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Adventure First Press is an independent publisher of nonfiction outdoor guidebooks. We publish guides to wild places that are reached by human power in a sustainable manner of travel.
Our guidebooks don't make it easy, they simply make it possible. You won't find GPS tracks and step-by-step instructions in our guidebooks. We believe the richest rewards are accrued from undertaking a journey whose outcome is uncertain. Our guides feature inspiring photographs of dramatic landscapes and clearly written narrative route descriptions along with old-school topographics maps. Get out your compass, you're going to need it.
WITH JOHN MUIR
THE NEW RELEASE
Across the Sierra
with John Muir
A hiker's guide to the original 1873 expedition route
This is a guide to a new long distance backpacking route that follows the travels of John Muir on his 1873 expedition through the Sierra Nevada range. This is not a guide to the John Muir Trail (JMT). The route described in this book is completely distinct and separate from the JMT and was explored and charted by the author. It follows a route actually traveled by Muir and several friends on an expedition in the fall of 1873. As you hike this route you will visit the same landscapes that Muir describes in his essays and personal journals.
This 215 mile hike visits magnificent groves of giant sequoias, huge domes of stunningly clean granite, hillsides covered with wildflowers, spectacular waterfalls, and soaring cliffs lining glacier sculpted canyons. Completing the entire route will challenge even experienced backpackers but those with less ambitious goals can still find most of the scenic highlights the route offers accessible via day hikes.
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