Ice Axe, a Camera and a Jar of Peanut Butter: A Photographer's Autobiography by Ira Spring

by Ira Spring

For Ira Spring, adventuring and photography have always been inextricably intertwined. From early paddling trips with his family and his first camera (at age twelve), through almost seventy years of climbing and hiking, dozens of books, and a successful career as a photographer, Spring has been a role model for generations of climbers and conservationists. Heavily illustrated with his masterful photographs, this autobiography follows Spring, his camera, his trusty ice axe, and his trademark peanut butter sandwiches on adventures throughout the world.

Genres: Outdoors

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Teo smite · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great account of a premier outdoor photographer and wilderness explorer. Some spectacular black and white photos.

[Jillita · Rating 5 out of 5]

You could pick this book up just for the beautiful, historical pics taken by Ira Spring, but his witty stories of a young man growing up in western WA and falling in love with the mountains at a time when men (and women!) still wore wool makes you read it over and over.

[Reuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

by Ira Spring, one of the Washington State Mountaineers members who spent a lifetime fighting to protect wilderness.