Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Geoff Powter
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 133
Category/GenreClimbing and mountaineering
Travel and holiday guides
Travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9781771602877
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Rocky Mountain Books
Imprint Rocky Mountain Books
Publication Date 22 November 2018
Publication Country Canada

Description

Inner Ranges brings together an enlightening and entertaining selection of mountain writing by one of Canada's most respected adventure journalists and thinkers. This collection of original and previously published pieces includes provocative editorial and opinion work about the state of adventure, personal tales from a life of exploration and r

Author Biography

Geoff Powter has been a mountain writer, editor and presenter for more than 30 years. He has written pieces for magazines and newspapers around the globe, was the editor of the renowned Polar Circus magazine and spent 13 years at the helm of the Canadian Alpine Journal. He has been the host of the Voices of Adventure interview series at the Banff Mountain Book Festival for the past 20 years, and has been a regular contributor to CBC Radio and to the Globe and Mail travel section. He is the author of Strange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness. Geoff Powter lives in Canmore, AB.

Reviews

Inner Ranges documents, through a range of literary genres, a prolonged encounter with an inner mountain landscape, and tries to see that landscape through new and ever-sharpening eyes. -- (04/22/2019) There is some beautiful, provocative and astute mountain writing in this book, and I'll hope you'll enjoy the journey through it as much as I have. -- (09/07/2018)