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JOHN BURBIDGE

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  • "Montana! Big Choss Country," Rock & Ice, June 2000. Sure, there's a lot of rotten rock in
    Big Sky Country, but look a little closer and you'll find some true gems. An 8-page primer on
    the best rock climbing Montana has to offer. Photos by Stewart Green, Gordon Wiltsie,
    Corey Rich, and Sonja Burgard.


  • "Destination: Whidbey Island, Washington," Canoe & Kayak, August 2005. It may seem
    counterintuitive to plan a sea-kayaking trip just short of the world-famous San Juan
    Islands, but with more than 100 miles of picturesque shoreline, easy access, and a host of
    quaint seaside towns, Whidbey Island should be on every kayaker's trip list. Just watch
    out for the boat-eating whirlpools in Deception Pass.




  • "Eight Dead on Everest," Rock & Ice, August 1996. Before Jon Krakauer wrote his best-
    selling account of the 1996 Everest tragedy, Into Thin Air, there was me, lowly intern at a
    climbing magazine, fielding faxes from Katmandu as I tried to piece together the details of
    what would become the most famous mountaineering disaster in the history of climbing.










       
Sea kayaking on the west side of Whidbey Island with the
Olympic Mountains in the distance.