Patagonia: Notes from the Field

Patagonia gear lovers have explored the wildest extremes, from the icy waters of the Labrador Sea to the searing hot vertical granite of El Capitan. Patagonia: Memoirs from the Field, a magnificent collection of essays and photographs written for Patagonia, offers a glimpse into the front lines. Authors such as Paul Theroux, Gretel Ehrlich, Russell Chatham, Rick Ridgeway, and Tom McGuane offer a sometimes candid, sometimes disturbing perspective on our relationship with the natural world. Their words capture life-threatening moments and sudden insights into the soul of the sport. Accompanying images command stillness (the tiny silhouette of a climber standing on a distant snow ridge) or elicit a cry of rapture (a kayaker falling from a 20-foot waterfall). Editor Nora Gallagher has assembled a selection of essays and images from the award-winning Patagonia catalog and blended them with newly commissioned material to create an intelligent, powerful, and vital portrait of the “outside world. Patagonia: Notes from the Field will appeal to adventurers, travelers, and dreamers.