Distant Mountains

Description

Published by Duncan Baird / Discovery Channel, 1998, 1st UK Edition, D/w, Fine.   John Cleare, world renowned mountain photographer, uses his spectacular photographs in this large format volume to bring to life eleven chapters on mountain areas of the world by acclaimed travellers and mountaineers, past and present.  They are Steve Roper (South-Western USA) , W.M. Conway (The Western Alps), Kurt Diemberger (The Karakorum), H.W. Tilman (East Africa), Jim Perrin (The Garhwal Himal), Kev Reynolds (The Nepal Himalaya), David Harris (The Canadian Rockies), Nicholas Crane (The Pyrenees), Mike Banks (The Peruvian Andes), W.H. Murray (Scottish Highlands and Isles), and John Cleare himself (Patagonia).