Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Great books for trail readings

I enjoy very much reading when I am hiking. On my last trip I finished the last Colin Fletcher book that I hadn't read before, and I am going to bring Thousand Mile Summer for the California tripas it's been a few years since I read it and it's about California.

Any other recommendations for great books to read before and during the trip? I have really enjoyed Fletchers books, but sometimes I find a book on the natural history or wildlife of the area I am travelling in, as long as they are written by great "storytellers" (a field guide is of course brought separately).

I would like to find something about the Sierras, as I will be in Yosemite and SEKI this summer. I have ordered a book on the PCT called "dancing with marmots", which I hope is good reading.

Other suggestions out there?

Thanks!

You can never go wrong with John Muir...

Try "Words for the Wild: The Sierra Club Trailside Reader", edited by Ann Ronald. I've been taking the same copy with me into the wild for 20 years. There's always something apropos.

Do a search for "recommend a book"! Sorry, i dont know how to do a link for you! But there was a great discussion on this a while back!

If you like anthologies, another good one is "The Wilderness Reader", edited by Frank Bergon

I love Jon Krakauer.
"Into Thin Air"
"Into the Wild"
"Eiger Dreams"

Lets not do it again:


Books, one

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Ken, thanks for the link. But my interest was not about travel books in general, but about books that takes place in the Sierras. When I am in Yosemite or Sequoia I was hoping to find something that takes place here. I can read about adventures in Nepal etc some other time. I'll try Amazon and take some chances.

Ah.

Up and Down California in 1860-1864;
The Journal of William H. Brewer

I read this this year, and it is an amazing book about the discovery of all of California Terrain, including the Sierra.
out of print, but available. Highest Recommendation, virtually unknown

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The Last Season by Eric Blehm

Much discussed book, very well received and factual, about the current Sierra, in the area in which you will be hiking.
Highest Recommendation, in print

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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (High Sierra Classics Series) by Clarence King

A quaintly written book that includes the discovery of Whitney!