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About this book

Through words and photographs, Galen Rowell explores the effects of modern life and tourism on the world's highest the mountains of Nepal, India, and Pakistan. In a single year, Lowell led a group of 'mail-order mountaineers' up the highest American guided climb in history; he ascended the virgin Great Trango Gower; and he circled fabled Annapurna by a 250-mile route that took him to 21,000 feet. These unique adventures become the threads of a broader and more significant tale.