San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1982, 1st edition. 256 pp, 140 color photos. Large format (12''x9'') hardcover with dust jacket. Both book and DJ are Fine, no flaws. There is a Bonanza Press edition of this book that looks like it might be a first edition. It ain't.
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Large format description of Beckey's 35 favorite peaks. Fred Beckey is the legendary mountaineer and author of numerous books and climbing guides, including the classic Challenge of the North Cascades.
Mountains are many things to many people; some are thrilled by scenic vistas, some gain inspiration, others discover both adventure and a kinship with nature difficult to find in modern civilization. Few people have seen all the peaks represented here, and fewer still have explored their wonders. In Mountains of North America any reader can trace the path of a glacier, observe an elusive mountain goat, or even stand on a summit.
Fred Beckey has been exploring North America's mountains for more than 40 years and has countless first-ascents to his credit. He is the author of the classic Cascade Alpine Guide in three volumes and an autobiographical work, Challenge of the North Cascades.
The 35 peaks chosen by Beckey for his portraits are outstanding representatives of their region or range, from Clingmans Dome, a gentle, forested crest in the Great Smokies, to Mexico's Pico de Orizaba, a huge and solitary volcano rising out of an arid plain. He profiles Mount Washington in New Hampshire's White Mountains; Harney Peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota; historic Pike’s Peak; the majestic Grand Teton; Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies; Mount Deborah in the imposing Alaska Range; America's most recent mountain ''celebrity, '' Mount St. Helens; and many more.
Over eons of geologic time the North American continent has given birth to some of the world’s most spectacular marvels--mountain peaks and ranges that exemplify nature at its grandest, from the weathered swells of the Appalachians to the rugged and forbidding towers of Alaska. In this magnificent volume, legendary mountaineer Fred Beckey takes a descriptive, historic, and scenic odyssey among these high regions and combines his firsthand experience and research with 140 full-color photographs by leading wilderness photographers to create an unparalleled celebration of North America's mountains.
CONTENTS:Mount Katahdin
Mount Washington
Mount Marcy
Clingmans Dome
Pico de Orizaba and Popocatepetl
Harney Peak
Pikes Peak
Longs Peak
Maroon Bells
Mount Sneffels
Mount Moran
Grant Teton
Gannett Peak
Fremont Peak
Mount Wilbur
Mount Assiniboine
Mount Robson
Howser Spire
Mount Sir Donald
Mount Timpanogos
Ship Rock
San Francisco Peaks
North Palisade
Mount Whitney
Mount Ritter
Mount Shasta
Mount Hood
Mount St. Helens
Mount Rainier
Mount Shuksan
Mount Waddington
Devils Thumb
Mount St. Elias
Mount Deborah
Mount McKinley
