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Himalayan QuestionEd Viesturs，Peter Potterfield 著
内容提要：
For mountaineers, the 14 peaks above 8,000 meters-all located in the Himalayan range near the border between China and India-have a special status. In 1986, Austrian Reinhold Messner became the first person to scale all of them without the use of supplemental oxygen. Viesturs is currently on a quest to become the first American to reproduce this astonishing feat. This book presents photographs from his expeditions on the 12 tallest mountains in the world. A world-class climber, Viesturs is blessed with an "unusual physiology"; his body's ability to process oxygen extraordinarily well allows him to remain unusually alert and vigorous even at oxygen-scarce altitudes. That clarity of mind is amply demonstrated in these stunning photographs. Viesturs emphasizes the difficulty of taking pictures at such heights and even charmingly includes imperfect shots (from a technical perspective) that have special meaning to him. Standout images include the vast, ridged, snowy valley framed by Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse; the "maze of crevasses" of the Khumbu Glacier in the Western Cwm; and the carpet of clouds draped across the several peaks of Makalu, Lhotse, Everest and Cho Oyu taken from the vantage point of Kanchenjunga. Replete with helpful maps, this book almost doubles as a travel guide; the lack of hotels doesn't make it any less informative for the tiny number of people eager to see these staggering vistas for themselves. No book consisting solely of prose could ever produce gasps like the pictures contained herein.
作者简介：
ED VIESTURS is America's leading high-altitude mountaineer.He is the only American,and one of only a handful internationally,to have climbed the twelve highest peaks.He is currently on a quest to climb all fourteen of the world's highest mountains-those above 8000 meters-all without the use of supplemental oxygen,and has given hundreds of lectures around the world chronicling his efforts.He lives in Seattle,Washington.
目录：
FOREWORD BY DAVID BREASHEARS
PROLOGUE BY PETER POTTEFIELD
THE MEMORY OF PHOTOGRAPHS
1987-1988：EVEREST
1989：KANCHENJUNGA
1990-1991：EVEREST
1992：K2
1993：SISHAPANGMA,EVEREST
1994：EVEREST,LHOTSE,CHO OYU
1995：EVEREST,MAKALU,GASHERBRUM I&II
1996-1997：EVEREST,BROAD PEAK
1998-1999：MANASLU,DHAULAGIRI
2000：ANNAPURNA
2001：NANGA PARBAT,SISHAPANGMA
2002：ANNAPURNA
EKPILOGUE
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