories illustrate the real life of a national park ranger"--
48) Ride the eagle
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
After the death of his estranged mother, Lief finds that he must complete her elaborate to-do list before he can move into her cabin in Yosemite.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Over 12 Hours Of Our Nation's Greatest Treasures! In 1872 President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law our nation s first National Park, Yellowstone. The purpose was to preserve the breathtaking scenery and the wildlife within the historic landscape. Since then, other significant pieces of land and sea have been designated as National Parks, in hopes to conserve the past and present glory of each unique ecosystem. Now you can journey through the ecology,...
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
This season, How the Earth was Made goes back in history-- from 4.5 billion years ago to today-- peeling back layers of rock, filling up river canyons, parting the oceans, and leveling mountains and volcanoes to investigate the origins of some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world. With rocks as their clues and volcanoes, ice sheets and colliding continents as their suspects, scientists launch a forensic investigation...