Vertical Reference - The Life of Legendary Mountain Helicopter Rescue Pilot Jim Davies

An exciting and heart-pounding look at one of Western Canada's most adventurous individuals, known as a pioneer pilot of the heli-ski industry and as the first mountain-rescue pilot in the Canadian National Parks system.

About the author

Kathy Calvert grew up in the Canadian Rockies. In 1974 she became one of the first female national park wardens in Canada; in 1977 she was a member of the first all-women expedition to Mount Logan; and in 1989 she was on the first all-women ski traverse of the Columbia Mountains from the Bugaboos to Rogers Pass. She is the author of four books: Don Forest: Quest for the Summits, Guardians of the Peaks: Mountain Rescue in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains, June Mickle: One Woman's Life in the Foothills and Mountains of Western Canada, and Ya Ha Tinda: A Home Place - Celebrating 100 Years of the Canadian Government's Only Working Horse Ranch. She and her husband, Dale Portman, live in Cochrane, Alberta.

Product details

• Authors: Kathy Calvert
• Publisher: Rocky Moutain Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781771604154
• ISBN: 978-1-77160-415-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Winter sport; Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography