Rock, paper, fire
Subtitle: the best of mountain and wilderness writing
By: edited by Marni Jackson, Tony Whittome
Publisher: the Banff Centre
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Banff, Alberta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781894773676; 9781894773690; 9781894773706
Subjects: Mountains; Literary collections; Outdoor life; Wilderness areas; Canadian literature
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286).
Table of contents: title: First ascent / Barry Blanchard; title: Into the mountains / Niall Grimes; title: A world of ice / Jon Turk; title: The magic bus / Niall Fink; title: Norman and the crow / Niall Fink; title: Writing on the wall / Andy Kirkpatrick; title: Finding Farley / Karsten Heuer / Tough living, oh boy / Wayne Sawchuk; title: Muskwa-Kechika / Bruce Kirkby; title: Walking off the edge of the world / Bruce Kirkby; title: Searching for Humar / Bernadette McDonald; title: Underway / Christian Beamish; title: No map could show them / Helen Mort; title: Transgressions / Katie Ives; title: Surge / Erin Soros; title: The telephone pole / Steve Swenson; title: Pioneer ridge / Steve Swenson; title: Spirit friends / Maria Coffey; title: Unseen but felt / Fitz Cahall; title: End of the rope / Jan Redford; title: A short climb with Ueli Steck / Freddie Wilkinson; title: The descent of man / Don Gillmor; title: Hunting and killing / Masa Takei; title: What the mountains mean to us / Ian Brown.