Biography & Autobiography Sports
Brotherhood Of the Rope
The Biography Of Charles Houston
- Publisher
- The Mountaineers Books
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2007
- Category
- Sports
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Unknown
- ISBN
- 9780898869422
- Publish Date
- Apr 2007
- List Price
- $25.95
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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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