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good at maths

source and explanation about what it all means via butdoesitfloat and Princeton’s Art of Science Gallery.

cos07c_905
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good at maths

source and explanation about what it all means via butdoesitfloat and Princeton’s Art of Science Gallery.

Let my people go surfing - Yvon Chouinard

Let my people go surfing – Yvon Chouinard

Published: 2005 Reading style: easy Images: b&w throughout What the publisher says: the education of a reluctant businessman As a child, Yvon Chouinard moved with his father, a French Canadian blacksmith, to Southern California with little English and less money.

Let my people go surfing - Yvon Chouinard

Let my people go surfing – Yvon Chouinard

Published: 2005 Reading style: easy Images: b&w throughout What the publisher says: the education of a reluctant businessman As a child, Yvon Chouinard moved with his father, a French Canadian blacksmith, to Southern California with little English and less money.

Comparative Height of the Principal Mountains and other Elevations in the World

a desire to measure

via Retronaut and the David Rumsey Map Collection. click on the image to view a scalable version.

Comparative Height of the Principal Mountains and other Elevations in the World

a desire to measure

via Retronaut and the David Rumsey Map Collection. click on the image to view a scalable version.

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melt down

More Neil Frazer via Martin Browne Fine Art and Milford Galleries.

neil_frazer_melt_down
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melt down

More Neil Frazer via Martin Browne Fine Art and Milford Galleries.

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mountain brilliance

mountaineering image of the year via Partly Crazy With a Chance of Frostbite, Outside Online. referencing Banff Film Festival Grand prize, Cory Richards and Forge Motion Pictures.

corey_richards_gasherbraum_2011

mountain brilliance

mountaineering image of the year via Partly Crazy With a Chance of Frostbite, Outside Online. referencing Banff Film Festival Grand prize, Cory Richards and Forge Motion Pictures.

Kiss or Kill - Mark Twight cover image

Kiss or Kill – Mark Twight

The Mountain Library rating: ★★★★★ Published: 2001 Reading style: medium Images: yes ( b&w throughout) Lasting memory: Mark Twight’s influence on modern climbing is well documented. The so-called Dr Doom of elite alpinism and its writings fuelled a rethink of what

Kiss or Kill - Mark Twight cover image

Kiss or Kill – Mark Twight

The Mountain Library rating: ★★★★★ Published: 2001 Reading style: medium Images: yes ( b&w throughout) Lasting memory: Mark Twight’s influence on modern climbing is well documented. The so-called Dr Doom of elite alpinism and its writings fuelled a rethink of what

Solo Faces - James salter cover art

Solo Faces – James Salter

Published:  1979 Reading style: medium Images: no, fiction What the publisher says: Rand lives free; lean, pure and defiant, the world has little influence on him. His passion is climbing – the mountains, the huge vertical faces. There, where storms,

Solo Faces - James salter cover art

Solo Faces – James Salter

Published:  1979 Reading style: medium Images: no, fiction What the publisher says: Rand lives free; lean, pure and defiant, the world has little influence on him. His passion is climbing – the mountains, the huge vertical faces. There, where storms,

Freddie Wilinsn - portrait

Library Talks: Freddie Wilkinson, author of One Mountain Thousand Summits

Freddie Wilkinson is a writer, guide and Mountain Hardwear sponsored climber from New Hampshire in the USA who published his first book, One Mountain Thousand Summits: the untold story of tragedy and heroism on K2, in 2010. His writing has

Freddie Wilinsn - portrait

Library Talks: Freddie Wilkinson, author of One Mountain Thousand Summits

Freddie Wilkinson is a writer, guide and Mountain Hardwear sponsored climber from New Hampshire in the USA who published his first book, One Mountain Thousand Summits: the untold story of tragedy and heroism on K2, in 2010. His writing has

Caucasus - Nicholas Griffin

Caucasus: mountain men and holy wars – Nicholas Griffin

Published:  2001 Reading style: medium/hard Images: 8 pages – colour What the publisher says The Caucasus is a land whose jagged terrain points starkly to the region’s rich but bloody past – and to a present that is no less

Caucasus - Nicholas Griffin

Caucasus: mountain men and holy wars – Nicholas Griffin

Published:  2001 Reading style: medium/hard Images: 8 pages – colour What the publisher says The Caucasus is a land whose jagged terrain points starkly to the region’s rich but bloody past – and to a present that is no less

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katazome

via someru Katazome is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a resist paste applied through a stencil.

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katazome

via someru Katazome is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a resist paste applied through a stencil.

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pixel height #2

via Little Paper Planes and source tchmo.

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pixel height #2

via Little Paper Planes and source tchmo.

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Library Talks: Jamie McGuinness, author of Trekking in the Everest Region

Jamie McGuinness has been trekking in the Himalaya for 20 years, speaks Nepali, was the first New Zealander to climb Broad Peak in Pakistan and has climbed Everest multiple times. He guides treks and climbs for Project Himalaya.

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Library Talks: Jamie McGuinness, author of Trekking in the Everest Region

Jamie McGuinness has been trekking in the Himalaya for 20 years, speaks Nepali, was the first New Zealander to climb Broad Peak in Pakistan and has climbed Everest multiple times. He guides treks and climbs for Project Himalaya.

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bresson’s kashmir

It’s famous, because it’s remarkable. It’s remarkable because the immensity of the scene, and the significance of the composure, is amplified by mountains. Dark and resolute, they are a religion in themselves.

bresson_srinigar_women

bresson’s kashmir

It’s famous, because it’s remarkable. It’s remarkable because the immensity of the scene, and the significance of the composure, is amplified by mountains. Dark and resolute, they are a religion in themselves.

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Meru – William Butler Yeats

Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion; but man’s life is thought, And he, despite his terror, cannot cease Ravening through century after century, Ravening, raging, and uprooting that he may

meru_india_17th_wiki

Meru – William Butler Yeats

Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion; but man’s life is thought, And he, despite his terror, cannot cease Ravening through century after century, Ravening, raging, and uprooting that he may

The Boardman Tasker Omnibus cover image

The Boardman Tasker Omnibus

Published:  1995 Reading style: medium Images: yes (16 pages b&w + route sketches) Savage Arena – Joe Tasker The Shining Mountain – Peter Boardman Sacred Summits – Peter Boardman Everest the Cruel Way – Joe Tasker What the publisher says:

The Boardman Tasker Omnibus cover image

The Boardman Tasker Omnibus

Published:  1995 Reading style: medium Images: yes (16 pages b&w + route sketches) Savage Arena – Joe Tasker The Shining Mountain – Peter Boardman Sacred Summits – Peter Boardman Everest the Cruel Way – Joe Tasker What the publisher says:

The Folded Earth - Anuradha Roy cover image

The Folded Earth – Anuradha Roy

Published:  2011 Reading style: medium Images: no (fiction) What the publisher says: In a remote town in the Himalaya, high mountains and forest all around, Maya tries to put behind her a time of great sorrow. Her bond with an

The Folded Earth - Anuradha Roy cover image

The Folded Earth – Anuradha Roy

Published:  2011 Reading style: medium Images: no (fiction) What the publisher says: In a remote town in the Himalaya, high mountains and forest all around, Maya tries to put behind her a time of great sorrow. Her bond with an

The Beckoning Silence - Simpson

The Beckoning Silence – Joe Simpson

The Mountain Library rating: ★★★★★ Published: 2003 Reading style: medium Images: yes (24 pages colour and b&w) What the publisher says: Author of Touching the Void, “one of the absolute classics of mountaineering” — George Steiner Since his epic battle for

The Beckoning Silence - Simpson

The Beckoning Silence – Joe Simpson

The Mountain Library rating: ★★★★★ Published: 2003 Reading style: medium Images: yes (24 pages colour and b&w) What the publisher says: Author of Touching the Void, “one of the absolute classics of mountaineering” — George Steiner Since his epic battle for

One Mountain Thousand Summits - Freddie Wilkinson

One Mountain Thousand Summits – Freddie Wilkinson

The Mountain Library rating: ★★★★ Published: 2010 Reading style: medium Images: yes (8 pages, b&w) Read The Mountain Library interview with this author - Library Talks: Freddie Wilkinson, author of One Mountain Thousand Summits. Lasting memory: One Mountain Thousand Summits by Freddie

One Mountain Thousand Summits - Freddie Wilkinson

One Mountain Thousand Summits – Freddie Wilkinson

The Mountain Library rating: ★★★★ Published: 2010 Reading style: medium Images: yes (8 pages, b&w) Read The Mountain Library interview with this author - Library Talks: Freddie Wilkinson, author of One Mountain Thousand Summits. Lasting memory: One Mountain Thousand Summits by Freddie