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,[…]
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[…]