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Histoire d'une Montagne

Édition enrichie. Voyage poétique et scientifique au cœur des Pyrénées : géographie humaine, écologie engagée et symbiose homme-nature

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Winner of the 2017 Alberta Readers' Choice Award!Fifty Percent of Mountaineering Is Uphill is the enthralling true story of Jasper’s Willi Pfisterer, a legend in the field of mountaineering and safety in the Rocky Mountains. For more than thirty years, Willi was an integral part of Jasper’s alpine landscape, guiding climbers up to the highest peaks, and rescuing them from perilous situations.
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In the Shadow of the Carmens

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Just across the Rio Grande from West Texas in the state of Coahuila, México, the mountain ranges of the Maderas del Carmen rise majestically. Often called magical or mystical, they have stirred imagination for centuries. Stories of bandits, Indians, ghosts, incredible flora and fauna, cool forests, waterfalls, and vast woodlands filter across the Rio Grande.Many people have dreamed of exploring
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Smokies Chronicle

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John Colter, Discoverer of Yellowstone Park

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On Dogwood Mountain

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Forest and Crag

by Laura Waterman, Guy Waterman ...

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The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas

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À la surface de la Terre, les zones de relief élevé qui forment ce que l'on appelle des «chaînes de montagnes» constituent un trait morphologique de première importance, comparable à celui des dorsales qui sillonnent le fond des océans. Les chaînes de montagnes correspondent donc à un marqueur ... ... Read more

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Field Guide to Alpine Wildlife

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Series series Bloomsbury Naturalist
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William Wolfskill, the Pioneer Mountain Man and Trapper

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"In 1830, Wolfskill fitted out a company in New Mexico to trap in the great valleys of California." -H. H. Bancroft, 1885"In 1824, Wolfskill and others fitted out a trapping party at Taos to trap on the San Juan and other tributaries of the Colorado or Rio Grande of the West." -Oregon Historical Quarterly, 1923Mountain man trapper William Wolfskill moved to New Mexico in 1821, while the region was ... Read more

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