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MANY PEOPLE COME, LOOKING, LOOKING Galen Rowell 1980 1st ed Large Hardcover DJ [Not Signed] Multiple Copies Available
By Rowell, Galen
Price: $39.99


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Seattle, The Mountaineers, 1980, 1st edition. 164 pp, many color photos. The book is jam-packed with gloriously reproduced color photos, many taking up the whole 8-3/4" x 12" page! Large format hardcover, with dust jacket. There is no writing in the book or other flaws, and the dust jacket has no tears or chips and is not price clipped. The Dust Jacket is now protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic jacket cover. The Dust Jacket and the Book are in Fine condition.

Large format book, so extra postage will be requested for Media Mail, Priority Mail or International Mail.

Expeditions to Nun Kun, Trango Tower, plus trekking in Nepal. From the dust jacket: “If the word ‘Himalaya’ conjures up an image of a mountain paradise inhabited by cheerful villagers, then this book will shock you.” Through words and photographs, Galen Rowell explores the effects of modern life and tourism on the world’s highest places: the mountains of Nepal, India and Pakistan.

'Through words and photographs, Galen Rowell explores the effects of modern life and tourism on the world's highest places: the mountains of Nepal, India, and Pakistan. ' He also recounts some of his mountaineering adventures. Includes the first ascent of Great Trango Tower, ascent of Nun Kun, Thorungtse, high circuit of Annapurna, many observations with discussion of impact of trekkers and climbers on local people and culture. 


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