The name John Muir exemplifies conservation and recreation ideas of today, especially in his birth country of Scotland and his[…]
Book Review: J.B. Harkin: Father of Canadian National Parks
There has been in the last few decades an ongoing debate and dialogue about the differences between conservation and preservation,[…]
Book Review: The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption
This is an important but profoundly disturbing work written by a west coast mountaineer, activist and award-winning journalist. Set against[…]
Book Review: The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver’s North Shore: A Peakbagger’s Guide
We have been in desperate need on the West Coast for a definitive and comprehensive guide to many of the[…]
Book Review: Surveying the Great Divide
In January 1913, land surveyor and founding president of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC), Arthur Oliver Wheeler, penned an[…]
Book Review: 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia
I have, sitting before me, a few 1st editions of the 1973 version of 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia[…]
Fat Cats
There has been a spate of books published in the last few decades lamenting the deterioration of our national and[…]
Book Review: The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent
In reviewing Chris Bonington Mountaineer in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Cloudburst, I referred to Bonington and Scott’s 1977 first[…]