Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber

I read this before I went out to Yosemite to climb The Nose on El Capitan. It didn't make me a better climber, but it did bring the whole history of the Valley to life. I'd recommend it to anyone, whether you're a climber or just going to gaze in awe at the scenery and the little dots that really are us - the climbers adrift on a vertical sea of granite.