Peru's Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash

Peru's Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash
Author: Neil Pike
Publisher: Trailblazer Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Blanca, Cordillera (Peru)
ISBN: 9781905864638

Guide to Peru's Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash for hikers, cycle-tourists and mountain bikers. Includes 60 detailed route maps and guides to Lima, Huaraz and 5 other gateway towns.

Touching the Void

Touching the Void
Author: Joe Simpson
Publisher: Direct Authors
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2012-12-12
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0957519303

The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.

Adventure Cycle-touring Handbook

Adventure Cycle-touring Handbook
Author: Stephen Lord
Publisher: Trailblazer Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Bicycle
ISBN: 9781873756898

A new guide for anyone planning (or dreaming) about taking their bike on a long-distance adventure, this comprehensive manual will make that dream a reality whether it's riding the Karakoram Highway, cycling in Tibet or pedalling from Patagonia to Alaska.

Trekking and Climbing in the Western Alps

Trekking and Climbing in the Western Alps
Author: Hilary Sharp
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2002
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780811729543

Detailing 22 treks in France, Switzerland, and Italy, this informative guide has detailed maps in full color and provides descriptions of treks in the Southern Alps, the Western Outliers, the Mont Blanc Range, the Pennine Alps, and Western Oberland. A Trek Essentials box in each chapter summarizes the number of days required, how to access each trek, and the highest elevations.

Peru in Images (En Imagenes)

Peru in Images (En Imagenes)
Author: Jim Bartle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-01-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9789972904530

This is a book of photographs of Peru, covering the great geographical and cultural diversity of the country. Photos taken by twenty-two outstanding photographers portray Peru's natural beauty, ranging from the Amazon rainforest to the highest Andes to the starkly beautiful coast, its cultural heritage going back to the Incas and their many precursors, as well as the varying cultures throughout Peru today. Each photo is accompanied by a detailed caption providing depth of information. The book consists primarily of six chapters covering the Cusco/Machu Picchu region, the Amazon rainforest and cloud forest, Arequipa and Lake Titicaca, the Pacific coast, Chachapoyas and Cajamarca in the north, and the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash, the highest ranges of the Peruvian Andes. It includes 224 pages, with seven maps, a brief introduction, and an afterword on the need to conserve Peru's natural and cultural heritage.

Peru and Bolivia

Peru and Bolivia
Author: Hilary Bradt
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2002
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781841620336

Each of the graded walks are presented against a background of cultural, historical and environmental information: village life, festivals, natural history and, importantly, low-impact ethical travel. Information on what to take, health and safety, local guides, and pack animals, along with many other topics make this guide indispensable.

Teewinot

Teewinot
Author: Jack Turner
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2001-11-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312284466

Jack Turner grew up with an image of the Tetons engraved in his mind. As a young man, he climbed the peaks of this singular range with basic climbing gear and friends. Later in life, he led treks in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Tibet, and Peru, but he always returned to the mountains of his youth: the Tetons. Teewinot is his ode to forty years in the mountains that he loves. this is a book about a mountain range, its climbs, its weather, and the glory of the wild. It is also about a small group of climbers-nomads who inhabit the Teton Range each summer, and who know it as intimately as it will ever be known. Teewinot is a remarkable account of what it is like to live and work in these spectacular mountains. It has something for everyone-spellbinding accounts of dangerous and deadly climbs, unbridled awe at the beauty of nature, and an extreme passion for the environmental issues facing America today. In this series of recollections, one of America's most beautiful national parks comes alive with beauty, mystery, and power.