Illusion Dweller - The Climbing Life of Stimson Bullit (Paperback)

Stimson Bullitt was born into a privileged and influential Seattle family, a position he did not always find comfortable.

He showed his black-sheep tendencies when, after graduating from Yale University, he rode the rails to come back West,

where he worked in Central Washington orchards and on a highway crew at Chinook Pass. Later he became a skilled

lawyer, a champion of civil and environmental causes, and president of KING Broadcasting, the communications empire

built by his mother, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt.

While he was always drawn to the mountains, it wasn't until Bullitt reached his 50s and 60s that he sought challenges

on North America's formidable peaks, including Denali and Mount Rainier. Not until he was 70 did he take up rock

climbing, but it became a match and foil for his passions and, at times, his inner demons.