Mountains

Science & Math

Cleare, John

Nature & Ecology

Pan/Macmillan

Crown, Publishers

For untold ages, the awesome power of the world's greatest mountains has lifted our spirits, inspired our imaginations, and fed our sense of adventure. Indeed, such legendary peaks as Mont Blanc, Kilimanjaro, and Annapurna represent the ultimate challenge to the human spirit. Now, in its continuing quest to bring the world's wonders to lovers of knowledge and exploration, Discovery Books presents Distant Mountains, a celebration of magnificent summits and the adventurers who overcame adversity and danger to conquer them. Distant Mountains showcases over 150 full-color photographs by mountaineering's most respected photographer. An experienced climber, John Cleare has spent his life scaling famous ranges, including the Western Alps, the Canadian Rockies, the Scottish Highlands, the Indian and Nepalese Himalayas, and Chilean Patagonia, to bring back extraordinary, diverse images of vast mountainscapes, treacherous glaciers, crystalline icefalls, and snow-clad summits. Accompanying these arresting images are dramatic essays from ten world-renowned mountaineers who have braved their own mountain odysseys. These evocative accounts--marked by awe and exhilaration, achievement and disappointment, fear and relief--will transport the reader to exotic and far-reaching locales, including the sublime, low-altitude peaks of Scotland's Western Isles, the intriguing monoliths of Arizona, the ice-fluted walls of the Peruvian Andes, and the savage spires of the Karakorum of Pakistan. In addition, Cleare provides his own narrative on Chilean Patagonia. With its visual grandeur, enthralling storytelling, and informative "fact-file" sections that follow each chapter, Distant Mountains is an important addition to the genre of mountain literature and a must-have book for both the active and armchair enthusiast.

Distant Mountains: Encounters with the World's Greatest Mountains

Discovery Books

Mountaineering

Sports & Outdoors

Blandford Press

The Yorkshire Dales offer landscapes rich in natural and human history. Each dale has its own individual character. This selection of 35 circular walks offers inspiration and challenge to walkers of all experience. Maps, distances and gradings accompany each route description.

On Foot in Yorkshire Dales

Travel

Smith, Roland

Europe

David&Charles

Nothing is quite so awe inspiring, or inhospitable to humans as the world's tallest mountains. Journey to the European Alps, the Himalaya, the Karakoram Range, and the polar region of North America with one of the world's great climbers and discover how mountaineers reached the top of five of the world's highest mountains for the first time. Meet the pioneers who braved incredible dangers like rock falls, crevasses, whiteouts, and avalanches to summit against all odds. Large fold-out posters and gatefolds illustrate the story of each dangerous climb, and detailed maps show how later climbers changed the routes to the summit. Throughout it all, readers will explore the fascinating question of what drives these adventurers to reach the top, no matter the cost.

Epic Adventure: Epic Climbs: Epic Climbs (Epic Adventures)

Children's Books

History

Kingfisher

The World Guide To Mountains And Mountaineering is a complete guide to the principal mountain ranges in the world. It gives a clear map and a brief description of each range's geography, its special peculiarities, its climbing history and its best-known climbs, as well as its mountaineering potential. The major and important peaks, passes and glaciers for each range are listed, and there are notes on how to reach them and what facilities exist for the visiting mountaineer. Those guide books or maps which should be consulted more more detailed information are also listed. There is a pictorial reference and glossary covering the important technical aspects of mountaineering and the equipment used, and illustrating the special terminology of mountains, glaciers and crags. Throughout, the text is concise yet readable, and has been organized so that the details of any particular range can be found with ease.

The world guide to mountains and mountaineering

Mayflower Books

Fifty Best Hill Walks of Britain

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Anyone enthralled by mountain climbing will enjoy this beautifully illustrated history of the climbs on the world's 14 highest mountains (8000m is 26,248 feet). Both historical and contemporary photographs record the adventures here described in detail by the authors (both are climbers and photographers, Sale is a glaciologist). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains: The History of the 8,000-Meter Peaks

Sale, Richard

Miscellaneous

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

Mountains of the World

Thunder Bay Pr

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