Creator

John Muir

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9 Top middle Yosem crk Mtn in basin 7400 Alt mtn [beveled] 9200 9200 – first N side below mid trib [Div] main central portion of can from upper main trib to 2 or 3 ms below middle main S 40 W nearly Below this on S side a long unbroken oversweped wall reaches to head of HH nearly at right angles to main can therefore it is oversweeped. This wall is about 8800 ft Profile of [diagram] Ice from both lowest HH trib from NE, & grand middle [tended] to force over here.

10 Grand mtn 9500? A magnif moraine over 9000 N side perhap right lateral of HH fork. 2 small lake 1 or 200 yds dia on bare rock at alt 1500 ft? Just above mid trib Gothic Point 9520 First High Point after coming above overswept wall 9575. [sketch: In HH Cath; looking W; [4212]]

Date Original

1872

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Original journal dimensions: 7 x 15 cm.

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MuirReel23Journal08P009-010.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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Keywords

John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist

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