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The Mountain Knows No Expert: George Evanoff, Outdoorsman and Contemporary Hero
The Mountain Knows No Expert: George Evanoff, Outdoorsman and Contemporary Hero
The Mountain Knows No Expert: George Evanoff, Outdoorsman and Contemporary Hero
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Short-listed for the 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival Competition

The Mountain Knows No Expert epitomizes George Evanoff’s philosophy towards the outdoors, while presenting an intriguing contrast with the man himself. Widely regarded as an "expert," he was a knowledgeable, experienced, and practical outdoorsman, teacher, and mentor, yet ironically lost his life in the mountains in an encounter with a grizzly. Son of a Macedonian immigrant family, George was raised in Alberta, and went on to become a mountaineer, guide, avalanche specialist, and pioneer in ecotourism in British Columbias North Rockies.

The many themes embedded in Evanoff’s life experiences encompass self-propelled backcountry travel, outdoor safety, avalanche safety and rescue, ski patrol leader, exploration and discovery, outdoor ethics, and public involvement with respect to land and resource use. George Evanoff was honoured in several tangible ways after his death, culminating in the naming of Evanoff Provincial Park in the Hart Ranges of the Rockies.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDundurn
Release dateFeb 23, 2009
ISBN9781770705128
The Mountain Knows No Expert: George Evanoff, Outdoorsman and Contemporary Hero

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