A few weeks back, I picked up a handful of paperbacks while in Greenville with my family. The most interesting, on the surface, was called The Last Season. A well written, if a bit long-winded, account of the life and death of Randy Morgenson, a longtime backcountry ranger in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. One of the last books Randy read, according to the author of The Last Season, was a biography of Everett Ruess, who disappeared in 1934.
Growing up, Randy’s dad was friends with Ansel Adams and Adams taught Randy a bit about photography. A few days ago, I read an article about Adams and his use of Kodachrome. Then today, an article about the discovery, or lack of discovery, of Ruess’s bones.
It’s so interesting to me how our world is so interconnected. Not serious connections, mind you, but I had never heard of Ruess prior to this book, nor had I heard much about Adams recently. Maybe this is part of learning: as you expand your knowledge, you are able to absorb more information and connect the dots, so to speak.
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