Mount Whitney to Yosemite: the Geology of the John Muir Trail gives detailed description of over 45 rock units traversed by this incredible 212 mile long trip. The topics covered are advanced, but the in-depth introduction to geology defines the terminology for understanding the processes that formed the Sierra Nevada. The book is illustrated with 135 figures and photographs, and is accompanied by 44 geologic maps showing the trail overlain with UTM coordinate grid. GPS waypoints and trail description makes locating the features discussed straightforward meanwhile coming to terms with the...

Experience Peru not as a tourist. Interact with the people, feel the remoteness, beauty, and strive for understanding of the forces that culminated in the uplift of the Andes. This book contains journal writings from over two hundred days of fieldwork in Peru while conducting geological mapping. Highland pueblos, cold field camps, underground silver mines, llamas and alpacas, discotecas, Pisco Sour, 4x4 adventures, alpine glaciers, the city of Lima, captured in a remote village, mudflows and cactus, Inca ruins, meeting my wife, and the crazy Russian doctor provide the backdrop to studying the...

On the Las Vegas Strip, a middle-aged woman goes from person to person, looking for a clue..."Excuse me sir, have you heard of Donnie Hatt? No, why, isn't he a basketball player? No. Thanks. DEGREES Miss, have you seen Donnie Hatt? DEGREES No, but my sister knows that S.O.B. realtor, and it is best for him that I don't find him. Ummm, thanks. DEGREES May I ask you something sir? Huh? Have you heard of Donnie Hatt? Oh yeah, wait a minute, yeah, that's the dude who did it. Have you seen him? Nope. Read about it on the web. After he saw it he told everybody at a large UFO conference. Are you...