In a place known for world-class rock climbing, backpacking
and other physically strenuous activities, Shirley Sargent
made her mark from a wheelchair. Typing with one finger, she
wrote books about Yosemite National Park, a home she held in
love and reverence.
Shirley died December 3rd at age 77 in Mariposa, just west
of the park. She spent most of her adult life living in
Yosemite's Foresta area, two miles from her nearest neighbor.
Suffering the effects of a neurological disorder called
dystonia for much of her life, she had body tremors and had to
hold one hand steady with the other as she typed. It didn't
stop her from writing about two dozen books about the park and
emerging as the preeminent park historian.
Photo by Kay Mills, courtesy of the Los Angeles
Times
To read the Shirley Sargent
obituary from the Fresno Bee....
