Distant mountains
Subtitle: encounters with the world's greatest mountains
By: photography by John Cleare.
Contributors: Cleare, John.; Discovery Channel (Firm)
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Cleare, John.; Mountaineering.; Mountaineering -- Pictorial works.; Mountaineers.; Mountains -- Recreational use.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Other titles: Encounters with the world's greatest mountains
Notes: "Discovery Channel books."
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Mohammed's Bridge : the Pyrenees / Nicholas Crane; title: The roof of the Alps : the Western Alps / W.M. Conway; title: The undiscovered country : the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland / W.H. Murray; title: The light of other days : the Canadian Rockies / David Harris; title: The land of red rocks : south-western USA / Steve Roper; title: The unpredictable mountains : Patagonia / John Cleare; title: Andes and Incas : the Peruvian Andes / Mike Banks; title: The lonely mountain : the Karakorum of Pakistan / Kurt Diemberger; title: The cow's mouth : the Garhwal Himal of India / Jim Perrin; title: The abode of the gods : the Nepal Himalaya / Kev Reynolds; title: Snow on the equator : East Africa / H.W. Tilman.