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by Ed Cooper (Author)
Celebrate the remarkable Rocky Mountains with this stunning photographic feast that takes us from the Canadian border and Glacier National Park, to the Mexican border at Big Bend National Park. Author, photographer, and legendary climber Ed Cooper brings America's most iconic mountain range to life, zeroing in with passion on its heart, including the better known sub-ranges. He provides views of the most fascinating peaks in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Soul of the Rockies focuses on those peaks, ranges, and rocks closest to the hearts of those in the climbing and mountaineering community. It includes both up-to-date altitudes and the most current geodetic data available, making the peaks easy to locate. With the best views the Rocky Mountains have to offer, and cameo descriptions of various peaks, all the glory of the Rockies shines through in this spectacular work.
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Discover the essence of the Rockies through Ed Cooper's lens. Celebrate the remarkable Rocky Mountains with this stunning photographic feast that takes us from the Canadian border at Idaho and Montana to the Mexican border at Big Bend National Park. Author, photographer, and legendary "climbing bum" Ed Cooper brings America's most iconic mountain range to life, passionately zeroing in on the heart of the Rockies, including most of the better known subranges, and capturing views of the highest peaks in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.In keeping with his sensibilities as a mountaineer and climber, Cooper provides the most current and relevant geodetic data for every featured peak, including newer, corrected altitudes that reflect more accurate measuring by the National Geodetic Survey. Readers can now easily look up each peak on topographic maps or view them in stunning three-dimensional display using tools such as Google Earth thanks to Cooper's impressive collection of data found at the end of each chapter.Unlike any other book on the Rocky Mountains, Soul of the Rockies focuses exclusively on the mountains themselves rather than dwelling on related themes such as flora, fauna, mining, logging, and history. It is quite simply a distillation of the best views the Rockies have to offer, revealing through this spectacular work all the glory of America's largest mountain range.
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From the author of the acclaimed Soul of the Heights, a stunning photographic celebration of the remarkable Rocky MountainsIn Soul of the Heights, Ed Cooper revealed his story as a pioneering climber with a passion for, and lifetime dedication to, the majestic mountains of North America. Here, he brings the continent's most iconic mountain range to life, zeroing in on its heart. In a stunning photographic feast that takes us from the Canadian border at Idaho and Montana to the Mexican border at Big Bend National Park, Soul of the Rockies provides a distillation of the best views the Rockies have to offer, with evocative cameodescriptions of many of the highest, most familiar, and most relevant peaks. All their glory shines through in this spectacular work.
Author Biography
Ed Cooper became the first "climbing bum" in the Pacific Northwest during the Golden Age of North American climbing (1950s and 1960s). He is the author of the acclaimed Soul of the Heights (FalconGuides), and his photos have graced the covers of Audubon, Arizona Highways, Backpacker, National Geographic, and Sierra. Ed lives in Sonoma, California.
