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Banff Mountain Festivals: October 30 - November 7, 2004

BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK FESTIVAL

2004 Book Finalists

The Banff Mountain Book Festival thanks the writers, the photographers, their editors and publishers for entering this year’s competition. We received 137 entries from eight countries, and a dedicated committee had a very tough job to narrow the field down to 32 finalists.

Winners of the following awards will be announced at the book festival during the evening presentation on Thursday, November 4:

  • Grand Prize
    Phyllis and Don Munday Award, sponsored by the Alberta Sections of The Alpine Club of Canada: $2000
  • Best Book - Mountain Literature
    Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature, sponsored by The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff: $1000
  • Best Book - Mountain Exposition
    sponsored by Mountain Lights Bookstore, Lake Louise: $500
  • Best Book - Mountain Image
    sponsored by Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary: $500
  • Best Book - Adventure Travel
    sponsored by Batstar Adventure Tours, Port Alberni, B.C.: $500
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  • Best Book - Mountaineering History, James Monroe Thorington Award for the best recent work of Mountaineering History
    sponsored by the UIAA: $500
  • Canadian Rockies Award
    sponsored by Deuter and selected by a local committee
Canadian Rockies Award
The following titles are shortlisted for the Canadian Rockies Award, which will be decided by a local committee:
  • Artists of the Rockies: Inspiration of Lake O'Hara, Jane Lytton Gooch, Alpine Club Of Canada (Canada, 2003) 0-9680036-2-1
  • Caves of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains, John Rollins, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2004) 0-921102-94-1
  • David Thompson, Graeme Pole, Altitude Publishing (Canada, 2003) 1-55153-972-1
  • Don Forest: Quest for the Summits, Kathy Calvert, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2003) 1-894765-37-0
  • Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies: An Opinionated Hiking Guide, Kathy & Craig Copeland, HikingCamping.com (Canada, 2004) 0968941974
  • Mixed Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, Sean Isaac, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2004) 1-921102-96-8
  • The Mountain Diaries: The Alpine Adventures of Margaret Fleming, 1929-1980, Pearl Ann Reichwein and Karen Fox, Historical Society of Alberta (Canada, 2004) 1-55056-977-5
  • Water and Our Way of Life, R.W. Sandford, Rockies Network Ltd. (Canada, 2003) 0-9680036-1-3

Mountain Literature

Finalists:

  • Everest Pioneer, the photographs of Captain John Noel, Sandra Noel, Sutton Publishing (UK, 2003) 0-7509-3278-3
  • In the Ghost Country : A Lifetime Spent on the Edge, Peter Hillary, The Free Press (Canada, 2004) 07432-4369-2
  • In the Path of an Avalanche, Vivien Bowers, Douglas & McIntyre (Canada, 2003) 1-55054-518-3
  • The Joy of Climbing, Terry Gifford, Whittles Publishing (UK, 2004) 1-904445-06-3
  • Life and Limb: A True Story of Tragedy and Survival Against the Odds, Jamie Andrew, Piatkus Books (UK, 2004) 0749950072
  • Postcards from the Trailer Park, Cameron M. Burns, Lyons Press (USA, 2004)
    1-59228-540-0
  • Taking Leave, Roger Hubank, The Ernest Press (UK, 2004) 0-948153-68-7
  • A Test of Will: One Man's Extraordinary Story of Survival, Warren Macdonald, Douglas & McIntyre (Canada, 2004) 1553650646
  • Under a Sheltering Sky, Colin Monteath, Hedgehog House (New Zealand, 2003)
    0-473-09557-2
  • Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering, Andy Selters, American Alpine Club Press (USA, 2004) 0-930410-83-1

Entries:

  • Against Giants: The Life and Climbs of a Disabled Mountaineer, David Lim, Epigram PTE Ltd (Singapore, 2003) 981-04-9731-8
  • Albermarle: A Story of Landscape and American Identity, Avery Chenoweth, Robert Llewellyn, University of Virginia (USA, 2003) 0-9742707-0-9
  • American Massacre, Sally Denton, Alfred A. Knopf (USA, 2003) 0375412085
  • The Beast in the Garden, David Baron, W.W. Norton & Company (USA, 2003) 0-393-05807-7
  • A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail, Angela & Duffy Ballard, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2003) 0-89886-940-4
  • David Thompson, Graeme Pole, Altitude Publishing (Canada, 2003) 1-55153-972-1
  • Don Forest: Quest for the Summits, Kathy Calvert, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2003) 1-894765-37-0
  • Everest Expeditions, Christian Bonington, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK, 2003) 0-297829-36
  • The Great Divide: The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind, Gary Ferguson, W.W. Norton & Company (USA, 2004) 0-393-05072-6
  • High Frontiers: Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists, Kenneth Michael Bauer, Columbia University Press (USA, 2004) 0-231-12391-4
  • The Himalayan Cliff Bee Apis laboriosa and the Honey Hunters of Kaski, Farooq Ahmad, Surendra Raj Joshi and Min Bahadur Gurung, International Centre For Integrated Mountain Development ICIMOD) (India, 2003) 92-9115-684-1
  • Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, Simon Winchester, HarperCollins Canada Ltd. (Canada, 2003) 0-06-621285-5
  • The Last Ridge, McKay Jenkins, Random House (USA, 2003) 037550771X
  • The Mountain Diaries: The Alpine Adventures of Margaret Fleming, 1929-1980, Pearl Ann Reichwein and Karen Fox, Historical Society of Alberta (Canada, 2004) 1-55056-977-5
  • Nanda Devi, Hugh Thomson, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK, 2004) 0-297607-53-7
  • Rocks and Hard Places, Alex Harris, Struik Publishers (South Africa, 2004) 1-86872-871-4
  • Sacred Places Around the World: 108 Destinations, Brad Olsen, CCC Publishing (USA, 2004) 1-88872-910-4
  • Snowshoes and Spotted Dick: Letters from a Wilderness Dweller, Chris Czajowski, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2003) 1-55017-279-4
  • Soft Explosive Hard Embrace, John Redhead, Serious Clowning Publications (UK, 2004)
  • The Unreliable Mushrooms, Terry Gifford, Redbeck Press (UK, 2003) 1-900438-02-X
  • Walking with the Wild Wind, Jim Stoltz, Lone Coyote Publications (USA, 2003) 0-9620228-1-0
  • We Aspired, Pete Sinclair, Mountain 'n' Air Books (USA, 2004) 1-879415-39-9
  • Wild Animus, Rich Shapero, Too Far Publishing (USA, 2004) 0-9718801-0-7

Mountain Image

Finalists:

  • Artists of the Rockies: Inspiration of Lake O'Hara, Jane Lytton Gooch, Alpine Club Of Canada (Canada, 2003) 0-9680036-2-1
  • Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky, Art Wolfe, Wildlands Press (USA, 2003) 0967591821
  • Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light and Shadow, John B. Weller, Westcliffe Publishers Inc (USA, 2004) 1-56579-514-8
  • High Rocks & Ice: The Classic Mountain Photographs of Bob & Ira Spring, Ira Spring, Lyons Press (USA, 2004) 0-7627-3057-9
  • The Path to Buddha : A Tibetan Pilgrimage, Steve McCurry, Phaidon Press (USA, 2003) 0-7148-4346-6

Entries:

  • Appalachian Lives, Shelby Lee Adams, University Press of Mississippi (USA, 2003) 1578065402
  • Bella Coola: Life in the Heart of the Coastal Mountains, Hans Granander, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2003) 1-55017-305-7
  • Canada's Northwest Territories, Leslie Leong, Leslie Leong Enterprise Ltd (Canada, 2003) 0-9681715-5-9
  • Climb Denali: A Reflective Journey, Laurent Dick, Self Published (USA, 2004) 1-57833-247-8
  • Great Smoky Mountains: Simply Beautiful, Adam Jones (Photographs), Steve Kemp (Text), Farcountry Press (USA, 2004)
    0-56037-304-0
  • The Light of Spring: The Seasons of Yellowstone, Tom Murphy, Crystal Creek Press (USA, 2004) 0-9668619-1-4
  • Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia, David Nunuk, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2003) 1-55017-273-5
  • Patagonia: Wild land at the End of the Earth, Tim Hauf, Tim Hauf Photography (USA, 2004) 0-9720743-2-5
  • Shenandoah: Views of Our National Park, Hullihen Williams Moore, University of Virginia (USA, 2003) 0-8139-2226-7
  • Southeastern Rock, Harrison Shull, Harrison Shull Photography (USA, 2003) 0-9742198-0-0
  • Water and Our Way of Life, R.W. Sandford, Rockies Network Ltd. (Canada, 2003) 0-9680036-1-3

Mountain Exposition

Finalists:

  • Ice & Mixed Climbing: Modern Technique, Will Gadd, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2003) 0-89886-769-X
  • Indian Creek: A Climbing Guide, David Bloom, Sharp End Publishing (USA, 2004) 0-892540-33-9
  • LA Climbs: Alternative Uses for Architecture, Alex Hartley, Black Dog Publishing Ltd (UK, 2004) 1-901033-49-X
  • Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills, Craig Luebben, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2004) 0-89886-743-6
  • Winter Dance: Select Ice Climbs in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming, Joe Josephson, First Ascent Press, LLC (USA, 2004) 1-933009-00-4

Entries:

  • Best Wild Flower Hikes: Washington, Art Kruckeberg with Karen Sykes and Craig Romano, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2004) 0-89886-964-1
  • Calgary's Best Bike Rides and Trails, Lori Beattie, Fifth House Limited (Canada, 2004) 1-894004-31-4
  • Caves of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains, John Rollins, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2004) 0-921102-94-1
  • Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies: An Opinionated Hiking Guide, Kathy & Craig Copeland, HikingCamping.com (Canada, 2004) 0968941974
  • Easy Kayaking Basics: A Paddling Handbook for the Pacific Northwest, Gary Backlund and Paul Grey, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2004) 1-55017-309-X
  • Exploring Prince George, Michael Nash, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2004) 1-894765-49-4
  • A Guide to Paddling in the Yukon, Ken Madsen, Primrose Publishing (Canada, 2004) 0-9693844-2-6
  • Hiking Light Handbook, Karen Berger, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2004) 0-89886-961-7
  • Hiking the Gulf Islands: A Recreation Guide to BC's Enchanted Isles, Charles Kahn, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2004)
    1-55017-315-4
  • An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees, Melanie Choukas-Bradley, University of Virginia (USA, 2004) 0-8139-2251-8
  • The Islands, Nick Williams, Pocket Mountains Ltd (UK, 2004) 0954421744
  • Mixed Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, Sean Isaac, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2004) 1-921102-96-8
  • The Mountains Know Arizona: Images of the Land and its People, Michael Collier (Photographs), Rose Houk (Text), Arizona Highways Books (USA, 2003) 0-893860-87-6
  • The Outdoor Knots Book, Clyde Soles, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2004) 0-89886-962-5
  • Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone: A Mountaineering History and Guide, Thomas Turiano, Indomitus Books (USA, 2003) 0-9745619-0-8
  • Selected Climbs in the Northeast: Rock, Apline and Ice Routes from the Gunks to Acadia, S. Peter Lewis, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2003) 0-89886-857-2
  • Uinta Rock: A Guide to Climbing on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway, Nathan Smith, Pull Publishing (USA, 2004) 0-9755299-0-0
  • Washington Ice: A Climbing Guide, Jason D. Martin, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2003) 0-89886-946-3
  • Wild Flowers of the Mountains, Lewis Clark, John Trelawny (editor) Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2003) 1-55017-308-1

Adventure Travel

Finalists:

  • Berserk: My Voyage to Antarctica in a Twenty-Seven Foot Sailboat,
    David Mercy, Lyons Press (USA, 2004) 0-59228-277-6
  • Between a Rock and Hard Place, Aron Ralston, Simon & Schuster
    (Canada, 2004); Atria Books (USA, 2004) 0-7434-9281-1
  • The Big Open: On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang, Rick Ridgeway, National Geographic (USA, 2004) 0-7922-6560-2
  • Captain Scott, Ranulph Fiennes, Hodder & Stoughton Publishers (UK, 2003)
    0-340-826-975
  • The Fellowship of Ghosts : A Journey Through the Mountains of Norway, Paul Watkins, National Geographic (USA, 2004) 0-7922-6799-0
  • Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World, David Roberts, Simon & Schuster (USA, 2003) 0-7432-2431-0
  • The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes, Wade Davis, Douglas & McIntyre (Canada, 2004) 0553650786
  • Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park, Tim Cahill, Crown Publishers (USA, 2004) 1-4000-4622-X
  • The Man Who Mapped the Arctic, Peter Steele, Raincoast Books (Canada, 2003) 1-55192-648-2
  • My Path Leads to Tibet: The Inspiring Story of How One Young Blind Woman Brought Hope to the Blind Children of Tibet, Sabriye Tenberken, Arcade Publishing (USA, 2004) 1-55970-694-5
  • Southern Exposure, Chris Duff, Globe Pequot Press (USA, 2003) 0-7627-2595-8
  • Swimming to Antarctica, Lynne Cox, Alfred A. Knopf (USA, 2004) 0375415076

Entries:

  • Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail, Elizabeth Grossman, Sierra Club Books (USA, 2003) 1-57805-067-7
  • Alone against the Sea: and other True Adventures, Jon Bowermaster, Lyons Press (USA, 2004) 1-59228-547-3
  • Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan, Bunty Avieson, Pan MacMillan (Australia, 2004) 1-40503582X
  • Before Lewis and Clark, Shirley Christian, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-374-11005-0
  • The Canada Chronicles: A Four-Year Hitchhiking Odyssey, Matthew Jackson, Summit Studios (Canada, 2004) 097346710X
  • Catch and Release: Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life, Mark Kingwell, Penguin Books of Canada Limited (Canada, 2003) 0670044334
  • Chattooga: Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River, John Lane, University Of Georgia (USA, 2004) 0-8203-2611-9
  • Chilkoot Pass: A Hiker's Guide to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Archie Satterfield, Graphic Arts Center Publishing (USA, 2004) 0-88240-589-6
  • Coswell's Guide to Tambralinga, Scott Landers, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-374-13021-3
  • Dancing at the Dead Sea: Tracking the World's Environmental Hotspots, Alanna Mitchell, Key Porter Books Ltd. (Canada, 2004)
    1-55263-586-4
  • The Darkest Jungle, Todd Balf, Crown Publishing (Canada, 2003) 0609-609-890
  • Discovering Eden: A Lifetime of Paddling Arctic Rivers, Alex Hall, Key Porter Books Ltd. (Canada, 2003) 1-55263-221-0
  • Distance, Jack Hodgins, McClelland & Stewart (Canada, 2004)
    0-7710-4172-1
  • A Dune Adrift in the Atlantic, Marq De Villiers & Sheila Hirtle, McClelland & Stewart (Canada, 2004) 0-7710-2642-0
  • Far From Home: Father Daughter Travel Adventures, Wendy Knight, Seal Press (USA, 2004) 1-58005-105-7
  • First Contact, Mark Anstice, Eye Books (UK, 2004) 1-903-07026-0
  • Full Moon, Flood Tide, Bill Proctor, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2003) 1-55017-291-3
  • Going Wild: Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World with Brian Keating, Brian Keating, Fifth House Limited (Canada, 2004)
    1-894856-50-3
  • Grand Centaur Station, Larry G. Frolick, McClelland & Stewart (Canada, 2004) 0-7710-4782-7
  • The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: Solace and Solitude in a Log House, Larry Scanlon, Penguin Books of Canada Limited (Canada, 2004) 0-6700-4452-0
  • The Healing Land - The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert, Rupert Isaacson, Grove/Atlantic Inc. (USA, 2003) 0-8021-1739-2
  • The Hudson's Bay Bow: From Cabbagetown to Rupert's Land, John Seagrave, Fifth House Limited (Canada, 2004) 0-894856-44-9
  • Ice Island: The Expedition to Antarctica's Largest Iceberg, Gregory S. Stone, Bunker Hill Publishing (USA, 2003) 1-59373-017-9
  • Invented Eden, Robin Hemley, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2003) 0-374-17716-3
  • Kiwis Might Fly, Polly Evans, Transword Publishers (UK, 2004) 0553 815571
  • The Man Who Would Be King, Ben MacIntyre, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-374-20178-1
  • Misadventures in a White Desert, Patrick Woodhead, Hodder & Stoughton Publishers (UK, 2004) 0340828102
  • Our Dream Was Canada, Eva Zidek, Trafford Publishing (Canada, 2003) 155395874-8
  • The Outlaw Sea, William Langewiesche, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-86547-581-4
  • Panic Rising: True-Life Survivor Tales from the Great Outdoors, Brett Nunn, Sasquatch Books (USA, 2003) 1-57061-350-8
  • Peak Survival, Pam Withers, Whitecap Books Ltd. (Canada, 2004)
    1-52285-530-9
  • The Phaselock Code, through Time, Death, and Reality, the Metaphysical Adventures of the Man Who Fell Off Everest, Roger Hart, Simon & Schuster (USA, 2003) 0-7434-7725-1
  • Raincoast Chronicles 20: Lilies and Fireweed, Frontier Women of British Columbia, Stephen Hume, Harbour Publishing (Canada, 2004) 1-55017-313-8
  • River Time: Racing the Ghosts of the Klondike Rush, John Firth, NeWest Press (Canada, 2004) 1-896300-66-9
  • Rounding the Horn, Dallas Murphy, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK, 2004) 0-297847-66-X
  • The Sailfish and the Sacred Mountain: Passages in the Lives of a Father and Son, Will Johnson, Inner Traditions, Bear & Company (USA, 2004) 0-892281-193-5
  • See This World Before The Next: Cruising With CPR Steamships In The Twenties And Thirties, David Lawrence Jones, Fifth House Limited (Canada, 2004) 1-894856-34-1
  • Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson, Hodder & Stoughton Publishers (UK, 2004) 0340824549
  • Stolen Figs, Mark Rotella, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2003)
    0-86547-627-6
  • Sun at Midnight, Rosie Thomas, HarperCollins Publishers Great Britain (UK, 2004) 0-00-717351-2
  • Sunken Cities, Sacred Cenotes, and Golden Sharks, Bill Belleville, University Of Georgia (USA, 2004) 0-8203-2592-9
  • Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud, Sun Shuyun, HarperCollins Publishers Great Britain (UK, 2004) 0-00-712974-2
  • Trail of the Dead, Jon Evans, Hodder & Stoughton Publishers (UK, 2004) 0340831456
  • Under a Wild Sky, William Souder, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-86547-671-3
  • Up the Creek: True Stories of Canoeists in Trouble, Doug McKown, McGraw-Hill Ryerson/International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press (Canada, 2004) 0-07-139090-1
  • Valverde's Gold, Mark Honigsbaum, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-374-19170-0
  • Walk to New York, Charles Wilkens, Penguin Books of Canada Limited (Canada, 2004) 0670044504
  • Wegener's Jigsaw, Claire Dudman, Hodder & Stoughton Publishers (UK, 2003) 0340823054
  • The Whale and the Supercomputer, Charles Wohlforth, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-86547-659-4
  • White Gold, Giles Milton, Hodder & Stoughton Publishers (UK, 2004) 0340794690
  • William Clark and the Shaping of the West, Landon Y. Jones, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA, 2004) 0-8090-304-1
  • Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith, Brandon Wilson, Heliographica (USA, 2004) 1-933037-24-5

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