Front cover image for Escape to the mountain : mid-life redemption on the John Muir Trail

Escape to the mountain : mid-life redemption on the John Muir Trail

The story of one man's rediscovery of himself and the building of interpersonal connections with friends and family while hiking in the Sierra Nevada during the summer of 1994
Print Book, English, 2006
Trade pbk. ed
Emerick, Buena Park, Calif., 2006
177 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm
9780978834302, 0978834305
237116553
Realizations: a fork in the road
The idea: planning the journey
Trip 1: my journey with a friend
Trip 2: my journey with the Lions Share
Trip 3: journey of a father and son
Mountain interlude: what the mountains teach us
Trip 4: my journey into middle age
Side trip: my journey with bears
Strange encounter: a different kind of "bear"
Trip 5: the journey with my life partner
Facing the future: the journey ahead