Tsering Yangzom Lama, Maria Coffey, Lyn Baldwin, and David Chaundy-Smart are the Canadian winners of the 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition. The winners were announced on Oct. 19, and in turn are eligible for the Grand Prize, which will be announced on Nov.
Two avalanches hit the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma slopes at elevations of 7,600 metres and 8,000 metres, killing American climber Anna Gutu and Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa.
Luke Mehall considers himself a word person more than anything. And he is a dirtbag. He does not just appreciate the word “dirtbag” in his capacity as a writer – it is mythology, a lifestyle and, as t.