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The Adventure Zone

Past stories Children of Winter Bruce Peninsula Mountain Bike Adventure Frontier Adventure Challenge MEC Big Chop Summer Paddle Series The Calgary Stampede Moraine for Life Adventure Relay Monarch Redux Rockies Bird Festival Arctic Winter Games Bolivia's Acotango Mount Kilimanjaro The Drambuie Pursuit Canadian Aboriginal Festival Mountain Mania Adventure racing Manitoulin Island Star Party Celebration of Light Algonquin Park Ottawa Race Weekend Maple syrup festival Cain's Quest Have Snowshoes, Will Travel Quebec Ice Hotel In the Eye of the Storm Arctic Aurora Borealis Canada's 'Deep South' Agawa Canyon Ablaze Mahone Bay Boat Festival Vancouver Island's rocky trail Wild Women Expeditions Eco-Endurance Summiting Canada Gourmet getaway Yukon Arctic Ultra Canadian Wind Riders Winnipeg's urban pathways Canoeist/artist Bill Mason Take a hike Whitewater kayaking The 2005 Sea Cavalcade Moonstruck - Adventure racers Delta Marsh Birding Festival Climb for conservation The Eagle has Landed Gold Rush Trail Whistler Film Festival Fit to ski Whyte Museum of the Rockies Cheakamus Challenge "Super Dave" Norona Ontario's French River region Cabot Trail Relay Race Point Pelee Festival of Birds Canmore Ice Climbing Festival Winterlude Yeti Mountain Snowshoe Series Golden Horseshoe Orienteering Club Banff Mountain Book Festival Haliburton Highlands Sand Sculpture Championships BC Mobility Society Bathtub Race Championship Bike Month Running off the road Birds of a Feather Grand Plans in Grand Cache Le Festival du Voyageur Raid Ukatak Around the World Alone November culinary adventure Mountains in Miniature In the Belly of the Dragon Raid the North Extreme!! Making a splash! Volunteer for nature Cycling for sustainability Working for Wildlife Whale of a time Canadian Death Race Mont Tremblant Skiing Nanook of the North Eco-challenge Climate Change Caravan Royal Regatta Unleash the hounds World Cup mountain bike race Yukon River Quest On top of the world Canada's World-Class Heritage Gliding across the silver screen Marathon Madness National Ski and Snowboard Week Christmas Bird Count Banff Festival Adventure racing Coast-to-coast trek Whitewater rodeos In praise of parks Watching Canada's wildlife Canada's Highest Peak Alaska Adventure Racer

Photo credit: Ned Gillette

EVEN THE MOST DEDICATED adventurer should take time to stoke the fire within. So shuck off your Polartech, grab an armchair, and embark on the inner journey with the help of the whopping 151 titles entered in the mountain literature competition that is part of the 2003 Banff Mountain Book Festival. Held annually at the exquisitely situated Banff Centre, nestled in the Canadian Rockies, the festival runs from November 5-7 and features daytime seminars by renowned adventure writers and photographers who have travelled here from all over the world to celebrate both the beauty and the risk that are part of mountain culture. Also on the agenda are readings, signings and literary lunchbreaks. Among a tantalizing list of participants this year are Peter Matthiessen, author of In the Spirit of Crazy Horse and The Snow Leopard; Maria Coffey (Fragile Edge and Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure); and Ed Douglas (Chomolungma Sings the Blues and Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves).

The Banff Centre — unique in Canada for its dedication to the arts, leadership development and mountain culture — is the learning centre that never sleeps. Visit www.banffcentre.ca to find out more about its rich and diverse programming and go to www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/festivals/book/ to see a complete list of the books entered in this year's festival.