![]() ![]() It is a pleasure to finally have all his most iconic images in one volume. No one else is capable of capturing such beauty while hanging by a thread from a towering rock face or skiing down the legendary slopes of Mount Everest. Fellow photographer Paul Nicklen has this to say about Chin’s work: “Jimmy’s photography takes you on a journey to places few have ever visited. Chin’s imagery is coupled with profiles of some of the world’s most exceptional athletes and adventurers, including Honnold and ski-mountaineer Kit DesLauriers. Capturing some of Chin’s greatest (and most death-defying) adventures, from skiing Mount Everest to crisscrossing Tibet’s high-altitude Chang Tang region without a support crew, the book contains more than 200 striking photographs shot on all seven continents. Now the photographer-director-mountaineer is adding another hyphenate to his name as book author with the December 7 release of There and Back: Photographs from the Edge. Not only have his adventure photographs appeared in National Geographic, but his film Free Solo, which follows professional rock climber Alex Honnold’s gripping attempt to free climb Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, won an Oscar for best documentary in 2019. Buy There and Back: Photographs from the Edge, by Jimmy ChinĬhances are good that you’ve seen Jimmy Chin’s work. Winter Pasture is her crowning achievement, shattering the boundaries between nature writing and personal memoir. ![]() Li Juan has been widely lauded in the international literary community for her unique contribution to the narrative non-fiction genre. Winner of the People's Literature Award, Winter Pasture has been a bestselling book in China for several years. Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey with China's Kazakh Herders Slate writes, “People can figure out how to survive under the most punishing circumstances, and learning about how these people do it-how they have done it for centuries-makes Winter Pasture an unlikely but inspiring getaway read for the late pandemic.” I wanted to spend the winter in a destination that was at least 250 miles away, which would mean over a dozen days by horseback, so that I could get a taste of the hardest, most unforgiving aspects of nomadic life.” Li had trepidations about traveling on horseback and withstanding the harsh elements though, eventually opting to spend just three days with the herders. In describing the inspiration for her book, she writes in an excerpt, “At first, my ambitions were grand. Faced with minus-20-degree temperatures and a herd of 30 camels, 500 sheep and more than 100 cattle, Li experiences what herding life is like firsthand and chronicles it in her memoir, Winter Pasture, translated to English for the first time. Winter Pasture: One Woman’s Journey with China’s Kazakh Herders, by Li JuanĪfter many years of running a convenience store with her mother in China’s Altai Mountains, author Li Juan decided she wanted to experience the country’s rough and rugged landscape for herself and joined a family of Kazakh herders to help them with the challenging task of moving their livestock from one grazing area to another. Here are ten travel book releases from 2021 that are getting us excited about getting out on the open road again. Many travelers have seen this as a sign to keep their vacations closer to home, favoring road trips over intercontinental flights and cruises, while others prepare for long-awaited excursions they were forced to cancel due to Covid-19.įortunately, one thing that the pandemic hasn’t changed is the ability to escape and experience new places through a book. While many countries are reopening their borders and inviting visitors back with open arms, others remain completely locked down to foreigners. To put it mildly, the year 2021 has been an interesting one in terms of travel, thanks to the pandemic. ![]()
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