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Turning The Page: Another Place, Another Time
Turning The Page: Another Place, Another Time
Turning The Page: Another Place, Another Time
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A travelogue with a difference. The account of a brief, seven-day trip to the author's home country of England, with often very humorous and poignant comments about the history, geography and sociology of the place. Includes a touching account of a Scottish family wedding, and numerous amusing anecdotes, as well as observations of the English at work and play. Short, snappy, and well worth a look! A real Wow! for casual historians, homesick ex-pats, lovers of real ale, those with travel in their heart, and anyone who likes to read about pleasing adventures and remembering their youth, the joyfulness of family reunions, and the futility of attempting to understand airport procedures! Well illustrated with good photographs.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Porter
Release dateFeb 29, 2012
ISBN9781465968517
Turning The Page: Another Place, Another Time
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John Porter

John Porter was born in Massachusetts and he started climbing at the age of twelve, serving his apprenticeship in the White Mountains, Rockies, Cascades and Yosemite. He moved to the UK in the early 1970s to do postgraduate work at Leeds University where he joined a team of climbers dedicated to clean ethics, alpine-style and the fostering of international partnerships. Ascents of the North Face of Koh-i-Bandaka (1977) and the south face of Changabang (1978) with Alex MacIntyre and Polish friends were achieved in the middle of the cold war. Other climbs include lightweight attempts of the west ridge of Everest in winter, the north-west ridge of K2, the east face of Sepu Kangri, first ascents of Chong Kundam I and V in the Eastern Karakoram, and many other notable climbs around the world over a period of fifty-five years. In 1980 he founded the Kendal Mountain Festival with Brian Hall and Jim Curran, and in 2011 he and Brian founded the online adventure film website SteepEdge. John lives in the Cumbrian Lake District working as a consultant in the energy sector. He is a vice president of the Alpine Club and has previously been a vice president of the British Mountaineering Council and secretary to the Mountain Heritage Trust.

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