The Way Back

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The Way Back is written by Phil Coffin and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1667831178 (ISBN 10) and 9781667831176 (ISBN 13).

"Berkeley Tuolumne Camp was founded in 1922 by the city of Berkeley as a summer getaway near the gateway to Yosemite National Park. On the banks of the South Fork Tuolumne River in the Stanislaus National Forest, nestled under towering ponderosa pines and incense cedars, the popular camp brought families and friends together in community for generations before it was tragically destroyed in the 2013 Rim Fire. This overdue follow-up to A Nature Guide to Berkeley Tuolumne Camp (2001) is comprised of three distinct but linked parts. In Part I the author rides his bike from Camp all the way back to Oakland, exploring the natural and built environment of the Tuolumne River watershed. Part II is a collection of reflections on his experience on camp staff way back in the 1990s, when diversity and creativity inspired a bit of a renaissance at Camp. Finally, Part III chronicles the calamitous spread of the Rim Fire, the loss of the historic camp, and the remarkable rebirth of a new Camp Tuolumne, now poised to welcome back all Berkeley families for another 100 years"--Rear cover.