Pushing the Limits captures Canada's 200-year mountaineering history, a story that unfolds both in Canada and around the world. Journeying to the summits, the crags and the gyms, from the Yukon to the Rockies, Chic introduces readers to early mountain pioneers and modern-day climbing athletes. An adept storyteller with an obvious passion for his subject, Chic showcases the under-celebrated achievements of Canadian climbers.
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An accomplished mountaineer and influential member of the Canadian mountaineering community, Chic Scott has, in part, shaped the history he documented. Chic has been a climber and guide for over 35 years. He founder the Canadian Himalayan Foundation and initiated the prestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival. This is his fourth book.
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Pushing the Limits - a super Canadian mountaineering book,
By Roger Patillo (Aldergrove, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering (Hardcover)
This book is a joy to read and a "must have" as a reference book that tells you all you would like to know and more about the history of mountaineering in Canada. Beautifully published with many pictures of the "greats and near greats" of the Canadian mountaineering scene since it all began in the mid 1800's. Chic Scott has produced a book that has already become a classic in mountain literature.
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A Page-Turner of a History Book!!,
By Jon G. Constable (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering (Hardcover)
Often it seems that even well written fictional accounts do not get my blood racing and my stomach flipping, but Chic Scott has managed to do this in Pushing the Limits. Through this book I have gained a real sense of the mental make-up necessary to being a serious mountaineer. This book is as enjoyable a read as I've come across in recent years.
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According to legend, on a frosty autumn morning in 1754 Anthony Henday gazed westward from the foothills of what is now Alberta toward the Rocky Mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Logan, Mount Robson, North America, Canadian Rockies, Alpine Club of Canada, Mount Waddington, Mount Everest, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Mount Temple, Lake Louise, Val David, John Lauchlan, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Barry Blanchard, Bugaboo Spire, Conrad Kain, Jon Jones, Brian Greenwood, Mount Columbia, Baffin Island, Don Serl, Elias Mountains New!
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According to legend, on a frosty autumn morning in 1754 Anthony Henday gazed westward from the foothills of what is now Alberta toward the Rocky Mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Logan, Mount Robson, North America, Canadian Rockies, Alpine Club of Canada, Mount Waddington, Mount Everest, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Mount Temple, Lake Louise, Val David, John Lauchlan, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Barry Blanchard, Bugaboo Spire, Conrad Kain, Jon Jones, Brian Greenwood, Mount Columbia, Baffin Island, Don Serl, Elias Mountains New!
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- The American Alpine Journal 2001 by Christian Beckwith on page 108, page 425, and page 439
- Pushing the Limits by Marcus Nash in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 110
- Ways to the Sky (American Alpine Book Series) by Andy Selters in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Canadian Rockies: Pioneers, Legends and True Tales by Roger W. Patillo on page 64, and Back Matter
- Religion And The American Constitutional Experiment: Essential Rights And Liberties by John Witte Jr. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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