{"product_id":"lighting-out-a-golden-year-in-yosemite-9781594859212","title":"Lighting Out: A Golden Year in Yosemite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLICK HERE to download sample chapters from \u003cem\u003eLighting Out \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"The contrast between the slacker-climbing crowd and the New Age poseurs is enhanced by a wonderfully deadpan writing style that is rarely too technical for those unfamiliar with the sport. Highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Duane] explores with fine irony and rare depth his awakening into manhood, love, and conquest...\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Isabel Allende \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Reissue of a well-regarded coming-of-age memoir about Yosemite and the West Coast in the 1990s\u003cbr\u003e - With a new afterword by the author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eLighting Out\u003c\/i\u003e by Daniel Duane is a coming-of-age memoir, first and foremost. But it's also about the Yosemite climbing lifestyle in the early 1990s and the author's effort to immerse himself in that dirtbag world, while figuring out what to do with his life. It beautifully evokes a specific time and place, as well as captures that post-college searching and desire for adventure and romance that resonates for so many. From the Grateful Dead to an awkward tumble into a relationship, and from California surf towns to the sheer wall of El Cap, Duane's story meanders through loosely linked events and observations that, taken together, convey a tangible sense of freedom and the search for fulfillment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Duane climbed actively in the Yosemite Valley from 1987 to 1992, then went on to get a Ph.D. in American Literature at UC-Santa Cruz. \u003ci\u003eLighting Out\u003c\/i\u003e was his first book, published two years before his seminal cult-favorite, \u003ci\u003eCaught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the Calfiornia Coast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594859212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Daniel Duane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604408234165,"sku":"9781594859212","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lighting-out-a-golden-year-in-yosemite-9781594859212","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}