Description
In a world where altitude shapes climate, culture, and power, this book explores what it means to live “high” and how the highest places on Earth influence the people and nations that depend on them. Through vivid reporting and accessible storytelling, it traces the human stakes behind mountains, plateaus, and extreme environments—where survival, migration, and resource control intersect. The narrative highlights themes of geography as destiny, the politics of borders and extraction, and the resilience of communities adapting to thin air and shifting conditions. Blending Erika Fatland and Kari Dickson’s sharp, journalistic perspective with a global, place-by-place lens, the book turns remote landscapes into a compelling window on our shared future.
Available Editions
paperback
Pegasus Books
Published Jan 1, 2022
657 pages
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Details
First Published
2022
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for High by Erika Fatland.