Title A Near View of the High Sierra

Author John Muir  

Kind of Book Essay/Nature

How strongly I recommend it 5/10 

My Impressions Mostly a description of the scenery, but there were a few insights and ideas worth chewing on.

Big Ideas

• Going into the mountains feels like going home

• Even when we look at unfamiliar objects in the wilderness, they seem vaguely familiar

• There is a kind of sublime rest that only a tired mountaineer/hiker knows