Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering
Author(s):
Scott, Chic
Copyright: 2002, Canada
Specifications: 2nd, 4to, pp.440, photo frontis, 24 color & 583 bw photos, sketches, 14 maps, blue cloth
Condition: signed & dated Banff 2009, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine
Canada’s complete mountaineering history over the last 200 years! This beautifully illustrated book follows the evolution of climbing in Canada – from the West Coast to Quebec, from the Yukon to the Rockies; as well as Canadians in Yosemite, South America and the Himalaya. A magnificent work.
Winner of the 2000 Banff Mountain Book Festival Mountaineering History Award and Canadian Rockies Award.