Janet Robertson (1) (1935–)
Autor de The magnificent mountain women : adventures in the Colorado Rockies
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Obras de Janet Robertson
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1935-04-09
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 137
- Popularidad
- #149,084
- Valoración
- 2.9
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 15
The year before we went up into Rocky Mountain National Park and received our first lesson about alpine plants in the tundra. We were taught by Bea (called Bettie in the book). My wife and I both got a mild case of altitude sickness on that jaunt - the only case we have ever had and we have gone to altitude many times since then in the US, Canada, Switzerland, Austria and Itaiy.
If you know Colorado at all, you will recognize many of the places. She even mentions Enos Mills several times. The last chapter talks a lot about technical climbing. We have been up parts of the 14ers but never on the end of a rope. . .
This is an enjoyable read if you know the area and know about the impact these women had on Colorado in particular and on botany, mountain ecology, etc in general.… (más)