J. C. Jenkins (1952–1979)
Auteur van The Pacific Crest Trail Volume 1: California
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- 1952
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- 1979
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- Fort Tejon, California
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- The U.S. Board on Geographic Names named "Mount Jenkins" (located just off the Pacific Crest Trail in the southern Sierra Nevada) after J. C. Jenkins in December, 1984, in honor of his commitment and hard work in serving the USFS, and for all the thousands of miles he hiked and backpacked in his cut short life, experience that enabled him to write what were at the time, the best and most accurate and most thorough hiking guides covering the southern section of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California.
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Not many people who died before reaching the age of thirty have a summit in a world class mountain range named after them. J.C. Jenkins, author of Self Propelled in the Southern Sierra, has a prominent mountain on the lower Eastern Sierra Crest named in his honor, is testament to his testifies not only to how well beloved he was by his colleagues and his second "family" in the United States Forest Service, but to his lasting legacy of having written, the best Southern Sierra trail guide out there -- period. A quarter century has passed since the Bureau of Land Managment & USFS dedicated Jenkins Peak (elev. 7,921) named after him with a dedication plaque near its craggy summit, and since that time, the light of his brilliant legacy has not dimmed.
From obscure summits ( to obscure snow-shoe trek in the Piute Mountains (sub range within the Southern Sierra), and from the decrepit remnants of obscure sawmills and mines, on to the obscurest meadow on the Kern Plateau overlooking Half Dome's littler siblings in the Domeland Wilderness, Jenkins leaves no trail or cross-country route untravelled or undescribed, and he writes always artfully in minute detail with decimal point mileages. His throughness & accuracy leaves virtually no chance of getting lost in the regions covered, unless you're a hiking novice wandering alone -- a no no in hiking/backpacking circles -- and don't understand Jenkins terminology ("cairn," "use trail," or "follow drainage due south for .7 miles"). I particularly like how Jenkins describes getting from point A to point B without reading like MapQuest directions. For instance, listen how he interweaves directions with the scenery and a slice of history from trip 42, Cannell Meadow Hike:
"Self-Propelled in the Southern Sierra," published thirty years ago in 1978, remains a must-have for the Southern Sierra adventurer looking for a more secluded backpacking romp through the woods. Trust me, having hiked several of the routes catalogued here, you won't find the tacky hordes of attire-challenged tourists -- yellowish green wool socks to the knees with matching sunvisors -- on Jenkin's trails, like you'd inevitably and repeatedly stumble across (or more likely they stumble into you) farther north in Yosemite or Tahoe. You can journey for weeks here, as Jenkins did, in the late 70s, alone with his ten-speed-wheeled pedometer, and encounter nobody else.
Long live the memory of the eminently intrepid, J.C. Jenkins. His life and spirit still soar like eagles in these Southern Sierras.… (meer)