High And Wild

by Rowell, Galen; Redford, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781893343085
• ISBN10: 1893343081
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-31
• Publisher: Spotted Dog Pr

Summary

OÉGalen Rowell has visited some of the most beautiful and least trampled parts of Alaska, made some breathtaking new ascents, including a reckless speed climb of Mount McKinley . . . High & Wild is a book to be read again and again and to feast on in times of despair.O Charles S. Houston, M.D., Leader 1938, 1953 American K2 Expeditions OGalen Rowell is the best among those who now chronicle mountaineering expeditions. By perceptively viewing the mountains not only in the historical context of those who sought them, but also in their ecological setting, the landscapes, peoples, wild animals, he imbues the remote summits with lasting life.O George Schaller author of The Stones of Silence O. . . Hetch Hetchy . . . Half Dome . . . Alaska . . .The Cirque of the Unclimbables . . . in all these places he took stunning pictures, pictures of the inaccessible and the fabulously picturesque. Accompanying these gorgeous shots, composed with a heroic eye on precipices and polar air, are his compelling narratives of the climbs that made them possible.O New York Times OHe is a superb photographer . . . [High and Wild] admits us to an extraordinary world of great expanse and significance as few books do.O San Francisco Chronicle OThe impeccable photojournalism of Galen Rowell makes wilderness exploration seem even more majestic.O PublisherOs Weekly OFew photographers capture the spirit and substance of high and wild places the way Galen Rowell does. He earned fame first as a climber, and now . . . heOs possibly the worldOs best-known photojournalist.O Outside Magazine

Author Biography

Galen Rowell made nearly forty journeys to the mountains of Nepal, India, Pakistan, China, Tibet, Africa, Alaska, Canada, Siberia, New Zealand, Norway, Patagonia, and participated on major expeditions to Mount Everest, K2, and Gasherbrum II (not to the summit). He made the first one-day ascents of Mount McKinley in Alaska, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, first ascents of Cholatse, the Great Trango Tower, and a 285-mile winter traverse of the Karakoram in the Himalaya.Galen Rowell was born and raised at the edge of the Pacific Ocean, in Berkeley, along San Francisco+s East Bay. His parents introduced him to the wilderness of the Eastern Sierra, first on Sierra Club pack trips. At the age of ten, he scaled his first Sierra peaks and quickly developed a passion for the country he found there. Eventually, he made his way to Yosemite Valley and at the age of sixteen was making technical ascents on the great walls. By the time he was thirty, he made more than a hundred first ascents in Yosemite and the High Sierra. To share his high and wild world with others, Galen started carrying a camera on his climbs and by 1972, he became a full-time photographer and writer.Among his numerous awards, Galen received the Ansel Adams Award for his contributions to the art of wilderness photography. He was considered by many to be America+s greatest outdoor photographer. His articles and photographs have appeared in numerous publications including Life, National Geographic, and Outside. His photographs have been exhibited in both domestic and international venues including the Smithsonian, the International Center of Photography and the Ansel Adams Gallery.