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Peak bagged.(LETTER & E-MAILS)(Letter to the editor)

Earth Island Journal

| June 22, 2009 | Meyer, Bruce | COPYRIGHT 2009 Earth Island Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Thank you for the article "For Peak's Sake" (Spring) about the effort to rename the 14,000-foot North Palisade in the Sierra Nevada after Dave Brower.

I first climbed the peak at age 17, in 1939, ...

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