Synopsis
* "Mount Rainier presents an engaging Valentine to the Northwest's grandest natural spectacle." -- The Seattle Times
* A stunning photographic tour of the Northwest's iconic mountain by award-winning cameraman and mountaineer James Martin.
Mount Rainier: Notes and Images from Our Iconic Mountain offers a visual journey across and around the sweeping slopes of this live volcanoe that hovers protectingly over western Washington. The book gives context to the images by detailing the geological history of the mountains, describing the flora and fauna and relating stories from the human climbing history of Mount Rainier.
Get up close and personal with the Northwest’s most powerful icon in this inspiring portrait of Mount Rainier, magnet for more than two-million visitors a year.
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About the Authors
JOHN HARLIN III has served as editor of the American Alpine Journal, is a contributing editor to Backpacker magazine, and is the author of the book Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that Killed My Father. Harlin lives with his family in Hood River, Oregon.
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. |
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