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Overview* 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: REV James Martin, Sj (Goldsmiths College University of London UK) , John Harlin, IIIPublisher: Mountaineers Books Imprint: Mountaineers Books Dimensions: Width: 20.10cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.10cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781594857263ISBN 10: 1594857261 Pages: 127 Publication Date: 01 September 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationA 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. 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |