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Richard Wright

Richard Wright was born in Vancouver in 1940 and is one of BC's foremost outdoors writers. He left the Vancouver Fire Department in 1970 to produce and direct CBC films, work for BC's Department of Recreation and Conservation, pursue freelance writing and photography, and begin a river rafting company. He has co-authored many guidebooks with Rochelle Wright and three histories. Richard has taken two treks with camels in the Cariboo, reconstructing the Cariboo Camel myth for a segment on National Geographic Today. He lives on Pioneer Ranch near Williams Lake, BC.