A Night On the Ground A Day in the Open [Paperback]

Doug Robinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 3, 2004

"Doug Robinson is John Muir meets Jack Kerouac, a nineteenth century mountain man on a 21st century journey. A seeker and a visionary... he is that rare treasure: a mountain man who can write, and writes like a poet. His writing is filled with passion, pain and profound insight." - William Broyles Jr. author of the screen play for Apollo 13

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This is the story of a dedicated athlete, a poet, a visionary dedicated to his craft and sport. A real mountain vagabong always hard at work, writing, climbing,guiding, teaching and being a good dad.

About the Author

Doug Robinson live for what and the ones he love. For many of his years he travel, climb, ski and touched stones in the Sierra Nevada. His writings are known all over the world. He's one of the producers of "Moving Over Stone," a now classic climbing videos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Mountain N' Air Books-Author (May 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879415143
• ISBN-13: 978-1879415140
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #705,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book, November 7, 2006

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Kaj Sonnik - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Night On the Ground A Day in the Open (Paperback)

This set of articles, originally written for magazines and catlalogues, is one of the most eloquent collections of mountain writing I've yet come upon. The book is divided up into chapters such as 'Climbing with Style', which features articles about "the whole art of natural protection" written at the the start of the clean climbing revolution, and 'Further Aborad' which includes the authors account of a climb on Ama Dablam.

One of the features I most enoyed about the book was the introductions to various historical figures such as Smoke Blanchard and Royal Robbins. And the memoir style accounts of what it was like for a small band of climbers to live in the mountains away from civilization getting their kicks out of the "simple joys" and living in bare subsistence, long before climbing turned into the popular sport which it might be called today.

Doug Robinson is well qualified to write what he does, and his style is nice and clear without being base. Most of it is written in an autobiographical style, dealing with developments on the climbing and skiing scene for wenty odd years. If you are partial to a bit of Dharma Bums then get this book. Also anyone interested in the history of the Sierra Nevada.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book., February 7, 2011

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For a person who loves climbing and being outdoors, this was a great read on days when I wasn't fortunate enough to be doing either!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, December 29, 2009

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Peter Stekel (Washington) - See all my reviews
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One of the best books I've ever read about why people love the Sierra Nevada. Also, an excellent, and personal, history of the development of climbing in the Range of Light. Highly recommended for hikers and climbers.