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Lonely Planet Argentina
Lonely Planet Danny Palmerlee
GUIDEBOOK 2005 PAPER
In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Argentina by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accomodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information.
(ARG11, $25.99)
Aconcagua, A Climbing Guide
R.J. Secor Uma Kukathas Crystal Thomas Ralph Hopkins
GUIDEBOOK 1999 PAPER 144 PAGES
A guide to South America's tallest mountain, highlighting 27 different routes to the summit. Aside from the trail descriptions, the authors provide background on the history and ecology of the mountain, tips on preparation and equipment, and all the essential information on local weather, accommodations and attractions. 2nd edition.
(AND40, $16.95)
Night Flight
Antoine de Saint Exupery
LITERATURE 1986 PAPER 87 PAGES
A pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route from Punta Arenas to Buenos Aires. In this wonderfully evocative novella, based on true-life experience, de Saint Exupery captures the thrill of early flight and the courage of the pilots. De Saint Exupery pioneered the first regular postal routes in South America and the Sahara in the 1920s.
(PAT09, $12.00)
Aconcagua Map
Cordee
2002 MAP
This excellent folded map, based on four Argentine military survey sheets, was updated in 2002 by Servei General d'Informació de Muntanya. At a scale of 1:50,000, the map features contour lines at 500-meter intervals, the heights of peaks, along with the location of huts, roads, routes, glaciers and ridges.
(AND41, $13.95)
Aconcagua: Summit of the Americas
Ed Darack
GUIDEBOOK
A sturdy series of maps at various scales with topographic detail, countour lines, and routes.
(AND42, $15.00)
Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude
Stephen Bezruchka
REFERENCE
This useful reference book provides essential information concerning the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness.
(REF02, $8.95)
Cicerone Guide Aconcagua
Jim Ryan
GUIDEBOOK
A compact practical guide to South America's highest mountain.
(ARG83, $22.95)
Footprint Argentina Handbook
Christabelle Dilks
GUIDEBOOK
This compact guide is nicely divided between a general overview of Argentina and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do.
(ARG35, $24.95)
Insight Guide Argentina
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A lavishly illustrated overview of history, nature and attractions with great maps.
(ARG02, $23.95)
Mountaineering in Patagonia
Alan Kearney
GUIDEBOOK
A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes.
(PAT18, $22.95)
Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills
The Mountaineers
GUIDEBOOK
The essential handbook for mountaineers, in a seventh revised edition. With chapters on outdoor fundamentals, rock, snow, ice, and alpine climbing, emergency prevention and response, the mountain environment, and gear.
(GEN267, $29.95)
Trekking and Climbing in the Andes
Kate Harper
GUIDEBOOK
A compact guide to treks and climbs in the Andes in the Globetrotter Adventure series.
(AND34, $19.95)
Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors
Piers Paul Read
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The gripping tale of survival against all odds: a plane crashes in the Andes, all passengers presumed dead. Read tells the story of terrible hardship, bravery and horror with admirable restraint.
(AND38, $7.99)
Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books
Eric Shipton
EXPLORATION
Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia.
(EXP12, $38.00)
H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books
H. W. Tilman
EXPLORATION
An omnibus featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean archipelagos, Patagonia and the Arctic; a wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer.
(EXP13, $38.00)
Seven Summits
Dick Bass
Frank Wells
Rick Ridgeway
EXPLORATION
Count-down: Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Kosciusko, Vinson and Everest.
(EXP48, $15.99)
Touching the Void
Joe Simpson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The harrowing tale of a climb gone badly wrong and Simpson's near miraculous survival in the Andes.
(AND37, $14.95)
Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica
Martin D. la Pena
Maurice Rumboll
FIELD GUIDE
A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions.
(SAM12, $29.95)
Southern Night Sky
Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE
A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere.
(SCI30, $5.95)
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