<p>Sinclair (English, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington) writes of his adventures on Mt. McKinley, The Tetons, Mexico, and his years of employment as a ranger at Grand Teton National Park. His writing is witty, clear, even elegant. The period, 1959 to 1970, saw the stirring of American interest in rock climbing, and the Tetons as a special place to meet other climbers, practice and polish technique. Fine book. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.</p>

We Aspired: The Last Innocent Americans

Sinclair, Pete

History

Utah State Univ Pr

Imbued with a sense of place, Pete Sinclair climbed mountains and rescued others trying the same. He thrived on the risky business of ascending sheer rock, of moving from one adrenaline-boosting moment to another. In this book he recounts his mountain-climbing and park ranger days from 1959 to 1970, a time some people call a golden era of climbing in America, a time when climbers knew one another and frequently gathered in Grand Teton National Park. There, Sinclair was the ranger in charge of mountain rescue, a job that, especially when it involved the North Face of Grand Teton, drew on all his young team’s climbing skills. Mixing adventure with personal reflection, Sinclair recounts expeditions taken with friends to scale mountains in Alaska, Mexico, and other parts of North America, as well as his work rescuing injured climbers in the Tetons. The book serves as a history of a past era in mountaineering as well as a meditation on what it all meant. Throughout the book, he challenges readers to consider their relationship with the western landscape. Originally published in 1993, We Aspired was a finalist for the Boardman-Tasker Award for Mountain Literature. The account of one famous rescue on the North Face of the Grand Teton is retold in The Grand Rescue, a film by independent Utah producer Jenny Wilson. 

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

University of Utah Press

Pete Sinclair uses his skill and training as a literary scholar coupled with his lifetime experiences to examine what it means to live in the West. His thoughtful challenges, sometime verging on indictments, forces his readers to consider where THEY fit in the western landscape and what their responsabilities are by choosing to be part of the vast spiritual/geographical miracle.---Mike Vause, author of "On Mountains and Mountaineers"

Thinking Out Loud through the American West: A provocative and respectful voice in defense of wilderness environment.

Sinclair, "Pete" Leon

Mountain N' Air Books-Author

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