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JOHN BURBIDGE

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    about moving away from Montana and the
    emotional quandary that complicates
    moving back.









    June, 2006. Expecting more than most,
    a kayaking couple second guess their
    decision to take on the Alaskan wilderness.









    Whidbey Island, a Mere 45 Miles Long,
    Usurps the Title," New York Times,
    November 21, 2004. In the never-ending
    debate over whether size matters enter two
    unlikely contestants from opposite sides of
    the country.







    December 2001. Recalling a decade of
    backcountry skiing in Montana and a
    good friend lost to fate.










    April, 1996. Anthologized in The
    Best of Rock and Ice (Mountaineers
    Books, 1999). When a rock climber
    turns a bridge support into his private
    training ground, some homeless bums
    take exception and fight for what's theirs.





    MORE STORIES! Click here to read more published stories about rock climbing in Montana,
    mountaineering on the North Face of North Trapper Peak in the Bitterroot Range, sea kayaking
    around Whidbey Island in Washington . . . and how I scooped Jon Krakauer on the 1996 Mount
    Everest disaster!



       

John Burbidge on Clubfoot (5.12a), a
severely overhanging rock climb in the
Bitterroot Mountains, Montana. Click
here to see a YouTube video of his climb.