Robb Hirsch - The Nature of Yosemite: A Visual Journey

M ANZANITA AND B RIDALVEIL F ALL

A Visual Journey

Robb Hirsch

FOREWORD BY JOHN MUIR LAWS

YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY

Yosemite National Park

Individual contributions copyright 2019 by the individual authors, with the exception that the essays by Karen Amstutz, Rob Grasso, Nathan Stephenson, Greg Stock, and Sarah Stock are works of the United States government and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States.

All other text and photographs copyright 2019 by Robb Hirsch.

Published in the United States by Yosemite Conservancy. All rights reserved. No portion of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

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Hardcover ISBN 978-1-930238-91-6

Paperback ISBN 978-1-930238-92-3

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E L C APITAN AND THE M ERCED R IVER

For my son, Noah

MAY YOU ALWAYS FIND INSPIRATION IN THE NATURAL WORLD

D ANA F ORK OF THE T UOLUMNE R IVER

| John Muir Laws

| Adonia Ripple

| James McGrew

| Dan Webster

| Kurt Menning

| Nathan Stephenson

| Pete Devine

| Karen Amstutz

| Tim Palmer

| Sarah Stock

| Beth Pratt

| Rob Grasso

| Greg Stock

| Brock Dolman

M ATTHES C REST

Y osemite is known worldwide for its beauty. The waterfalls and glacially sculpted domes and valleys have called generations of painters, writers, and photographers.