Description
Somehow, the idea of charity balls and Mount Everest just don't fit together. But neither does the idea of someone from backwoods BC organizing an Everest attempt, which normally involves millions of dollars, high-profile sponsors -- even royal backing.
Prince George's Peter Austen proved that, while all that might be nice, it's not necessary. Working from, his living room, he assembled a cohesive, high-spirited team whose Everest adventure takes them to such far-flung places as Mount Communism in the former Soviet Union to Popacatepetl in Mexico to the red-light district of Bangkok. But the real adventure begins when they arrive in the fabled city of Kathmandu From there, not even landslides and hostile border guards can keep thern from Chomolungma, the Mother Goddess of the World.
About the author
Dr. Peter Austen is a mountaineer, mountain guide, business consultant, author, educator and adventure-company operator. He speaks five languages and has academic degrees from England, Canada and the US. He has lived in six countries and explored in 54 others during the past 40 years, returning intact from many famous peaks, including Everest in Tibet, Mount Communism in Russia, Mont Blanc in France, Mount Robson in Canada and Alpamayo in Peru.
Peter led Canada’s first truly national Everest expedition, the “Climb for Hope,” which had Sir Edmund Hillary as patron. Peter arranged for the climb to be filmed, and the resulting acclaimed documentary, narrated by Leslie Nielsen, has been shown frequently on the Discovery channel and others. Everest Canada: The Climb for Hope, Peter’s first book, was an account of that expedition.
Peter’s articles and photographs have appeared in BC Outdoors and in North American alpine and trade journals, tourist magazines and guidebooks, websites and newspapers. He gives leadership and team-building seminars to diverse groups throughout Canada and the US, using his EVEREST EXPERIENCE™ method. He continues to guide mountain expeditions and exotic adventures worldwide.
