High and Wild: A Mountaineer's World

by Galen A. Rowell

A preeminent photojournalist of wilderness sports and the natural world combines photographs and accounts of mountaineering adventures throughout North America

Genres: Climbing, Photography

159 pages, Hardcover

First published June 12, 1982

About the author

Galen Avery Rowell (August 23, 1940 – August 11, 2002) was a wilderness photographer, adventure photojournalist and mountaineer. Born in Oakland, California, he became a full-time photographer in 1972.

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

More focused on Rowell's trips over the years than his photography, makes you want to pull out a map and see what you can dream up.

[Mara Mures · Rating 5 out of 5]

True stories in the wildest places!

[Gwynneth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Galen Rowell's photography legacy is simply amazing. I've enjoyed (and been inspired through my own work) how he incorporated nature photography with down to earth sensibility. A great book to read for arm chair travelers. Fabulous pictures and inspiring enough to make me want to start climbing again...At least until I read the parts where he's camping out on mountain ledges in blizzards.

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Proving that extreme climbers are really crazy. But also crazy cool.

[Arcelia Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories of a life well lived. Inspiring.

[Richard Kravitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing stories to go with the photos. He is missed. Still hard to believe he is gone.