Title: Rock, paper, fire : the best of mountain and wilderness writing /
Authors: Whittome, Tony, 1945-; Jackson, Marni,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mountains Literary collections.; Outdoor life Literary collections.; Wilderness areas Literary collections.; Canadian literature
Abstract: A collection of the best poems and short stories written about various, sometimes risky wilderness experiences and adventures around the world, written for The Banff Centre's Mountain and Wilderness Writing program.
Contents: First ascent / Barry Blanchard -- Into the mountains / Niall Grimes -- A world of ice / Jon Turk -- The magic bus / Niall Fink -- Norman and the crow / Niall Fink -- Writing on the wall / Andy Kirkpatrick -- Finding Farley / Karsten Heuer / Tough living, oh boy / Wayne Sawchuk -- Muskwa-Kechika / Bruce Kirkby -- Walking off the edge of the world / Bruce Kirkby -- Searching for Humar / Bernadette McDonald -- Underway / Christian Beamish -- No map could show them / Helen Mort -- Transgressions / Katie Ives -- Surge / Erin Soros -- The telephone pole / Steve Swenson -- Pioneer ridge / Steve Swenson -- Spirit friends / Maria Coffey -- Unseen but felt / Fitz Cahall -- End of the rope / Jan Redford -- A short climb with Ueli Steck / Freddie Wilkinson -- The descent of man / Don Gillmor -- Hunting and killing / Masa Takei -- What the mountains mean to us / Ian Brown.