Mountain Climbing as American Transcendental Pilgrimage

Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Colorado 14ers Peakbaggers
Studies in Art and Religious Interpretation

54 14,000-foot mountains, or "14ers", are the focal points in the culture of Colorado mountaineering. This work is an analysis of both "peakbagger" narratives and mountaineering literature, and explores the phenomenon of peakbaggers.

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