Table of Contents

Preface: "When the Contour Lines Sing Together" 7
Mountains of my Childhood 9
Climbing 15
Federation Peak: South West Tasmania 21
Frenchmans Cap: South West Tasmania 33
Lake Pedder: South West Tasmania 43
Southern Alps of New Zealand: Broader Horizons 53
To an Unknown Valley: Northern Patagonia 69
Fitz Roy - Cerro Torre - Paine: Patagonia 79
Journey to Tierra Del Fuego & the Southern Patagonian Ice-cap 97
Wilsons Promontory: South-eastern Cornerstone of Australia 117
Australian Alps 125
South Georgia: Sub-antarctic Isle 161
East Antarctica 175
Antarctic Peninsula 189
Ross Sea 209
European Alps 219
Karakoram: West of the Himalaya 231
Notes on my Photographic Journey 249
The South Coast of Tasmania: Wild Places for Future Generations 251
Bibliography 252

About the Author

David Neilson is an experienced mountaineer and rock climber as well as a wilderness photographer. Based in Australia, Neilson is the author and photographer of four previous books: South West Tasmania: A Land of the Wild, Wilson’s Promontory: Coastal Wilderness, Patagonia: Images of a Wild Land, and Southern Light: Images from Antarctica.

Reviews

"Australian landscape photographer David Neilson’s Chasing the Mountain Light (Abbeville Press, October 2022) combines a fascinating memoir with stunning black-and-white photographs that embody his lifelong passion for photography, climbing, and preserving untamed spaces like Patagonia and the Australian Alps." - Architectural Digest