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Nuptse and Lhotse Go to the West Coast

Nuptse and Lhotse Go to the West Coast

by Jocey Asnong
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age: 4 to 8
Grade: p to 3
Reading age: 4 to 8
tagged : cats, travel

A colourful, imaginative story for adventurers of all ages that dream of falling asleep on a beach made of stars at the edge of the world.

 

Surf’s up and it’s time for another Nuptse and Lhotse adventure!

 

When the cats find Salish, a Purple Ochre Starfish, in a puddle, Nuptse and Lhotse are determined to help Salish get back home. The trio will …

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Days of Rivers Past

Days of Rivers Past

Reflections on British Columbia's Recreational Steelhead Fishery
by Robert S. Hooton
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tagged : fishing, fish, rivers

Personal and professional thoughts on some of British Columbia’s iconic steelhead rivers, along with considerations on the possible futures these streams face in an era of declining habitat, recreational pressure and a changing climate.

Days of Rivers Past takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the heart of the steelhead fishery. From the …

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Honouring High Places

Honouring High Places

The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei
by Junko Tabei; Helen Rolfe, translated by Yumiko Hiraki & Rieko Holtved
edition:Hardcover
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tagged : adventurers & explorers, mountaineering

A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits.

Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei’s stirring life that she considered important, inspiring and interesting to mountaineering culture. Until now, her works …

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Backcountry Avalanche Safety

Backcountry Avalanche Safety

A Guide to Managing Avalanche Risk - 4th Edition
by Tony Daffern
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tagged : winter sports, mountaineering, skiing

Essential reading for all outdoor enthusiasts who venture into mountainous terrain where avalanches are common.

In spite of the increasing sophistication of avalanche hazard forecasting, an alarming number of people die every year in backcountry avalanche accidents. This updated edition of Backcountry Avalanche Safety contains the latest information …

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The Hard Work of Hope

The Hard Work of Hope

Climate Change in the Age of Trump
by Robert William Sandford & Dr. Jon O'Riordan
edition:Hardcover
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tagged : environmental conservation & protection, environmental policy, global warming & climate change

The Climate Nexus (RMB, 2015) analyzed and explored the economic and social realities facing water, food, energy and biodiversity. The Hard Work of Hope continues this narrative and seeks to develop effective solutions to the growing urgency for global action on climate change.

The Hard Work of Hope builds on events that have transpired since Decemb …

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Discovering Animals: English * French * Cree

Discovering Animals: English * French * Cree

illustrated by Neepin Auger
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age: 3 to 5
Grade: p to k
tagged : french, africa

The third book in this colourful and unique series introduces preschool and kindergarten classrooms interested in learning English, French or Cree as a second language to everyday words using original and vibrant illustrations.

Neepin Auger's books for children contain original, brightly coloured images and early education level concepts familiar to …

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Snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies – 2nd Edition

Snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies – 2nd Edition

by Andrew Nugara
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The Canadian Rockies in winter are still nothing short of spectacular, and snowshoes provide an easy, fun and exciting way to see some of the best winter scenery Canada has to offer.

 

Snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies – 2nd Edition describes 100+ great routes for snowshoers of all levels – from beginners who have never snowshoed, to experience …

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Backcountry Avalanche Safety - 4th Edition

Backcountry Avalanche Safety - 4th Edition

A Guide to Managing Avalanche Risk
by Tony Daffern
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tagged : winter sports, skiing, mountaineering

Essential reading for all outdoor enthusiasts who venture into mountainous terrain where avalanches are common.

 

In spite of the increasing sophistication of avalanche hazard forecasting, an alarming number of people die every year in backcountry avalanche accidents. This updated edition of Backcountry Avalanche Safety contains the latest informatio …

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Snowshoe Trails in Southwestern British Columbia

Snowshoe Trails in Southwestern British Columbia

by Aileen Stalker & Tony Keen
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Snowshoeing is the fastest growing winter sport in North America. With this new guidebook, outdoor enthusiasts interested in stepping out of their skis and into a pair of snowshoes will be able to find some of British Columbia’s most enjoyable trails.

Snowshoe Trails in Southwestern British Columbia offers readers information on over 35 routes. Ra …

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Carbon Play

Carbon Play

The Candid Observations of a Carbon Pioneer
by Robert William Falls
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tagged : environmental conservation & protection, environmental policy, natural resources

An insider’s look at the complex, inspiring and surprisingly entertaining world of international negotiations, technology and diplomacy relating to the carbon industry, environmental management and climate mitigation.

Carbon Play follows Robert Falls’s unique and extraordinary journey in the worlds of academia, politics and corporate “big ener …

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The Green Horse

The Green Horse

My Early Years in the Canadian Rockies – A Park Warden’s Story
by Dale Portman
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tagged : adventurers & explorers, western provinces

An inspiring, humorous and adventure-packed mountain memoir that takes the reader on a journey into western Canada’s backcountry parks during the raucous 1960s and 1970s.

Born in the west but raised initially in the east, Dale Portman was eight years old when his family headed back to the land of the Rockies. Growing up in Calgary, he was introduc …

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At Home in Nature

At Home in Nature

A Life of Unknown Mountains and Deep Wilderness
by Rob Wood
edition:Paperback
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tagged : environmental conservation & protection, essays, sustainable living

The compelling story of one family’s life among the rugged landscapes of British Columbia's Coast Mountains, converting youthful ideals, raw land and a passion for the outdoors into a practical off-grid homestead.

Rob Wood grew up in a village on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, where he eventually developed a preoccupation with rock climbing. Aft …

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The Georgia Straight

The Georgia Straight

A 50th Anniversary Celebration
by Doug Sarti; Dan McLeod, introduction by Bob Geldof, contributions by Mike Harcourt; Paul Watson & Bif Naked
edition:Hardcover
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This highly illustrated and beautifully produced coffee-table book brings together over 100 of the Georgia Straight's iconic covers, along with short essays, insider details and contributor reflections, putting each of these issues of the publication into its historical context.

For 50 years the Georgia Straight has served as the voice of reason dur …

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Ya Ha Tinda

Ya Ha Tinda

A Home Place - Celebrating 100 Years of the Canadian Government's Only Working Horse Ranch
by Kathy Calvert
edition:Hardcover
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tagged : post-confederation (1867-), expeditions & discoveries, western provinces

An illustrated history celebrating the 100th anniversary of this historic, working horse ranch located along the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies.

The story of the Ya Ha Tinda and its evolution into the only continuously operating federal government horse ranch in Canada is much more than the story of the people who worked and lived there. Its …

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Carbon Play

Carbon Play

The Candid Observations of a Carbon Pioneer
by Robert Falls
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tagged : environmental conservation & protection, natural resources, environmental policy

An insider’s look at the complex, inspiring and surprisingly entertaining world of international negotiations, technology and diplomacy relating to the carbon industry, environmental management and climate mitigation.

Carbon Play follows Robert Falls’s unique and extraordinary journey in the worlds of academia, politics and corporate “big ener …

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Art of Freedom

Art of Freedom

The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
by Bernadette McDonald
edition:Hardcover
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Winner of the 2017 Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain Literature (Non Fiction). Winner of the 2017 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Winner of the National Outdoor Book Awards.

A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers.

 

Voytek Kurtyka remains o …

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More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies – 3rd Edition

More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies – 3rd Edition

by Andrew Nugara
edition:Paperback
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tagged : mountaineering, western provinces

Thoroughly updated, expanded and redesigned, this bestselling, full-colour guide to scrambling contains dozens of new trips for experienced hikers looking for more challenging routes to the top of a mountain.

 

The third edition of More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies contains 39 new routes, in addition to updates to some of the 114 featured in the …

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On the Road with Mike Drew

Collected Photographs and Stories from Central and Southern Alberta
by Mike Drew
edition:Hardcover
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tagged : regional, western provinces, photoessays & documentaries

Destined to become a classic photography collection capturing the natural beauty of Alberta’s foothills and grasslands, On the Road with Mike Drew brings together – for the first time – some of Drew’s best work from the past twenty years.

 

Photojournalist Mike Drew has been touring the backroads of central and southern Alberta since 1991, ta …

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Our Vanishing Glaciers

Our Vanishing Glaciers

The Snows of Yesteryear and the Future Climate of the Mountain West
by Robert William Sandford
edition:Hardcover
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tagged : mountains, environmental conservation & protection, western provinces

Winner, 2017 Lane Anderson Award for Best Canadian Science Writing

This remarkable and beautifully illustrated book chronicles the history of Canada’s western mountain glaciers through stunning photography, personal reflection and the most recent scientific research.

Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate …

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Rocky Mountain 123s

Rocky Mountain 123s

by Jocey Asnong
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age: 0 to 3
Grade: p
tagged : counting & numbers, cats

Sun comes up and it’s time to learn about numbers! Join children’s book illustrator Jocey Asnong on another colourful adventure celebrating the beauty and diversity of the Rocky Mountains.

 

This lyrical story teaches number recognition and counting from 1 to 20 with the help of different alpine animals participating in a range of fun mountain ac …

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A Rocky Mountain Sketchbook

A Rocky Mountain Sketchbook

A Step-by-Step Guide to Watercolour Painting and Drawing in the Mountain Landscape – Volume 1
by Donna Jo Massie
edition:Hardcover
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This bestselling guide to watercolour painting highlights the basic skills and materials required to venture out into the mountains and create a unique watercolour sketch...even if you’ve never painted before!

 

Donna Jo Massie’s classic and highly sought-after instructional book has been newly formatted and packaged as a durable hardcover for th …

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The Joy of Mountains

The Joy of Mountains

A Step-by-Step Guide to Watercolour Painting and Drawing in the Mountain Landscape – Volume 2
by Donna Jo Massie
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An illustrated guide and travelogue detailing watercolour painting and drawing techniques specific to stunning natural environments found along the North American Rocky Mountain Range from New Mexico to Alaska.

 

Over the past 15 years, and since the publication of her first book, A Rocky Mountain Sketchbook, well-known art instructor Donna Jo Massie …

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A Peakbaggers Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North

A Peakbaggers Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North

by Ben Nearingburg & Eric Coulthard
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A full-colour, comprehensive scrambling guide to the increasingly popular mountain landscapes located in the northwestern reaches of the Rocky Mountains.

Following in the footsteps of classic publications such as Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies and More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, A Peakbagger's Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North pulls ba …

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Souvenir of the Canadian Rockies

Souvenir of the Canadian Rockies

photographs by Paul Zizka, by Meghan J. Ward
edition:Paperback
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Featuring 50 stunning, colour photos Souvenir of the Canadian Rockies is part of a new series of full-colour travel and tourism books celebrating the internationally renowned Canadian Rockies.

 

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and in conjunction with Parks Canada’s announcement that entrance to all of Canada’s na …

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Splendour of the Canadian Rockies

Splendour of the Canadian Rockies

photographs by Paul Zizka, by Meghan J. Ward
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Featuring 75 stunning, colour photos Splendour of the Canadian Rockies is part of a new series of full-colour travel and tourism books celebrating the internationally renowned Canadian Rockies.

 

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and in conjunction with Parks Canada’s announcement that entrance to all of Canada’s n …

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Grandeur of the Canadian Rockies

Grandeur of the Canadian Rockies

photographs by Paul Zizka, by Meghan J. Ward
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Featuring 100 stunning, colour photos Grandeur of the Canadian Rockies is part of a new series of full-colour travel and tourism books celebrating the internationally renowned Canadian Rockies.

 

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and in conjunction with Parks Canada’s announcement that entrance to all of Canada’s n …

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Beauty of the Canadian Rockies

Beauty of the Canadian Rockies

photographs by Paul Zizka, by Meghan J. Ward
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Featuring 60 stunning, colour photos Beauty of the Canadian Rockies is part of a new series of full-colour travel and tourism books celebrating the internationally renowned Canadian Rockies.

 

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and in conjunction with Parks Canada’s announcement that entrance to all of Canada’s nati …

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A Peakbagger's Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North

A Peakbagger's Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North

by Ben Nearingburg & Eric Coulthard
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A full-colour, comprehensive scrambling guide to the increasingly popular mountain landscapes located in the northwestern reaches of the Rocky Mountains.

 

Following in the footsteps of classic publications such as Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies and More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, A Peakbagger's Guide to the Canadian Rockies: North pulls b …

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Running to the Edge

Running to the Edge

by Martin Parnell
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tagged : sports, social activists, extreme sports

An inspiring memoir that details one man’s determination to help disadvantaged children through the power of sport while dealing with the dramatic realities of his body’s own physical limitations.

In 2010, at age 55, Martin Parnell began tackling a series of extreme sporting challenges which became known as “Quests for Kids,” designed to hel …

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Our Place

Our Place

Changing the Nature of Alberta
by Kevin Van Tighem
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A collection of essays and articles that reflect upon the ecology, conservation history, missed opportunities and emerging possibilities of a place that could have been about so much more than oil.

 

Naturalist, hunter, conservation activist and recovering bureaucrat Kevin Van Tighem explores the landscapes and wildlife of one of Canada's most divers …

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A Beginner's Guide to Snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies – 2nd Edition

A Beginner's Guide to Snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies – 2nd Edition

by Andrew Nugara
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Whether you are looking for an easy introductory day on flat terrain amid beautiful surroundings or getting to the summit of one of the Rockies innumerable stunning mountains, you will find it in this bestselling guidebook.

 

This second edition of A Beginner’s Guide to Snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies has almost doubled in content and now descr …

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One Last Cast

One Last Cast

Reflections of an Outdoor Life
by Bruce Masterman
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One Last Cast is a collection of soul-touching and evocative stories about author and outdoor enthusiast Bruce Masterman's experiences in wild places and with wild critters.

 

Award-winning Alberta writer, journalist and storyteller Bruce Masterman has been a passionate outdoors enthusiast for more than five decades and has explored Alberta's natural …

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Spirit Builders

Spirit Builders

Charles Catto, Frontiers Foundation and the Struggle to End Indigenous Poverty
by James Bacque
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tagged : post-confederation (1867-), social activists, indigenous studies

The inspiring true story of how one organization has tried to alleviate the struggles faced by indigenous peoples in Canada by building houses and developing livable communities for those in desperate need.

 

The people who were living here on Turtle Island (North America) before us have been pushed aside from their own land for decades. Mining compa …

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Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

by John Martin & Jon Jones
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With over 15,000 copies of previous editions sold internationally, this completely revised and updated new edition is now in full colour and destined to remain the bestselling guide to one of the world’s most stunning mountaineering hotspots.

Originally published in 1995, Sport Climbs in the Canadian Rockies continues to be the quintessential guid …

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North America in the Anthropocene

North America in the Anthropocene

by Robert William Sandford
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tagged : environmental policy, natural resources, environmental conservation & protection

Robert William Sandford’s latest RMB manifesto invites the reader to separate the hype from the hope with respect to the outcomes of the 2015 Paris climate conference and in relation to humanity’s dangerous new era — the Anthropocene.

In responding to the urgency – and the opportunity – of getting sustainable development right, the United …

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Casting Back

Casting Back

Sixty Years of Writing and Fishing
by Peter McMullan
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tagged : essays, fishing, personal memoirs

Covering a span of more than 60 years, these classic fishing essays are brought together for the first time, celebrating the thoughts, pleasures and adventures of a devoted angler and renowned storyteller as he fishes some of the timeless streams of the Ireland, New Zealand and British Columbia.

Through the pages of Casting Back Peter McMullan takes …

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Live Close to Home

Live Close to Home

by Peter Denton
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In his third thought-provoking RMB manifesto Peter Denton explains how we can change course toward a sustainable future in immediate and practical ways – and why it could make all the difference for ourselves and for future generations.

As individuals and as a culture and society, we have increasingly emphasized the global village over the village …

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Imagine This Valley

Imagine This Valley

Essays and Stories Celebrating the Bow Valley
by Stephen Legault
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Featuring essays from some of the area’s most beloved personalities, this exceptional literary anthology celebrates the landscape, culture, community and natural history of Alberta’s Bow Valley.

Canmore and Banff are collectively renowned for their mountain culture, diverse wildlife and scenes of breathtaking natural splendour. These vibrant mou …

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Surviving Logan

Surviving Logan

by Erik Bjarnason & Cathi Shaw
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One mountaineer’s harrowing story of survival and recovery after being trapped on the second-highest peak in North America, Mount Logan in the Yukon Territory, during an extratropical cyclone.

In May of 2005, North Shore Rescue put together a 40th Anniversary Expedition to Mount Logan. The team was made up of seven men and one woman – all experi …

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