Ed Douglas est un écrivain et journaliste passionné par les coins les plus sauvages du monde naturel. Ancien rédacteur en chef de l’Alpine Journal et chroniqueur pour Climber et The Guardian, Ed est un alpiniste amateur enthousiaste et un voyageur de montagne avec un intérêt particulier pour l’Himalaya. Son écriture plonge dans les profondeurs de l’aventure humaine et des paysages indomptés. Il cherche à capturer la beauté brute et l’esprit stimulant du monde de la montagne, explorant les motivations profondes qui poussent les gens à découvrir les lieux reculés de la planète. Sa perspective unique offre aux lecteurs un aperçu intime de la psyché de l’explorateur.
Combining travel writing with an insight of the social and environmental problems caused by climbers, Douglas examines a region that is struggling to develop and change. It is the story of resourceful and cultured people finding a balance between the new and the old, who rely on the work Everest provides.
In Statement, Ben Moon's official biography, award-winning writer Ed Douglas paints a portrait of a climbing visionary and dispels the myth of Moon as an anti-traditional climbing renegade. Interviews with Moon are complemented with insights from family and friends and extracts from magazines and personal diaries and letters.
Spanning millennia, from its earliest inhabitants to the present conflicts over Tibet and Everest, Himalaya is a soaring account of resilience and conquest, discovery and plunder, oppression and enlightenment at the 'roof of the world'. From all around the globe, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation- pilgrims, adventurers and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has throughout the ages been home to an astonishing diversity of indigenous and local cultures, as well as a crossroads for trade, and a meeting point and conflict zone for the world's superpowers. Here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen, Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Mughals. Here too the East India Company grappled for dominance with China's emperors, independent India has been locked in conflict with Mao's Communists and their successors, and the ideological confrontation of the Cold War is now being buried beneath mass tourism and ecological transformation. Featuring scholars and tyrants, bandits and CIA agents, go-betweens and revolutionaries, Himalaya is a panoramic, character-driven history on the grandest but also the most human scale, by far the most comprehensive yet written, encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art, and bursting with stories of courage and resourcefulness
Creating a new family, with God.No Peace Within Ed Douglas
The narrative explores a profound transformation in the protagonist's life, who endured a childhood marked by abuse, loneliness, and a lack of maternal affection. In 1975, just before Christmas, a divine intervention leads him to a new life filled with love and belonging. He finds solace in a supportive family and ultimately marries Jennifer R. Douglas on Friday the 13th in 1992, symbolizing hope and renewal amidst his troubled past. The story highlights themes of redemption, love, and the power of faith.
The retrospective work of British nature and travel photographer John Beatty. A photographic journey that ranges from kayaking down the Colorado River to trekking through the Himalaya; from polar and Greenland ice-caps into the incredible animal kingdoms of Africa; and, from Boreal forests to landscapes that inspired Charles Darwin's life's work.
The Magician's Glass by award-winning writer Ed Douglas is a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personalities in the world of climbing, including the controversy of the first ascent of Cerro Torre and Ueli Steck's disputed solo ascent of the south face of Annapurna.
Writer Ed Douglas and photographer John Beatty are close friends and have a shared history with Kinder going back decades. In Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain they reveal the social, political, cultural and ecological developments that have shaped the physical and human landscape of this enigmatic and treasured hill.
Über 100 große Bergsteiger im Porträt Dieses Buch ist Nachschlagewerk und spannend erzählte Abenteuerreportage in einem - von Ötzi über die Bergführer und Erstbesteiger der Alpengipfel wie Edward Whymper (Matterhorn) bis zu den Bezwingern der Achttausender wie Edmund Hillary oder Reinhold Messner. Auch Extrem-Kletterer wie Thomas und Alexander Huber werden vorgestellt. Das Buch porträtiert über 100 der größten Alpinisten und Abenteurer. Es beschreibt ihre Motive, ihre Erfolge und Niederlagen. Spannende Schilderungen machen ihre Aufstiege lebendig, anhand von Karten lassen sich die Routen nachvollziehen. Durch Zeittafeln und umfangreiche Hintergrundinformationen zur jeweiligen Epoche werden die Lebensporträts der Kletterer richtig eingeordnet. Zusätzlich bietet das Buch Porträts legendärer Gipfel, Hintergrundinformationen zur Entwicklung wichtiger Ausrüstung sowie Sonderseiten über die Berge in Kunst und Literatur. Mit einem Vorwort der berühmten Bergsteigerin Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, die als erste Frau alle 14 Achttausender ohne künstlichen Sauerstoff bestiegen hat.
