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Peering Over the Edge
The Philosophy of Mountaineering. This book is the result of the contributions by some of the greatest authors of moutaineering literature: Pat Ament, Phil Bartlett, Arlene Blum, Margaret Body, Sir Chris Bonington, Hamish M. Brown, Joe Brown, Greg Child, Jim Curran, Giusto Gervasutti, Andrew Greig, Terry Gifford, Heinrich Harrer, Dougal Haston, Maurice Herzog, Sir John Hunt, Jeff Long, Jeff Lowe, Hamish MacInnes, Jeffrey McCarthy, Ian Mitchell, Paul Prichard, David Roberts, Doug Robinson, Steve Roper, Galen Rowell, Woodrow Wilson Sayer, Doug Scott, Eric Shipton, G. B. Spenceley, Sir Leslie Stephen, Mikel Vause, Edward Whymper, Simon Yates, Geoffrey Winthrop Young.
The Scent of Juniper: Poems of the Himalayas
Mikel Vause is a poet and a climber who never forgets Wordsworth, too, was a mountaineer. Like his forerunner, he seeks and attains a vision of wholeness that comprehends boyhood and marriage, as well as physical and psychological extremities amid the heights. I feel grateful for this brave, luminous book. -John Elder, author of many books on environmental issues, as well as creative work of non-fiction and poetry Mike is indefatigable. His energetic love of literature and his palpable love of the mountains are an inspiration. -Stephen Venables, Mountaineer, past president of the Alpine Club, and prizing winning author It's no accident that the gifted Mikel Vause invokes Wordsworth now and t...
A Mountain Touched by Fire
In A Mountain Touched by Fire are poems tempered by meter and molded by boot tread-Mikel Vause offers the reader relics from what he witnesses on mountain climbs and desert coulees. In the tradition of the adventurer, Vause says "They're gone now / Mummery and Mallory / Shipton Shackleton Longstaff Thesinger... Their sextants, followed the planetary music / Of mythic constellations / To worlds undiscovered" Planetary music fills the mind as Vause explores scenes of ancient battlefields or a sunset made "Ominous/God's finger out from a cloud / Scratches a Death's Head / On concrete cooling towers." Soul and spirit shape the experience in these poems. The adventurers are not all gone. We have ...
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Portland Hikes
The combined expertise of Art Bermstein and Andrew Jackman make this book a special one, more than just another guidebook. The authors are naturalists, long time observers of nature in the Pacific Northwest. Art Bernstein's warm and down to earth style conveys to the readers the authors' knowledge of the flora, fauna, geology, and local history, including the reforestation of the Mount Saint Helens region. His descriptions and story telling are vivid, entertaining and inviting. "Portland Hikes" has good literary value, as well as being a primer for observant hikers wanting to know more about this beautiful region. "Portland Hikes" goes beyond the city boundaries. The 70 selected trails described are day-hikes. Some are short and some are a little longer. All are of easy access from downtown, and a short drive away to the surrounding wilderness areas, state, and national parks of Oregon and Washington.
An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet (1897)
In 1897 Henry Savage Landor headed north from Bombay, India into uncharted territory to explore the magnificent mountains and wild glacial rivers of Tibet, trying to reach the Providence of Lhassa deep into the Forbidden Land without the benefit of maps, or previous knowledge of history or local customs. Accompanied by a few coolies, hired locally, carrying the best photographic and scientific equipment money could buy, he went off onto what was to be the adventure of a lifetime. He battled with gangs of trail robbers, exchanged gunfire with the Tibetans and fell prisoner of the local warlords, all while charting and mapping the territory, taking photographs and recording scientific observations. This book was last published in 1910. This is a reprint for those who enjoy reading adventures of yesteryears.
