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30 OCT 2000 - 05 NOV 2000

Bradford Washburn Mountain Photography Takes Grand Prize

[Other Festival Winners]

Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography is the winner of the 2000 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize, the $2000 Phyllis and Don Munday Award sponsored by the Alberta Sections of the Alpine Club of Canada. The festival awards were presented on Thursday evening, November 2.

The book reflects the eight decades that Bradford Washburn has spent documenting mountain landscapes from the Grand Canyon to Mount Everest. Edited and compiled by Antony Decaneas, the book includes one hundred large format mountain photographs selected from the over 10,000 images in the Washburn portfolio.

"We considered a number of books for the Grand Prize - smart and provocative books, books that told exciting stories - but we were won over by the timelessness and beauty of the images that Brad Washburn has made over the course of his remarkable career and that are collected in this book," says Chris Dafoe, a member of the 2000 book jury. "Many of these photographs may have been shot for scientific purposes, but clearly there's an artist's eye at work here. The book captures both the grandeur of the great mountains and the subtle delights that can be found in the mountain world."

A pre-screening committee selected 27 finalists out of 98 entries from seven countries including Canada, the USA, the UK, Nepal, Germany, South Africa and Italy. The finalists were judged by an international jury consisting of Chris Dafoe, Canada; Susan Golomb, USA; and Bernard Amy, France. Bernard Amy comments "The 27 entries represented a high-quality selection, often very different, but all deserving to be finalists. As often in a jury discussion, the Grand Prize emerged from the whole as an obvious choice. It appeared to be a perfect book among books, telling the story of one of the most important personalities in American mountaineering."

Other 2000 Banff Mountain Book Festival winners:

Mountain Literature Finalists

· Extreme Rock & Ice
Garth Hattingh (New Holland Publishing, South Africa)

· Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood
Orville Schell (Henry Holt and Company, Inc.) wins the Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature, sponsored by The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies - $1000. "This is a fascinating book about a fascinating land, offering interesting insights and reflections on the West's relationship with Tibet," says jury member Susan Golomb.

Mountain Exposition


Sponsored by Mountain Lights Bookstore, Lake Louise, Canada - $500 is awarded to
A Hiker's Guide to the Rocky Mountain Art of Lawren Harris, Lisa Christensen (Fifth House Ltd.)

Adventure Travel


And the award for Best Book - Adventure Travel - $500 goes to
Patagonia: Notes from the Field, Nora Gallagher (Chronicle Books) "This book reflects a wide range of travel experiences from the exhilaration and joy of teamwork to the quiet and spiritual contemplation of nature," comments Susan Golomb.

Mountain Image

· Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography Antony Decaneas (The Mountaineers Books) wins the award for Best Book - Mountain Image - $500

James Monroe Thorington Award:


Sponsored by the UIAA for the best recent work on mountaineering history goes to
Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, Chic Scott (Rocky Mountain Books), $500 Pushing the Limits also wins the Canadian Rockies award, for the best book on the local area, sponsored by Eagle Creek Travel Gear.

Canadian Alpine Journal Award: $250


Sponsored by the Canadian Himalayan Foundation for the best article in the 2000 Canadian Alpine Journal goes to Drew Brayshaw for
"Fragments from a Coastal Season."

Mountain Literature Finalists

·Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains - The History of the 8000-meter Peaks Richard Sale & John Cleare (The Mountaineers Books)

· Creagh Dhu Climber: The Life & Times of John Cunningham Jeff Connor (The Ernest Press)

· El Capitan, Daniel Duane (Chronicle Books) · Extreme Rock & Ice, Garth Hattingh (New Holland Publishing (South Africa)

· Life and Death on Mt. Everest, Sherry Ortner (Princeton University Press)

· My Quest for Yeti: Confronting the Himalayas' Deepest Mystery, Reinhold Messner (St. Martin's Press)

· Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire, Nicholas Howe (Appalachian Mountain Club Books)

· Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, Chic Scott (Rocky Mountain Books)

· A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya, Stephen Venables (Random House UK)

· Stone Palaces, Geof Childs (The Mountaineers Books)

· True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna, David Roberts (Simon & Schuster)

· Two for the Summit: My Daughter, the Mountains and Me,Geoffrey Norman (Dutton)

· View from the Summit, Edmund Hillary (Transworld Publishers)

· The Wildest Dream: the Biography of George Mallory, Peter & Leni Gillman (The Mountaineers Books)

Mountain Exposition finalists:

· The Complete Climber's Handbook, Jerry Cinnamon (Ragged Mountain Press) Guide to Climbing Photography, Jeff Achey (Stackpole Books)

Mountain Image finalists:

· Chasms of Silence, Marten Berkman (Folio Gallery for Waterous & Co.)

· Denali: Reflections of a Naturalist, Kennan Ward (Creative Publishing, Intl.)

· Millenium 2000 #2, Betta Gobbi (Vivalda Editori SRI.)

Adventure Travel finalists:

· Along the Inca Road, Karin Muller (National Geographic Society)

· Alpine Circus, Michael Finkel (Lyons Press)

· National Geographic Expeditions Atlas, Tom Melham (National Geographic Society)

· Sand Dance: By Camel Across Arabia's Great Southern Desert, Bruce Kirkby (McClelland & Stewart)

The Banff Mountain Book Festival is the only festival of its kind in North America. The festival, which runs in conjunction with the Banff Mountain Film Festival, is a celebration of mountain literature which brings together writers, publishers, editors, photographers and - of course - readers. Featuring guest speakers, readings, seminars, a book fair, book signings and launches, the festival offers a wide spectrum of experiences for the participants and the audience.

The entry deadline for the 2001 competition is August.

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