
- 243 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Jack Turner grew up with an image of the Tetons engraved in his mind. As a young man, he climbed the peaks of this singular range with basic climbing gear friends. Later in life, he led treks in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Tibet, and Peru, but he always returned to the mountains of his youth. He continues to climb the Tetons as a guide for Exum Mountain, Guides, the oldest and most prestigious guide service in America. Teewinot is his ode to forty years in the mountains that he loves.
Like Thoreau and Muir, Turner has contemplated the essential nature of a landscape. Teewinot is a book about a mountain range, its austere temper, its seasons, its flora and fauna, a few of its climbs, its weather, and the glory of the wildness. It is also about a small group of guides and rangers, nomads who inhabit the range each summer and know the mountains as intimately as they will ever be known. It is also a remarkable account of what it is like to live and work in a national park. Teewinot has something for everyone: spellbinding accounts of classic climbs, awe at the beauty of nature, and passion for some of the environmental issues facing America today. In this series of recollections, one of America's most beautiful national parks comes alive with beauty, mystery, and power.
The beauty, mystery, and power of the Grand Tetons come alive in Jack Turner's memoir of a year on America's most beautiful mountain range.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. Return
- 2. The Teton Range
- 3. The Vicissitudes of Spring
- 4. The Meadow
- 5. Into the Mountains
- 6. Symmetry Spire
- 7. To the Lower Saddle
- 8. An Ascent of the Grand Teton
- 9. The End of Summer
- 10. Snowshoe Canyon
- 11. A Cougar and a Chase
- 12. Moose Basin
- 13. Early Winters
- 14. Skiing to Jenny Lake
- 15. Deep Winter
- 16. The Open Road
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Jack Turner
- Praise for Jack Turner and Teewinot
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Table of Contents
- Copyright