Sierra: Notes and Images from the Range of Light - Softcover

Martin, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570612684 ISBN 13: 9781570612688

Publisher: Sasquatch Books, 2002

Synopsis

The Sierra Nevada is one of the West’s most beautiful and famous mountain ranges. In this beautiful full-color gift book, James Martin, recipient of a Banff Mountain Book Festival award, shares an intimate view of its rugged landscape. He describes in poetic detail his own early history of hiking in the Sierra Nevada range, attending Ansel Adams led seminars in Yosemite, and once hiking from there to Mount Whitney and on to Sequoia a total of 350 miles. Whether he’s discussing the fascinating geology of this youthful” range or encountering a couple determined to achieve the first nude ascent of Cathedral Peak, the author’s vibrant text and exquisite 100 color photographs capture the Sierra in all its moods.

About this title

From the Author

This, the last of a trio of books I photographed focusing on the mountains of the west--including the North Cascades and Mount Rainier--brought me back to my home mountains.
Before I graduated high school, I had hiked over 500 miles in the range, sometimes with friends and sometimes solo, following the classic trails- the John Muir and the High Sierra- and heading over trail-less passes to solitary hanging valleys.    When I returned to the Sierra years later to photograph the book, I revisited my favorite routes and places, from busy trail hikes to cross country jaunts, camping by sparkling lakes or atop rocky ridges and summits. I love the glacier-scoured terrain, the way the white granite shines against the blue sky or adopts the tints of dawn. I appreciate the ease of cross country travel, at least compared with the tangled underbrush encountered in the North Cascades. These are the most hospitable high peaks. No wonder John Muir said going to the mountain was going home.

About the Author

A trip leader for Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris, JAMES MARTIN has contributed to Outdoor Photographer magazine and has seventeen books to his credit. For the Planet Ice project, he has ventured to Antarctica, Greenland, Baffin Island, the Alaska Range, Mount Everest, Patagonia, Central Africa's Ruwenzori Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Canadian Rockies, Glacier National Park in Montana, Ecuador's volcanoes, Washington State's Cascade Mountains, Alaska's North Slope, the Three Gorges in China's Yunnan Province, and Shishapangma, also in China. He is represented by Getty Images and ImageState. For more information on Martin and his newly released book with Braided River, please visit www.planeticebook.com or Planet Ice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1570612684
• ISBN 13: 9781570612688
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150