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9781930238183

Missing in the Minarets The Search for Walter A. Starr, Jr.

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  • ISBN13:

    9781930238183

  • ISBN10:

    1930238185

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-05-01
  • Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
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Summary

This riveting narrative details the mysterious disappearance of Peter Starr, a San Francisco attorney from a prominent family, who set off to climb alone in the rugged Minaret region of the Sierra Nevada in July 1933. Rigorous and thorough searches by some of the best climbers in the history of the range failed to locate him despite a number of promising clues. When all hope seemed gone and the last search party had left the Minarets, mountaineering legend Norman Clyde refused to give up. Climbing alone, he persevered in the face of failure, resolved that he would learn the fate of the lost man. Clyde's discovery and the events that followed make for compelling reading. This re-creation of a famous episode in the annals of the Sierra Nevada is mountaineering literature at its best. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 9
Introductionp. 11
Walter ("Peter") Starr, Jr.p. 15
Missingp. 25
The Ritter Range and The Minaretsp. 33
Michael and Clyde Minaretsp. 45
Eichorn and Dawsonp. 53
Ediza Base Campp. 67
August 16p. 73
August 17 and 18p. 85
Clyde Alonep. 91
Dinner with the Farquharsp. 101
August 25p. 105
The Highest Monumentp. 109
Echoes Stilledp. 123
Fading Lightp. 131
Exegesisp. 137
Return to the Minaretsp. 161
Afterword: A Comment on the Investigationp. 169
Endnotesp. 177
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