Dech, Stefan

Mountains : mapping the earth's extremes - New York Thames & Hudson Inc 2016 - 241p.

This thrilling combination of science, history, geography and adventure brings together more than 170 breath-taking virtual images of mountains, created using modern satellite technology with unprecedented precision and detail, allowing viewpoints that have never before been possible; the history of mountaineering, retold by world-class adventurer Reinhold Messner; first-hand accounts of expeditions by great climbers.

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