In No Mere Pastime: A Life in High Places, Ken Stanton's ambition to climb the big walls of Yosemite and follow in the footsteps of heroes like Royal Robbins and Yvon Chouinard lead him to discover his most substantial strengths by confronting his deepest fears. With a keen eye for the beauty of the natural world, Stanton leads readers from the mountains of California, to the snows of the Canadian Rockies, to the...