Read Online Teewinot Climbing and Contemplating the Teton Range Jack Turner 9780312284466 Books

Product details Paperback 272 pages Publisher Thomas Dunne Books (November 10, 2001) Language English ISBN-10 9780312284466 ISBN-13 978-0312284466 ASIN 0312284462

Teewinot Climbing and Contemplating the Teton Range Jack Turner 9780312284466 Books Reviews

• I first encountered Jack Turner’s writing in Abstract Wild. Here I found a thoughtful writer with a true sensitivity for all things wild. Though the setting is slightly different here the thoughtfulness remains and there is something in this book for anyone who even once has felt the strangeness and solemn majesty of great mountain ranges.
• I will be backpacking in Grand Teton NP this summer, so I bought this book in hopes of learning more about the area from an individual who is familiar with the park. This book was perfect for me. Turner takes the reader through a year in the Tetons based on his experiences living and working there as an Exum climbing guide for over 30 years. He paints a marvelous picture of each season, including flora and fauna that he sees, weather patterns, and trails he hikes. He describes different climbs he has done in the park, including those he has guided and those he has completed recreationally with friends. He occasionally presents his philosophical viewpoint on different topics, including the idea of "wilderness", and the way man interacts with nature. I enjoyed his writing style, and his ability to communicate to the reader his love for Grand Teton National Park. He made me love it as well, and I cannot wait to see it in person.
• A masterpiece of nature/outdoors writing. A very nice combination of what it's like to live in the Tetons as well as climb them (Turner's climbed the Grand Teton over 400 times, oi vey). This is in my all-time favorite Top 10, probably at about #3.
• Last year I was planning my first trip to Jackson Hole and GTNP and picked up this book because I was looking for some first hand stories about the area. I was pleased. I read Teewinot during the early planning phases (months in advance) of a three day backpacking loop just north of the cathedral group. In addition to great stories, Turner's details about wildlife, weather, and landscape helped paint an accurate picture of what I was getting myself into. I reread the book on the cross country trip out there before the adventure and wasn't at all disappointed or bored the second time through.
  
  I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in GTNP, climbing, or wilderness adventuring.
• An excellent piece of writing on one of my favorite places.
  I'm not a climber but even the descriptions of technical mountain climbing were great.
• Very well written. And Jack's impressive wherewithal of his home area is impressive and makes for highly enjoyable reading. I recommend this book to anyone who spends time in nature.
• Ho hum "this is my outdoors book." If you are acquainted with the area, this is interesting but NOT compelling reading. Having myself climbed almost all the major peaks in the area, I found the reading simpatico, but I found it easy to put the book down. I think I wasted my time buying it.
• I have read Teewinot several times and have given it away countless more times. A glorious meditation by a mountaineer and philosopher with a gift for subtle observations.