Describe in a paragraph the trip Muir took exploring the ice cone, what did he find? Include a quote.
Muir went out exploring nature at any opportunity he could find. During one of his many expeditions, Muir encountered an avalanche in his efforts to find out the source of the thunderous noise. He initially mistook the noise to be coming of from falling boulders. His encounter with the avalanche leads him to categorize the avalanches in two and he further states where exactly the annual avalanche is visible stating it to be the north slope of Cloud’s Rest. He says, “Besides these common after-storm avalanches that are to be forced not only in the Yosemite but in all the deep, Sheer-walled cannons of the Range there are two other important kinds, …show more content…
He encountered the first during one of his forays into nature coiled from his feet and he used his heels to stomp the snake despites the rattlesnake’s desperate attempts to get away. The second encounter was in his cabin one night when he discovered a snake hiding behind some plants he had taken in for study. The death of the two snakes haunted him and he felt guilt for killing the snakes yet they never really posed a threat to him. The encounters pointed out that the bites and killings happen due to a clear misunderstanding between humans and the …show more content…
He gives the animals and components of nature human behavior. For instance, when he encounters the second snake he notes, “… the poor reptile was desperately embarrassed, evidently realizing that he had no right in the cabin.” From his description of nature, one is able to decipher that he is pleased with the experience he has had with nature by using fond words. For instance he says “…I was out every day, and often all night, sleeping but little, studying the so-called wonders and common things ever on show, wading, climbing, sauntering among the blessed storms and calms, rejoicing in almost everything alike that I could see or
Muir went out exploring nature at any opportunity he could find. During one of his many expeditions, Muir encountered an avalanche in his efforts to find out the source of the thunderous noise. He initially mistook the noise to be coming of from falling boulders. His encounter with the avalanche leads him to categorize the avalanches in two and he further states where exactly the annual avalanche is visible stating it to be the north slope of Cloud’s Rest. He says, “Besides these common after-storm avalanches that are to be forced not only in the Yosemite but in all the deep, Sheer-walled cannons of the Range there are two other important kinds, …show more content…
He encountered the first during one of his forays into nature coiled from his feet and he used his heels to stomp the snake despites the rattlesnake’s desperate attempts to get away. The second encounter was in his cabin one night when he discovered a snake hiding behind some plants he had taken in for study. The death of the two snakes haunted him and he felt guilt for killing the snakes yet they never really posed a threat to him. The encounters pointed out that the bites and killings happen due to a clear misunderstanding between humans and the …show more content…
He gives the animals and components of nature human behavior. For instance, when he encounters the second snake he notes, “… the poor reptile was desperately embarrassed, evidently realizing that he had no right in the cabin.” From his description of nature, one is able to decipher that he is pleased with the experience he has had with nature by using fond words. For instance he says “…I was out every day, and often all night, sleeping but little, studying the so-called wonders and common things ever on show, wading, climbing, sauntering among the blessed storms and calms, rejoicing in almost everything alike that I could see or