We Aspired: The Last Innocent Americans

The emeritus English professor from Evergreen State College in Washington uses his skills as a literary scholar combined with his life experiences to describe the climbing scene of his era. A lot of soul searching and candid revelations make this book one of the most interesting volumes about these youthful Americans, traveling and climbing all around the world. We Aspired was first published in 1994 and won a second place in the highly acclaimed Boarderman-Tarker Mountaineering Literature.