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category: Sports & Recreation
published: Mar 2016
ISBN:9781771601153
publisher: RMB | Rocky Mountain Books
imprint: Rocky Mountain Books

The Bold and Cold

A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

by Brandon Pullan

tagged: mountaineering, western provinces, adventure
Description

Shortlisted for the 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival award for Mountain & Wilderness Literature. Winner of a Special Jury Mention.

 

Over the past 100 years, climbers have been pushing standards in the Canadian Rockies. From long alpine ridges to steep north faces, the Rockies are synonymous with cutting-edge ascents. Peaks such as Robson, Chephren, Kitchener, the Twins and Alberta elude the many and reward the few. Many of the big faces were climbed between the 1960s and 1990, the golden age of alpinism in the Rockies. The men and women who first were part of that set high standards.

 

Future alpinists read old journals and guidebooks, hoping to experience what the alpine “pioneers” did. For most, the Rockies require a certain edge that comes with age, humiliation and failure. Perhaps the ones who drink the most whisky, dream of the biggest peaks and sleep with snowballs in their hands are the ones rewarded with the momentary triumph of coming to a draw with one of these mountains.

 

This is not a guidebook. Rather, it is a narrative history by the people who risked life and limb to establish these long, difficult and sometimes scary climbs.

About the Author
Brandon Pullan was born and raised in Ontario and is a graduate of Lakehead University. He started writing for publications in the late ’90s and is now editor-in-chief of Gripped, Canada’s Climbing Magazine. He has over 100 published articles in print, and countless contributions by him can also be found online. His alpine pursuits have introduced him to dozens of legendary climbers and mentors, motivating him to compile and archive collections of stories from this older generation of mountaineering greats. Brandon is the author of The Bold and Cold: A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies and To Be a Warrior: The Adventurous Life and Mysterious Death of Billy Davidson, as well as the co-author of Northern Stone: 50 of Canada’s Best Rock Climbs. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.
Awards
  • Winner, Special Jury Mention, Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
  • Short-listed, Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

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