By Tony Perrottet
John Muir, the daddy of conservation, chanced on his calling within the California wasteland referred to as Yosemite. the following, during this short-form booklet from award-winning journalist, writer, and widespread nationwide Public Radio contributor Tony Perrottet, is the tale of Muir and the nationwide park he helped create.
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The Yosemite Valley was the ultimate pilgrimage site for Victorian Americans,” Gisel explained. ” Locating the Grail on my own modest pilgrimage, however, took some tenacity. At one point, a sign noted Muir’s cabin, but did not give its exact location. A bronze plaque placed at the foot of the falls in the 1920s erroneously claimed to mark the cabin’s site. ” Soon we were wading through knee-high grass and clambering over fallen trunks alongside Yosemite Creek. Was Gisel looking for a secret Sierra Club marker, I asked?
He was very charismatic. He was an innocent from the wilderness. And he looked the part. ” Today, even the most jaded traveler experiences “Muir moments” of childish glee in Yosemite National Park. ” Although Yosemite Valley now welcomes millions of people a year, with the attending shuttle buses and traffic, it takes little effort to slip into the natural world Muir loved. Shady bicycle paths lead to swimming holes where you can baptize yourself in icy mountain waters. And while crowds jostle to photograph the famous view from the Tunnel Overlook at the valley’s southern rim, an old trailhead just across the road climbs up to Old Inspiration Point, the most beloved of the Victorian-era lookouts, where the nineteenth-century carriage ruts still mark the earth.
Although Yosemite Valley now welcomes millions of people a year, with the attending shuttle buses and traffic, it takes little effort to slip into the natural world Muir loved. Shady bicycle paths lead to swimming holes where you can baptize yourself in icy mountain waters. And while crowds jostle to photograph the famous view from the Tunnel Overlook at the valley’s southern rim, an old trailhead just across the road climbs up to Old Inspiration Point, the most beloved of the Victorian-era lookouts, where the nineteenth-century carriage ruts still mark the earth.
