World Climbing: Images From The Edge
Author(s):
Carter, Simon
Copyright: 2006, Australia
Specifications: 2nd, 4to, pp.192, photo frontis, 227 color photos, photo eps, black cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new.
A visual celebration of modern technical climbing by one of the sport's leading photographers. Without Hollywood tricks or special effects, Carter gives readers a good, hard, honest look at contemporary rock climbing at its finest. This extensive work features more than 90 climbers and spans 12 countries - Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, and the US. This is a high-quality coffee-table book with spectacular full-color photographs of climbers in action. With a foreward by Greg Child. Winner 2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival Best Book Mountain Image.