1. Alpinist has a book review of a book that looks really great called Remote Exposure: A Guide to Hiking and Climbing
by Alexandre Buisse which has some amazingshots and a great write up of the book. From Amazon: "Though many hikers and climbers carry cameras with them, they often come away feeling disappointed because their images fail to visually translate their experiences..."2. Somebody once said, "I don't know what Heaven is like, but I hope it's like the John Muir Trail." Though I've never been, there seems to be many books about this famous trail out in California's Sierra Nevada. There's a great site that allows you to get their photobook from Blurb about the trip to the mountain range. Follow the link to see some great photos.
3. The same site has another post about the author's trip to the Appalachian trail. There were long blog posts along with some great photos. I love the one "DANGER: Bears in the area!"
4. On the blog 52hikes, the author has posted an entire e-book with great photos for FREE! It's a big file and you have to be patient but overall it's a great way to get some ideas and see some great photographs. Nice job!
5. Over at the Honolulu Advertiser they introduce a fascinating photobook that is triumphant and depressing at the same time. Daniel's Ocean Views: Inspirations of a Young Hiker
is a photobook put together by a loving mother and father of the hikes, views and placs their son loved. In July 2003, Daniel was hiking on O'ahu's mountains when he tragically fell to his death. He was 19 years old. This is a book that remembers him and shares with the world the places that he loved. 6. Have you ever heard of Havasu Canyon? If you haven't then you are definitely missing something. Photography by Varina has a free e-book available that contains some stunning photos of Havasu falls and the canyon. Get inspired!
7. Along the Pacific Crest Trail: A photographic journey with music
This is an amazing set of photos that was made into a photobook of the Pacific Coast. Truly stunning shots!
Along the Pacific Crest Trail
The Pacific Crest Trail is 2,638 miles in length. It runs from the Mexican/California border north up through the great State of California, on through the great States of Oregon and Washington and ends eight miles into Canada at Manning Park. The Pacific Crest Trail is one of America's eleven National Scenic Trails and considered one of the great long distance trails of the world. In 1992 and '93, Bart Smith walked and photographed the entire PCT, he returned multiple times over the next four years adding to his extensive photo archive of the trail. In 1998 Bart collaborated with adventure writer Karen Berger and her husband Dan Smith on a coffee table book titled Along The Pacific Crest Trail published by Westcliffe Publishers. Karen provides a boots on the ground narrative of her and Dan's thru hike which is complemented with Bart's photography.
Some of the photographs in this video were from side trips along the PCT, though usually within a mile or two. The image of Mt St Helens erupting was taken from the PCT in 2003.
