Tue, 3 August 2010 ![]() Neil Jennings talks about his book In Plain Sight and discusses the wonders in Alberta. Comments[0] |
Tue, 27 July 2010 ![]() Allan sits down with local writer and naturalist Robert Sandford to talk about his new book Ecology and Wonder. Comments[0] |
Tue, 20 July 2010 ![]() Allan Buckingham talks with the editor of Tommy and Lawrence: The Ways and Trails of Lake O'Hara, Chic Scott. They talk about who the two men were and how the created the beautiful trails around the Lake O'hara area. Comments[0] |
Wed, 14 July 2010 ![]() Allan talks to author Rob Bryce about his unique hiking guide: Hiking Jasper and Mount Robson which inculdes both a dvd and book. Comments[0] |
Tue, 6 July 2010 ![]() Allan talks with one of the authors of Life on the Trail 5:Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & In Kananaskis Country, Emerson Sanford. Comments[0] |
Tue, 29 June 2010 ![]() Allan talks with author Conni Massing about her book Road Tripping: On the Move With the Buffalo Girls. Learn about the crazy adventures you have have right in Alberta. Comments[0] |
Tue, 22 June 2010 ![]() This week Allan talks with Michale Lang, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies about her new book: Bears, Tracks through Time. Comments[0] |
Tue, 15 June 2010 ![]() This week, Allan chats with Grit McCreath and Graham MacDonald about their book, Waskesiu and its Neighbours: A Casual Illustrated History. Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Grit_McCreath__Graham_MacDonald.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:30 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 8 June 2010 ![]() Faye Reineberg Holt's new book Canada's Rocky Mountains: A History In Photographs takes a look at the history of the Rocky Mountains through photographs. Find out why she wrote it, and how she decided what to include.
For more information on Faye Reineberg Holt visit: http://www.wordsandhistory.ca/ Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Faye_Reineberg_Holt-_Canadas_Rocky_Mountains_A_History_In_Photographs.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:01 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 1 June 2010 ![]() Jeff Gailus is a Calgary based writer and environmentalist who has been following and studying Grizzly Bears for over 10 years. His new book 'The Grizzly Manifesto' takes a look at the Grizzly in Alberta and the political situation that surrounds it.
For more information on Jeff Gailus visit: http://www.gailus.ca Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Jeff_Gailus-_The_Grizzly_Manifesto.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:16 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 25 May 2010 ![]() This week Graeme Pole talks about his new book 'Canadian Rockies Explorer'.
For more information on Graeme Pole and 'Canadian Rockies Explorer' check out: http://www.mountainvision.ca Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Graeme_Pole-_Canadian_Rockies_Explorer.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:07 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 18 May 2010 ![]() This week Allan talks with one of the authors of The River Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow, Matthew Evenden. They talk about writing the book, and explore some of the events that have shaped its life.
For more information and to order the book check out: http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=2433 Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Matthew_Evenden-_The_River_Returns.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:18 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 11 May 2010 ![]() This week I interview the author of Mountain Running in the Canadian Rockies, Bob Walker. Bob tells us about self publishing the book, and gives some insight into why people run in the mountains.
For more info or to order a book check out: http://mtnrunning.ca/home.html Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Bob_Walker-_Mountain_Running.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:12 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 4 May 2010 ![]() This week Allan talks with the author of 'Babes in the Woods' Jennifer Aist. Learn about taking young children out into the back country from someone who has tuns of experience.
Find out more about Jennifer Aist at: http://wildernessforkids.com/wp/ Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Jennifer_Aist-_Babes_In_The_Woods.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:17 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 16 March 2010 ![]() I chat with Isabelle Daigneault about Ever Upward, the complete digitized collection of the Canadian Alpine Journals from 1907-2008 on DVD with searchable text. Every issue of the Canadian Alpine Journal from the first issue published in 1907 (until 2008) has been scanned and converted to digital text with photographs. We talk about the product, but also about the incredible process they went through to bring it to us.
Find out more and purchase your own copy at: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/CAJ-DVD/index.html Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Isabelle_Daigneault-_Ever_Upward.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:11 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 11 March 2010 ![]() This week I talk with the author of entangled enchantments, Wilma G Rubens.
Find out more at: http://www.wilmarubens.com/ Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Wilma_Rubens-_Entangled_Enchantments.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 3:01 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 2 March 2010 ![]() This week, I chat with one of the top ice climbers in Canada, Will Gadd, about his how to book 'Ice & Mixed Climbing: Modern Technique'. Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Will_Gadd-_Ice__Mixed_Climbing_-_March_02_10.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:07 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 23 February 2010 ![]() This week, I talk with Alpinist and author of 'Beyond the Mountain' Steve House. Find out more about Steve House at: http://www.stevehouse.net/ Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Steve_House_-_Beyond_The_Mountain_-_February_23_10.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:07 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 16 February 2010 ![]() This week, we learn about 'In The Bear's House' by Bruce Hunter. Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Bruce_Hunter-_In_The_Bears_House_-_February_16_10.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:16 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 9 February 2010 ![]() This week Mike Murtha, co-editor of 'The Forgotten Explorer: Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies' tells us about Samuel Fay, and the trip he took into this remote, little visited region. Direct download: Alpine_Authors_-_Mike_Murtha_-_The_Forgotten_Explorer_-_February_09_10.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 6:16 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 2 February 2010 ![]() This week I talk with Canmore based author of Motercycle Therapy Jeremy Kroeker. Find about more about Jeremy at: http://www.jeremykroeker.com/ Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Jeremy_Kroeker_-_Motercycle_Therapy_-_February_02_10.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:19 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 19 January 2010 This week I chat with the author of Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900, Stephen R Bown. Listen as Stephen and I discuss some of the companies and their leaders, and how they shaped the course of history. To find out more on Stephen R Bown check out: http://www.stephenrbown.net/ Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Stephen_R_Bown_-_Merchant_Kings_-_January_19_10.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:49 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 15 December 2009 This week we hear from award winning Banff author Lisa Hurst-Archer about her book 'How To Make A Wave'.Direct download: Alpine_Authors_-_Lisa_Hurst-Archer.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:10 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 8 December 2009 This week, we talk with Dr Reese Halter author of The Incomparable Honeybee & the Economics of Pollination. Dr Reese talks about the historical importance of Honeybees as well as the warning signs they are giving us today.For more information on Dr Reese Halter check out his website: http://www.drreese.com Direct download: Alpine_Authors_-_Dr._Reese_Halter.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:04 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 1 December 2009 This week we here from Canmore author Lori Nunn about the children's book she did with photographer Jason Bantle. Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Lori_Nunn_-_December_01_09.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 1:25 PM Comments[1] |
Tue, 24 November 2009 This week I chat with the author of Revelations, the Grand Prize Winner of the 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival, Jerry Moffett. To find out more about Jerry and his book visit: http://www.jerrymoffatt.com/ Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Jerry_Moffatt_-_November_24.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 1:15 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 17 November 2009 This week, I talk with the author of Conscious Mindful Leadership, Heather Good.Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Heather_Good_-_November_17_09.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 5:14 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 27 October 2009 ![]() This week, I talk with local author and water guru Bob Sandford about his new book Restoring The Flow: Confronting the Worlds Water Woes. For more information on Bob Sandford visit: http://www.rwsandford.ca/ Comments[0] |
Tue, 20 October 2009 This week I talk with longtime Banff resident Dorothy (Dorts) Stafford about her book Wagging Tales. Comments[0] |
Tue, 13 October 2009 This week I talk with North American Mountaineering Historian Andy
Selters. Andy talks about North American Mountaineering History, and
the process he went through writing 'Ways to the Sky: A Historical
Guide to North American Mountaineering'.For more information on Andy Selters visit: http://www.andyselters.com/ Comments[0] |
Tue, 6 October 2009 This week I talk about GPS with one of the authors of GPS Made Easy, Lawrence Letham. Find out more at http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1458Comments[0] |
Tue, 29 September 2009 ![]() This week I talk with Canmore based author Jerry Auld about his book Hooker and Brown, a story about mountains and mystery. How much uncertainty is there left in Canadian Rockies? Listen and find out. For more information on Jerry Auld visit http://jerryauld.com/ Comments[0] |
Tue, 1 September 2009 ![]() This week I chat with Canmore based writer Jocey Asnong about her book Nuptse and Lhotse in Nepal. For more information on Jocey Asnong visit: http://www.cautiousleroy.com Comments[0] |
Tue, 25 August 2009 This week local author and historian Ted Heart talks about the new
release of his book about guide and outfitter Jimmy Simpson.Comments[0] |
Tue, 18 August 2009 This week I talk with the author of Rocky Mountain Kids, Linda Goyette.
We chat about the stories in the book, and the research she did to find
them.Comments[0] |
Mon, 10 August 2009 This week we learn about the Life of the Trail series of hiking history/guide books with one of the authors, Emerson Sanford.Direct download: Alpine_Authors_-_Emerson_Sanford.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 4:19 PM Comments[0] |
Mon, 3 August 2009 ![]() Hazel Hutchins talks about her new book, Mattland. Moving can be tough on a child, especially when the neighbourhood you move to is still being built. But sometimes the mud and debris of construction can be the beginning of a neighbourhood as is the case in Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert's new book. Comments[0] |
Mon, 27 July 2009 ![]() This week we talk with Pat Morrow. Pat has written a new forward to Conrad Kain's book Where The Clouds Can Go as it is re-released for the centenary of Kain's arrival in Canada. For more information on Conrad Kain and the centennial events visit: http://www.conradkain.com/ Comments[0] |
Mon, 20 July 2009 This week we talk with author Helen Rose, about her novel 53 Grove
Road. The book tells the story of Helen's life after growing up in an
abusive and alcoholic home.Fore more information check out: http://www.53groveroad.ca/ Comments[0] |
Mon, 13 July 2009 Author Geoff Powter talks about his book Strange & Dangerous Dreams, an exploration of the psychology of risk.Comments[0] |
Mon, 6 July 2009 This week I talk with Karsten Heuer about his books Walking The Big
Wild, and Being Caribou. I also get a sneak peak at his new book
Finding Farley.For more information check out his website: http://www.necessaryjourneys.ca Comments[0] |
Mon, 29 June 2009 As one of the founders of the Banff Mountain Book Festival, Bernadette
McDonald has had a lot of influence on the world of adventure
literature. We talk about the Mountain Book Festival, as well as some
of Bernadette's own books.Direct download: Alpine_Authors_-_Bernadette_McDonald_.mp3 Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 3:40 PM Comments[0] |
Mon, 8 June 2009 ![]() Graeme Pole talks about his book The Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill. Find out about the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the engineering marvel that is the Spiral Tunnels. To find out more about Graeme Pole visit: http://www.mountainvision.ca/ Comments[0] |

