Mountains (Cube Books)

Since the late nineteenth century, mountaineering has fed our desire for
conquest, challenge, and knowledge, attracting us to the highest peaks. Packed
with hundreds of glorious photographs by the world?s foremost nature
photographers, Mountains SuperCube invites us into a world of intense beauty
and timelessness. Taken from a variety of innovative angles, these images
present the most scenic and most compelling aspects of such legendary peaks as
Mt. Everest, the Matterhorn, K2, Mont Blanc, Cerro Torre, and Mount McKinley.
Accompanied by vivid accounts of daring mountaineers and affectionate
anecdotes from people who live near the mountains, these photographs evoke the
breathtaking beauty of the world?s most majestic mountains and convey their
constant allure. The substantial SuperCube format provides an appropriately
grand vehicle in which to pay tribute to these natural wonders.

Mountains invites us into a world of intense beauty and timelessness as we
gaze at hundreds of pictures of mountains form unique angles and hear the
stories of those who climb or live on them.Since the late 19th century,
mountaineering has fed our desire for conquest, challenge, and knowledge,
attracting us irresistibly to the highest peaks. Mt. Everest, the Matterhorn,
K2, Mont Blanc, Cerro Torre, and Mount McKinley have become opportunities for
us to test our limits; they are mysterious stone divinities that challenge us
and from which we can draw lessons. This book presents the most fascinating
aspects of mountains, both from a human point of view and in terms of visual
beauty.In this eye-catching format, photographs and text together form a
‹cube› for the reader to explore.
2nd revised edit.