straight-up-an'-down

Updated: August 2, 2026

Then over by Redwood Meadows, and Timber Gap, by Mineral King, and over through Farewell Gap. You turn east there, on a new trail. She's steeper than straight-up-an'-down, but shorter than the other. When you get down in the cañon of Kern River, say, she's a fine cañon, too, you want to go downstream about two mile to where there's a sort of natural overflowed lake full of stubs stickin' up.

Stewart Edward White - The Mountains