Sale!

Climber’s Paradise: Making Canada’s Mountain Parks, 1906–1974 (Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains)

Amazon.com Price:  $22.50 (as of 01/05/2019 21:32 PST- Details)

Description

The mountain parks are for all Canadians all the time and their value can’t be measured in the case of what number of get right of entry to roads, motels, souvenir shops and golf courses now we have provided. -Bob Jordan, 1971

The Alpine Club of Canada imagined the Rockies and neighbouring ranges to the west and the north as a “climber’s paradise.” Through a century of adventure and advocacy, the ACC led easy methods to mountain pursuits in spectacular regions. Historian and mountain studies specialist PearlAnn Reichwein’s research is informed by her experiences climbing and by her interest in mountain culture. She presents a compelling case for understanding wild spaces and human activity within them as parts of a complete. A work of invaluable scholarship within the areas of environmental history, public policy, sport studies, recreation, and tourism, Climber’s Paradise will appeal to many non-specialists, mountaineers, environmentalists, and travellers across Canada and beyond.

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Asia » Japan » General » Climber’s Paradise: Making Canada’s Mountain Parks, 1906–1974 (Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains)

Recent Products