Alpine Americas is a mountaineer's tour of the 10,000 mile range of peaks from the Arctic to Patagonia. The book combines stunning mountain photography with elegant text that explores the places from all perspectives -- geologic, historical, philosophical -- as it takes readers up the cold wind-swept ridges of Denali or down into the caldron of a smoking Mexican volcano.Each mountain grouping is a different chapter. Each chapter focuses on a single element of what the place means to us. Brooks range in the Arctic, it's all ...
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Alpine Americas is a mountaineer's tour of the 10,000 mile range of peaks from the Arctic to Patagonia. The book combines stunning mountain photography with elegant text that explores the places from all perspectives -- geologic, historical, philosophical -- as it takes readers up the cold wind-swept ridges of Denali or down into the caldron of a smoking Mexican volcano.Each mountain grouping is a different chapter. Each chapter focuses on a single element of what the place means to us. Brooks range in the Arctic, it's all about tranquility and the reassurance of seasonal patterns. Way to the South, in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, it's the chaos and conflict of the natural elements -- angry winds and big weather -- as the jagged landscape thrusts upward from the cold salt sea. Don Mellor's inspirational words and Olaf St's magical photographs, Alpine Americas is the celebration of the western world's majestic high places.
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Like New. Size: 13x1x12; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 256 pages: color illustrations; 31 x 35 cm. "Alpine Americas is a mountaineer's tour of the 10, 000 mile range of the peaks from the Arctic to Patagonia through the lens of renowned outdoor photography Olaf Soot and in the words of writer and climber, Don Mellor." This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Add this copy of Alpine Americas: an Odyssey Along the Crest of Two to cart. $302.50, like new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Horizon Editions, LLC.
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Like New. Signed by author and photographer as new large oblong format hardcover in jacket. Illustrated throughout. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
