The Bold and Cold: A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

By Brandon Pullan

History of 25 classic Canadian Rockies climbs and the climbers who pushed standards during the region's major decades of alpine development.

The Bold and Cold tells the stories behind 25 major Canadian Rockies climbs and the men and women who established them. Rather than functioning as a guidebook, Brandon Pullan's account focuses on the personalities, decisions, conditions and climbing styles that shaped the development of difficult alpinism in the region.

The book follows the progression from early summit climbing to the increasingly ambitious faces and ridges attempted during the twentieth century, with particular attention to the decades when Rockies climbers pushed onto steep rock, ice and mixed terrain. The routes are presented through history, recollection and mountain culture rather than grades alone.

Pullan also examines the seriousness of climbing in a range known for unstable rock, complex weather and committing terrain. The result is a narrative history of Canadian alpinism, preserving the stories behind routes that are often discussed, sometimes repeated and central to the climbing identity of the Rockies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771601159
• ISBN13: 9781771601153
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.8" x 10.1"