   Mountain Light, the book: Let's take a look...
  It''s a great book, and it''s reasonable to assume that others would like it as well. Why, I''m even certain some of you may have it. This should work...Now, which are your favorite essays. (For those unfortunate enough to not own the book, you''ll just have to follow along).Without a doubt, one of the better ones is Rainbow Over The Portola Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, 1981 on page 210. It''s a great read...Another really cool one is On The Great Trango Tower, Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan, 1977 on page 162. Awesome.Waiting... 
  For some reason I still haven''t gotten around to read it, but I will soon. Then I can discuss the book. ;quote:Original post by mtw  For some reason I still haven''t gotten around to read it, but I will soon. Then I can discuss the book.    The essays are not something you necessarily read in order. You pick a photo, and you read the essay on it. Easy...;  Uhh.. what is the book about?  Never heard of it.. forgive my ignorance, hehe. ;  Bishop!!! I knew you weren''t gone! ;quote:Original post by Bossk  Uhh.. what is the book about?  Never heard of it.. forgive my ignorance, hehe.   It''s a book about mountain photography by Galen Rowell. ;quote:Original post by mtw  It''s a book about mountain photography by Galen Rowell.   It''s a book which explores ideas, philosophies, shares the inner workings of one''s mind as he experiences other worldly places with a heightened sense of awareness, focused and attuned to the world, the light, the moment. It''s a book which explores the idea of climbing, light and fast, or within an expedition, bringing great imagery to your living room, sharing with you the moment as the shutter clicked, taking you to palaces in Tibet, pilgrimages around holy mountains in China, giant walls in the Karakorum, ski traverses at 14,000 feet in the White Mountains of California or into remote areas of Alaska, climbs in some of the remotest areas of the Northwest Territories of Canada, attempted ascents of Keeler Needle...;  The book explores imagery, composition, light, diffraction fringes, the physics of rainbows, film speed and emulsions, aid climbing, expedition climbing, striking of porters, spying on Ansel Adams, discusses David Brower, Waren Harding, Royal Robbins, El Capitan, Mount Whitney, talks of climbing K2 and Mount Everest, learning to climb in 1956, solo climbing in the High Sierra, skiing Denali, camera lenses, tripods, camera shake...[edited by - bishop_pass on June 28, 2003 2:50:17 AM];  Ok, now let's turn to page 88, and look at Moonlight at Concordia, Karakorum Himalaya, Pakistan, 1975  . This is another awesome picture, and an awesome essay describing the situation, and his discussion of releasing the ashes into the breeze.Another truly awesome account and a rather sublime image that is evocative of a fairy tale world is on page 59; the essay is on page 60. This is from the Northwest Territories. You'd just have to see the picture and read about it to know what I'm talking about. This one is called Cirque of the Unclimbables, Logan Mountains, Northwest Territories; 1973.[edited by - bishop_pass on June 28, 2003 9:35:59 PM];  i thought bishop_pass was dead... 