John Baldwin, a Vancouver mountaineer and nature photographer with over 250 first ascents to his credit, has pioneered more than a dozen long ski traverses in remote areas of the Coast Mountains, having literally skied from Bella Coola to Vancouver. He is the author of Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis and Backcountry Whistler, and his award-winning photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including Beautiful British Columbia, Climbing, Powder, and Sierra. When not climbing mountains he works as a researcher in civil engineering at the University of British Columbia. He lives in Vancouver with his wife Eda Kadar and his two children, Stephen and Rachel.