Yosemite in the Fifties

The Iron Age

2015 INDIES Winner
Honorable Mention, Sports (Adult Nonfiction)
2015 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, Photography (Adult Nonfiction)
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Companion to Yosemite in the Sixties, the words of the climbers of the time and artfully restored photographs chronicle the historic first ascents of Yosemite’s “mile-high” granite walls, the legendary personalities who risked their lives to climb them, and how their endeavors initiated the birth of adventure sports.