The High Mountains Of The Alps

Author : Helmut Dumler
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The High Mountains of the Alps written by Helmut Dumler and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive portrait -- in text and glorious color photos -- of the topography and climbing history of the highest peaks in the Alps. Includes technical advice for popular routes.

Author : Lorenz Andreas Fischer
Publisher : TeNeues
ISBN 13 : 9783961712632
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alps written by Lorenz Andreas Fischer and published by TeNeues. This book was released on 2020 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning photography book of the Alps at different times of day, seasons, and amid climate change Spectacular mountain photography showing the beauty, as well as the fragility, of the highest mountains in Central Europe With informative and inspiring texts by mountain experts and aficionados

Author : Helmut Dumler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The High Mountains of the Alps written by Helmut Dumler and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dave Wynne-Jones
Publisher : Whittles
ISBN 13 : 9781849951722
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 4000m written by Dave Wynne-Jones and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the author's quest to climb the 4000m mountains of the Alps with informative chapters on the practicalities and distinctive features of alpine climbing. There are detailed descriptions of climbing and travelling amongst the Alps and stunning photography with action shots of climbing.

Author : Peggy Goldman
Publisher : Wilderness Press
ISBN 13 : 0899976085
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washington's Highest Mountains written by Peggy Goldman and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2011-11-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable compendium of the most doable climbing routes up the highest peaks in Washington. Author Peggy Goldman has written this book for climbers of all abilities, but especially those "average mountaineers" wishing to increase their skills and expand their horizons in the Washington Cascades' challenging terrain. 35 trips are described, covering 61 distinct peaks, encompassing alpine and glacier climbs ranging from class 3 to class 5.

Author : Tait Keller
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469625040
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apostles of the Alps written by Tait Keller and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the stresses of urban life. Soon, however, mountaineers, or the so-called apostles of the Alps, began carving the crags to suit their whims, altering the natural landscape with trails and lodges, and seeking to modernize and nationalize the high frontier. Disagreements over the meaning of modernization opened the mountains to competing agendas and hostile ambitions. Keller examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria, placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question of nationhood.

Author : Stephen O'Shea
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393634191
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond written by Stephen O'Shea and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An entertaining, turbocharged race among the high mountain passes of six alpine countries.” —Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review For centuries the Alps have been witness to the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea ("a graceful and passionate writer"—Washington Post) takes readers up and down these majestic mountains. Journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia, he explores the reality behind historic events and reveals how the Alps have profoundly influenced culture and society.

Author : Jonathan Arlan
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1510709762
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountain Lines written by Jonathan Arlan and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times best summer travel book recommendation A nonfiction debut about an American’s solo, month-long, 400-mile walk from Lake Geneva to Nice. In the summer of 2015, Jonathan Arlan was nearing thirty. Restless, bored, and daydreaming of adventure, he comes across an image on the Internet one day: a map of the southeast corner of France with a single red line snaking south from Lake Geneva, through the jagged brown and white peaks of the Alps to the Mediterranean sea—a route more than four hundred miles long. He decides then and there to walk the whole trail solo. Lacking any outdoor experience, completely ignorant of mountains, sorely out of shape, and fighting last-minute nerves and bad weather, things get off to a rocky start. But Arlan eventually finds his mountain legs—along with a staggering variety of aches and pains—as he tramps a narrow thread of grass, dirt, and rock between cloud-collared, ice-capped peaks in the High Alps, through ancient hamlets built into hillsides, across sheep-dotted mountain pastures, and over countless cols on his way to the sea. In time, this simple, repetitive act of walking for hours each day in the remote beauty of the mountains becomes as exhilarating as it is exhausting. Mountain Lines is the stirring account of a month-long journey on foot through the French Alps and a passionate and intimate book laced with humor, wonder, and curiosity. In the tradition of trekking classics like A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Snow Leopard, and Tracks, the book is a meditation on movement, solitude, adventure, and the magnetic power of the natural world.

Author : Stephane Maire
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781910240557
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountaineering in the Swiss Alps written by Stephane Maire and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title presents a selection of classic routes in the main Swiss climbing areas that have forged Switzerland's reputation as a mountaineering paradise. Featured are over 30 climbs ranging from the relatively easy normal routes to more challenging itineraries. All are within the capabilities of most mountaineers and provide an excellent introduction to the wide variety of climbing that Switzerland has to offer. Every route, whether it is a pure rock climb, a mixed ridge, a big north face or a long traverse, was chosen for beauty of the surroundings and the quality of climbing. Some are on the world famous peaks that every mountaineer aspires to climb, such as Matterhorn, the Breithorn and the Mönch; others are on lesser-known summits and will delight those who like getting away from the beaten track.

Author : Christian Körner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364298018X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpine Plant Life written by Christian Körner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generations of plant scientists have been fascinated by alpine plant lifean ecosystem that experiences dramatic climatic gradients over a very short distance. This comprehensive book examines a wide range of topics including alpine climate and soils, plant distribution and the treeline phenomenon, plant stress and development, global change at high elevation, and the human impact on alpine vegetation. Geographically, the book covers all parts of the world including the tropics.