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* Oldest person to climb Yosemite's [[El Capitan]] in one day at age 57 |
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He was very well-known as a photographer: [[Ansel Adams]] considered Rowell to be his most likely successor, and he was often referred to as the Ansel Adams of color photography. He won the Ansel Adams award for wilderness photography in [[1984]]. He had numerous photographic assignments for [[Life magazine|Life]], [[National Geographic]], [[Outdoor Photographer]], and various other publications. Rowell was also a highly regarded writer <!-- by whom? --> on subjects ranging from photography, humanitarian and environmental issues, human visual cognition, and mountaineering, publishing numerous magazine articles and eighteen books in his lifetime. His ''In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods'' (1977) is considered a classic of mountaineering literature <!-- by whom? -->, and his 1986 book ''Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape'' is one of the best selling how-to photo books of all time. Also an energetic advocate for the causes he believed in, Rowell served on multiple advisory boards and boards of directors for organizations ranging from the [[Committee of 100 for Tibet]] to the [[World Wildlife Fund]]. |
He was very well-known as a photographer: [[Ansel Adams]] considered Rowell to be his most likely successor, and he was often referred to as the Ansel Adams of color photography.{{fact}} He won the Ansel Adams award for wilderness photography in [[1984]]. He had numerous photographic assignments for [[Life magazine|Life]], [[National Geographic]], [[Outdoor Photographer]], and various other publications. Rowell was also a highly regarded writer <!-- by whom? --> on subjects ranging from photography, humanitarian and environmental issues, human visual cognition, and mountaineering, publishing numerous magazine articles and eighteen books in his lifetime. His ''In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods'' (1977) is considered a classic of mountaineering literature <!-- by whom? -->, and his 1986 book ''Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape'' is one of the best selling how-to photo books of all time. Also an energetic advocate for the causes he believed in, Rowell served on multiple advisory boards and boards of directors for organizations ranging from the [[Committee of 100 for Tibet]] to the [[World Wildlife Fund]]. |
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He and his wife Barbara Cushman died with a charter pilot and another passenger in a [[plane crash]] near [[Bishop, California]], where he had his home and studio, "Mountain Light Photography". |
He and his wife Barbara Cushman died with a charter pilot and another passenger in a [[plane crash]] near [[Bishop, California]], where he had his home and studio, "Mountain Light Photography". |
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Revision as of 01:11, 12 October 2006
Galen Rowell (August 23, 1940 - August 11, 2002) was a noted wilderness photographer and climber. Born in Oakland, California, he became a full-time photographer in 1972.
His climbing/adventure accomplishments included:
- More than 100 first ascents of technical climbs in the Sierra Nevada
- First one-day ascent of Denali (on which his camera froze)
- First ski circumnavigation of Denali
- First one-day ascent of Kilimanjaro
- First ascent of Great Trango Tower in Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya
- First ascent of Cholatse, the final major peak climbed in the Everest region
- Oldest person to climb Yosemite's El Capitan in one day at age 57
He was very well-known as a photographer: Ansel Adams considered Rowell to be his most likely successor, and he was often referred to as the Ansel Adams of color photography.[citation needed] He won the Ansel Adams award for wilderness photography in 1984. He had numerous photographic assignments for Life, National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, and various other publications. Rowell was also a highly regarded writer on subjects ranging from photography, humanitarian and environmental issues, human visual cognition, and mountaineering, publishing numerous magazine articles and eighteen books in his lifetime. His In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods (1977) is considered a classic of mountaineering literature , and his 1986 book Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape is one of the best selling how-to photo books of all time. Also an energetic advocate for the causes he believed in, Rowell served on multiple advisory boards and boards of directors for organizations ranging from the Committee of 100 for Tibet to the World Wildlife Fund.
He and his wife Barbara Cushman died with a charter pilot and another passenger in a plane crash near Bishop, California, where he had his home and studio, "Mountain Light Photography".
A major retrospective book on his life, career, and impact on the various worlds he touched will be published in autumn 2006 by Sierra Club books.
Rowell's work is on display at Mountain Light Gallery, in the Eastern Sierra Nevada town of Bishop, California.