Raven’s Witness: The Alaska Life of Richard K. Nelson By Hank Lentfer; Foreword by Barry Lopez 2020 Banff Mountain[…]
Coastal Mountain Mountaineering Literature: The birthing years
Mt. Garibaldi Park: Vancouver’s Alpine Playground Don Munday: 1922 In The Western Mountains: Early Mountaineering in[…]
GOOD READS – To Live: Fighting for life on the killer mountain
Revol and Mackiewicz had completely different styles and approaches to climbing, but they were also strangely complimentary. Yet, despite Revol’s[…]
GOOD READS – Winter 8000: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season
Bernadette McDonald is the author of a dozen books on mountaineering and mountain culture. She won the UK’s prestigious Boardman[…]
GOOD READS – Tour du Mont Blanc
This is a guidebook that should ideally be reviewed after using it in the field. However, since Covid-19 has severely[…]
GOOD READS – Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna
French mountaineer Lionel Terray was one of the most respected post-war alpinists, achieving fame for his second ascent of the[…]
An Insider Look: The Tragic Climb of Denali
An Interview of Jeffery Babcock by Ron Dart Alpine Club of Canada-Vancouver Jeffrey Babcock was on the ill fated and[…]
Book Review: Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide: The Alberta-BC Boundary Survey, 1918-1924
Author: Jay Sherwood Published by Caitlin Press, Halfmoon Bay, BC, 2019 ‘Surveying the Great Divide: The Alberta/BC Boundary Survey, 1913-1917’[…]
Book Review: Popular Day Hikes Book Series
Rocky Mountain Books: 2019 Searching for breathtaking hikes worth exploring Rocky Mountain Books recently published a superb series that highlights[…]
Book Review: A Not-So-Savage Land: The Art and Times of Frederick Whymper, 1838-1901
Author: Peter Johnson Published by Heritage House, BC, 2018 Before the advent of photography, images of landscape, events and people[…]
Book Review: The Last Blue Mountain: The Great Karakoram Climbing Tragedy
Author: Ralph Barker 2020 edition published by Vertebrate Publishing, Sheffield, UK, March 2020 I came across ‘The Last Blue Mountain’[…]
Book Review: Mountain Man: The Life of a Guide Outfitter
Author: Hiram Cody Tegart with Andrew Bruce Richards Published by Caitlin Press, BC, 2019 Mountain Man is the story of[…]
Coastal Mountain Mountaineering Literature: The Birthing Years
The other day, I was going through my library of mountaineering literature. Two books stepped out to greet me from[…]
Book Review: Travels in Alaska: Three immersions into Alaskan wilderness and culture
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,[…]