edge of the map the mountain life of christine boskoff

Garton's first book, Awakening East, is a memoir tracing the joys and challenges of adopting two children from China. The book was named a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and is currently being considered for production into a film. Her latest book, Edge of the Map, is a dramatic and inspiring work of creative nonfiction based on the life of trail-blazing mountaineer Christine Boskoff. The book was named a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and is currently being considered for production into a f Johanna Garton is an author, mother, professor, attorney, consultant, marathoner and distance running coach who lives in Denver. Johanna Garton is an author, mother, professor, attorney, consultant, marathoner and distance running coach who lives in Denver. Edge of the Map captures each step of the pair’s story, culminating in their disappearance among the remote peaks of western China and the desperate search to find them which gripped the world.more

And, in legendary Colorado rock climber Fowler, she discovered her perfect partner. She was a rarity at the time - a woman leading otherwise all-male expeditions.ĭespite challenges both personal and professional, Christine persevered to find freedom and a balance with nature on the earth’s wildest peaks. Edge of the Map traces Christine’s life as a high-altitude climber and mountain guide - from a two-day climbing course while a Lockheed engineer in Atlanta to her remarkable leadership of Seattle’s Mountain Madness guiding company following Scott Fischer’s death on Mount Everest in 1996. **WATCH OFFICIAL BOOK TRAILER** A dramatic and inspiring adventure story based on the lives of trailblazing mountaineer Christine Boskoff and her partn **WATCH OFFICIAL BOOK TRAILER**Ī dramatic and inspiring adventure story based on the lives of trailblazing mountaineer Christine Boskoff and her partner Charlie Fowler. The greatest unknown story in modern mountaineering for fans of Into Thin Air and adventure reads! Autographed copy! Finalist - Colorado Book Awards.

Edge of the map the mountain life of christine boskoff