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Brotherhood Of the Rope

The Biography Of Charles Houston

by (author) Bernadette McDonald

Publisher
The Mountaineers Books
Initial publish date
Apr 2007
Category
Sports
  • Unknown

    ISBN
    9780898869422
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $25.95

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Where to buy it

Out of print

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Description

The biography of Charles Houston, M.D., famed for leading the heroic K2 expedition of 1953 and his pioneering research in high-altitude medicine.

· Drawn from extensive interviews with Houston and full access to his letters and personal journals

· Historic photos from Houston's Himalayan expeditions, Peace Corps leadership in India, pioneering high-altitude medicine research, and more

· Foreword by Bill Moyers, introduction by Tom Hornbein

About the author

Bernadette McDonald is the author of Okanagan Slow Road as well as eight books on mountaineering and mountain culture. She has received numerous mountain writing awards, including Italy's ITAS Prize for mountain writing (2010), and is a two-time winner of India's Kekoo Naoroji Award for mountain literature (2008 and 2009). In 2011, Bernadette's book Freedom Climbers won the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival (Canada), the Boardman Tasker Prize (UK), and the American Alpine Club's H. Adams Carter Literary Award. She has also received the Alberta Order of Excellence (2010), the Summit of Excellence Award from The Banff Centre (2007), the King Albert Award for international leadership in the field of mountain culture and environment (2006), and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002). Founding vice-president of Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre and director of the Banff Mountain Festivals for twenty years, Bernadette was born in Saskatchewan but has lived in the mountains all of her adult life. Visit her online at bernadettemcdonald.ca.

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