Enduring Patagonia by Gregory Crouch (English) Paperback Book

Description: Enduring Patagonia by Gregory Crouch Enduring Patagonia, " with its exhilarating yet poetic voice and extraordinary color photos, chronicles one mans obsession with the wind-swept mountains and steppes of this strange part of the world made famous by Magellan and Darwin. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Patagonia is a strange and terrifying place, a vast tract of land shared by Argentina and Chile where the violent weather spawned over the southern Pacific charges through the Andes with gale-force winds, roaring clouds, and stinging snow. In seven expeditions to this windswept edge of the Southern Hemisphere, Gregory Crouch has braved weather, gravity, fear, and doubt to try himself in the alpine crucible of Patagonia. Author Biography Gregory Crouch has made many climbing expedition on four continents, most notably in Alaska and Patagonia and his work has appeared in National Geographic, Islands, Climbing and other magazines. Review "An otherworldly range of mountains exists in Patagonia, at the southern end of the Americas. It is a sublime range, where ice and granite soar with a dancers grace. From the mountains feet tumble glaciers and dark forests of beech. The summits float in the southern sky, impossibly remote. Climbers who gaze upon these wonders ache to unlock their secrets. Hard, steep, massive, these might be our planets most perfect mountains."--from Enduring Patagonia Review Quote "An otherworldly range of mountains exists in Patagonia, at the southern end of the Americas. It is a sublime range, where ice and granite soar with a dancers grace. From the mountains feet tumble glaciers and dark forests of beech. The summits float in the southern sky, impossibly remote. Climbers who gaze upon these wonders ache to unlock their secrets. Hard, steep, massive, these might be our planets most perfect mountains." --from Enduring Patagonia From the Hardcover edition. Promotional "Headline" ENDURING PATAGONIA is a breathtaking odyssey through one of the worldis last wild places, a land that requires great sacrifice but offers great rewards to those who dare to challenge it. Excerpt from Book MY PATAGONIA An otherworldly range of mountains exists in Patagonia, at the southern end of the Americas. It is a sublime range, where ice and granite soar with a dancers grace. From the mountains feet tumble glaciers and dark forests of beech. The summits float in the southern sky, impossibly remote. Climbers who gaze upon these wonders ache to unlock their secrets. Hard, steep, massive, these might be our planets most perfect mountains. To court these summits is to graft fear to your heart, for all is not idyllic beauty among the great peaks of Patagonia. They stand squarely athwart what sailors refer to as the "roaring forties" and "furious fifties"--that region of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 Details ISBN0375761284 Author Gregory Crouch Pages 256 Publisher Random House USA Inc ISBN-10 0375761284 ISBN-13 9780375761287 Format Paperback Imprint Random House USA Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 918.270464 Illustrations 16pp b&w photographs Short Title ENDURING PATAGONIA Language English Media Book Residence Santa Barbara, CA, US Birth 1966 Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-03-03 DOI 10.1604/9780375761287 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2002-10-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160592833;

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