Regional Canada, Action & Adventure, Contemporary, Nature Writing & Essays 

In Switchbacks, Sid Marty draws on his own memories and those of friends and former colleagues in relating a series of true mountain tales. Among his subjects are: the old guide who built a staircase up a cliff; the stranded snowshoer who was rescued between rounds of beer in a Banff tavern; the man who catered to hungry grizzlies; an opinionated packrat with a gift for larceny; and a horse named Candy whose heart was as big as a stove.??Along the way, Marty tries to answer the kind of questions that all of us must face some day. Do we really have to grow up and abandon adventure as well as youthful ideals? Can the mountains draw old friends back together, when politics and life styles have set them apart???Sid Marty writes gracefully of the land he loves and lampoons a few bureaucrats whose policies sometimes threaten its integrity. His portraits of the people and creatures that make their lives in the mountains are affectionate and respectful. But, above all, this is a collection of engaging, surprising, funny, and superbly told true stories by a gifted writer.  

Genre/Form: Biographies
Biography
Named Person: Sid Marty; Sid Marty; Sid Marty
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Sid Marty
ISBN: 0771056699 9780771056697
OCLC Number: 44549107
Description: xi, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Contents: The rucksack --
The dude, the warden, and the marvel lake kid --
The old trolls of Lake O'Hara --
Grub-hoe days --
Porters of the great signs --
Accident on Mount Babel --
Cruising for a bruising on Mount Huber --
Black bears, poem bears --
Sling jobs --
The bear's mouth --
A horse named candy --
Whence is courage? --
Putting out the cows --
Rum is no burden
Responsibility: Sid Marty.