THE LOVE OF MOUNTAINS IS BEST

Climbs and Travels from K2 to Kathmandu. Peter E. Randall, New Hampshire, 1994, First American Edition. Quarto, 493 pages, maps & artwork by Dee Molenaar, many B&W photographs. Bob Bates was co-leader on two famous American Expeditions on K2, 1938 and 1953. Well-loved mountaineer and teacher, Bates shares his climbing and travel adventures round the world in exotic places such as K2, Yukon Territory, Denali, Nepal and China. Historic and collectable book inscribed by Bob Bates. Fine.