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

by Ira Spring, Jim Whittaker (Foreword)

The superbly illustrated autobiography of a Pacific Northwest hiking, climbing, and skiing icon.

Genres: Outdoors

240 pages, 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.