Separate Reality (other)
Separate reality and similar can mean: *Separate Reality (climbing route) in Yosemite National Park, California *A Separate Reality, a 1971 book by Carlos Castaneda See also *Parallel universe (other) Parallel universe often refers to parallel universes in fiction, a self-contained separate world, universe or reality coexisting with the real world, which is used as a recurring plot point or setting used in fantasy and science fiction. Parallel ...

Separate Reality (climbing Route)
''Separate Reality'' is a traditional climbing route in Yosemite National Park in California. The route is known for its exposed and dramatic crux that consists of a long crack in its horizontal roof. When it was first freed by Ron Kauk in 1978, it was one of the first climbs in the world to have a grade of (it was later downgraded one notch when a hold broke in the mid-1980s). In 1986, German climber Wolfgang Güllich free soloed the route, and the photographs by Austrian become iconic in rock climbing history. History The route was first climbed by Ron Kauk in 1978 and given a difficulty grade of ; it was later downgraded to when a block fell off near the lip, sometime in the mid-1980s, exposing a new handhold. At the time of Kauk's ascent, it was one of the first climbs in the world to have a grade of . Kauk named the route after the 1971 novel '' A Separate Reality'' by Carlos Castaneda. Kauk's partner, Lucy Parker, told '' Alpinist'' magazine that the book was: "a ki ...
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A Separate Reality
''A Separate Reality: Further Conversations With Don Juan'' is a book written by anthropologist/author Carlos Castaneda, published in 1971, concerning the events that took place during his apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan Matus, between 1960 and 1965. Content In the book, Castaneda continues his description of his apprenticeship under the tutelage of Don Juan. As in his previous book, '' The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge'', Castaneda describes the experiences he has with Don Juan while under the influence of the psychotropic plants that Don Juan offered him, peyote ''(Lophophora williamsii)'' and a smokable mixture of what Castaneda believed to be, among other plants, dried mushroom of the genus ''Psilocybe''. The main focus of the book centered on Don Juan's attempts at getting Carlos to ''See'', a practice best described as, in Castaneda's own words, "perceiving energy directly as it flows through the universe". The book contains an introd ...
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