Wild Winds chronicles climbing expeditions to Aconcagua (South America's highest mountain), Ojos del Salado (South America's second highest mountain), Cerro Pissis (South America's third highest mountain), Llullaillaco, and Sajama (Bolivia's highest mountain). The book contains hundreds of photographs and a wide variety of maps. This book is perfect for anyone interested in Aconcagua, other high peaks of the Andes, or general adventure travel literature. This book is unique in that it is both an adventure travel (mountaineering)work, and has many guide attributes.
| ||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
Wild Winds is a must-have book to add to your collection. -- South American Explorer Magazine
About the Author
Ed Darack is a photographer, writer and cartographer based out of Colorado and California. He began pursuing photography and writing professionally during his work at the University of California at Davis. He received a bachelor of science in physical geography in 1993 and then continued his creative work full time. He has published a large line of notecards, posters, and his first book, 6194 Denali Solo. He has lectured to a wide array of distinguished organizations, including the Explorers' Club, the Sierra Club, the New York Academy of Sciences, and many others.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
I'm an independent writer and photographer. My photography is represented through Corbis and Science Faction Images. Victory Point is my fourth book. I publish articles on a wide variety of subjects in an array of magazines. As well, my photography covers a broad spectrum of subject matter. My web site is www.darack.com.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Overview of Andes Climbing,
This review is from: Wild Winds: Adventures in the Highest Andes (Paperback)
This is an easy-to-read book about the author's adventures (and misadventures) climbing 5 mountains in the Andes Range of South America. The author writes well and articulates many of the difficulties Americans would have climbing in South America...particularly those peaks off the beaten path such as Llullaillaco, Nevado Sajama, Cerro Pissis and Ojos De Salado. The author has a good story to tell...and it is a good read. The black and white pictures are okay, but a professional photographer such as the author should have included more and better prints.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb!,
By
This review is from: Wild Winds: Adventures in the Highest Andes (Paperback)
A superb book. Highly recomended first-hands descriptions of fantastic climbs in the andes. Full of interesting histories and facts. Outstanding!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
High on a ridge of an unnamed peak, deep in the interior of the central Andes, I crouched behind a small boulder to escape the pummels of a howling wind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mule bag, base camp hut, trekking poles, advanced base camp, camera backpack, summit attempt, northwest ridge, summit success, camera pack, meat spread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ojos del Salado, Cerro Pissis, Laguna Verde, South America, Andino Hut, Ruta Normal, Horcones Valley, Laguna Santa Rosa, Tejos Hut, Berlin Camp, Paso de San Francisco, Puente del Inca, Tres Cruces, Polish Glacier, Puna de Atacama, San Pedro, Commander Taco, Nevado El Muerto, Valle de la Luna, Bob Villarreal, Pissis Glacier, Team Harry, Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection Map, White Rocks, Alaska Camp New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
High on a ridge of an unnamed peak, deep in the interior of the central Andes, I crouched behind a small boulder to escape the pummels of a howling wind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mule bag, base camp hut, trekking poles, advanced base camp, camera backpack, summit attempt, northwest ridge, summit success, camera pack, meat spread Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ojos del Salado, Cerro Pissis, Laguna Verde, South America, Andino Hut, Ruta Normal, Horcones Valley, Laguna Santa Rosa, Tejos Hut, Berlin Camp, Paso de San Francisco, Puente del Inca, Tres Cruces, Polish Glacier, Puna de Atacama, San Pedro, Commander Taco, Nevado El Muerto, Valle de la Luna, Bob Villarreal, Pissis Glacier, Team Harry, Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection Map, White Rocks, Alaska Camp New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 4
books:
1
book
cites this book:
- The American Alpine Journal, 2005: The World's Most Significant Climbs, Vol. 47, Issue 79 by John Harlin III in Back Matter
- The Space Shuttle: Its Story and How to Make a Flying Paper Model by Frank Xavier Ross in Back Matter
- Charles Darwin (Grandes biografias series) by Ana Maria Gonzalez Martin on page 196
- Aconcagua: A Climbing Guide, Second Edition by R. J. Secor in Back Matter
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
