EXPEDITION TO THE EDGE

Stories of Worldwide Adventure

From skilled weekend warriors to internationally recognized stars of the
professional adventure game, Lynn Martel has interviewed dozens of the most
dynamic, creative and accomplished self-propelled adventurers of our time.

In Expedition to the Edge: Stories of Worldwide Adventure, Martel has
assembled 59 compelling and entertaining stories that uniquely capture the
exploits, the hardships, the fears and the personal insights of a virtual
who`s who of contemporary adventurers as they explore remote mountain
landscapes from the Rockies to Pakistan to Antarctica.

Through candid and revealing conversations, Martel captures the joys, the
motivations and the revelations of top climbers Sonnie Trotter, Sean Isaac,
Raphael Slawinski and Steph Davis; Himalayan alpinists Carlos Buhler, Marko
Prezelj and Barry Blanchard; record-setting paraglider Will Gadd; Everest
skier Kit Deslauriers; the conservationist duo Karsten Heuer and Leanne
Allison as they follow a caribou herd for five months on foot across the
Yukon; and Colin Angus on his two-year quest to become the first person to
circumnavigate the world by human power.

Lynn Martel grew up in Montreal and studied creative writing at Concordia
University. Since the 1980s she has lived in the Canadian Rockies, where she
writes about mountain culture and history. Her work has appeared in numerous
newspapers and magazines, including the Rocky Mountain Outlook, Whistler Pique
Newsmagazine, Calgary Herald, explore and WestJet`s inflight magazine up!