Pat Morrow

In April 1997, Matt Jackson quit his job, strode to the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise, Alberta, and began the journey of a lifetime. His Plan? To spend several months hitchhiking across Canada, meeting Canadians from every walk of life and experiencing firsthand our country's breathtaking landscape. The trip was supposed to take …

He brought glamour and imagination into the sport of mountaineering as few guides have done before him. Recalling his personality and amusing stories one should not forget that his approach to mountains was first and foremost an aesthetic one; he saw a peak first as something beautiful-the technical problem was always secondary - and nothing counte …

The Yukon is a photographic celebration of a land rich with natural wonders -- rugged mountain peaks, deep canyons, raging rivers, meadowlands strewn with wildflowers -- a unique landscape only available to the hiker, the climber and the paddler.