The Last Season (P.S.)
by Eric Blehm
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Author: Eric BlehmEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-01
ISBN: 0060583010
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Summary: 4 Stars
Randy Morgensen was, as much as one can be, perfectly suited to his job. From his earliest days walking the trails of Yosemite with his father to his decision to forgo a promising college career to begin spending more significant time alone in the wilderness, Morgensen seemed made to be a back country ranger. And so he became - in mountainous Kings Canyon National Park. Here, to his abiding love of wilderness and lifelong comfort in the wild, Morgensen developed the skills necessary to survive the wild and help others survive the wild - search and rescue procedures, mountaineering, calmness and determination.
Yet, one day Randy Morgensen disappeared while on duty in the back country. His fellow experts scoured the park, but failed to find any but the most ambiguous clues. He had showed signs of depression. But were there any real signs of potential suicide? Morgensen was among the most prepared for the wilderness. But simple mistakes can lead to quick deaths. So where was the body?
Eric Blehm tells the story of Morgensen and the story of the search for Morgensen gone missing. In both portions, Randy Morgensen is a hard man to find. Interesting, dedicated and gifted, but severe, cold and judgemental, Morgensen can not have been an easy man to know. Yet, his passion suggests it may have been worth the effort. The search, too, was obviously a wrenching and physically demanding effort. Well-thought out and carefully executed though it was, the search quickly became dispiriting as Morgensen's co-workers failed to produce evidence of the man's fate.
Part biography, part action-adventure, The Last Season is a quick and fascinating read. It provides both amusement and something deeper to think about. What drives a man to spend his days alone in a vast and dangerous wilderness? Hopefully, something of Morgensen's wilderness ethic, and for that matter his conflicts, comes through this story invested with his life but occasioned by his death.
Summary of The Last Season (P.S.)
Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada-mountains as perilous as they are beautiful.
Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.
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