Come face to face with those who have spent their lives at altitude: explorers and pioneering travellers, intrepid ice climbers and extreme skiers, ecologists, photographers and film-makers. The weathered faces of black-and-white portraiture from the world's leading collections are displayed alongside modern photographs by a group of leading adventure photographers such as Glen Denny and Cory Richards, Gordon Wiltsie and Martin Hartley. Among those featured are Sir Edmund Hillary, George Mallory, Reinhold Messner, Tenszing ...
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Come face to face with those who have spent their lives at altitude: explorers and pioneering travellers, intrepid ice climbers and extreme skiers, ecologists, photographers and film-makers. The weathered faces of black-and-white portraiture from the world's leading collections are displayed alongside modern photographs by a group of leading adventure photographers such as Glen Denny and Cory Richards, Gordon Wiltsie and Martin Hartley. Among those featured are Sir Edmund Hillary, George Mallory, Reinhold Messner, Tenszing Norgay, Galen Rowell, Edward Whymper, Steph Davis, Maurice Herzog, Leo Holding, Adam Watson and Kit Deslauriers.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 10x8x1; Some light rubbing to bottom edge; else in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ Dustjacket. Come face to face in this collection of portraits with those who have spent their lives at altitude: explorers and mapmakers, pioneering travelers and film-makers, ice climbers and extreme skiers, geologists and glaciologists, and the peoples of the mountains themselves. From the Back Cover: A stunning account of pioneering mountain photography and modern portraiture, with new commissions from leading photographers and alpinists alongside historic treasures from the world's finest collections. Featuring: Doug Scott-Marko Prezelj-Reinhold Messner-Sir Edmund Hillary-Steph Davis-Tom Hornbein Galen Rowell-Conrad Kain-Kurt Diemberger-Edward Whymper-Eric Shipton-George Mallory Alex Lowe-Tenzing Norgay-Catherine Destivelle-Riccardo Cassin-Peter Habeler-Stephan Siegrist-Kenton Cool-Yvon Chouinard-Lynn Hill-Pat Morrow-Denis Urubko-Candide Thovex-Maurice Herzog-Apa Sherpa-Ueli Steck-Steve House, and many more...
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