Mount Assiniboine reflected in Sunburst Lake.

Mount Assiniboine and golden larches reflected in Sunburst Lake.

A campfire on the shore of an unnamed alpine lake in the Rockies near Talus Lodge.

The view across to the Dachstein peaks from the Totes Gebirge in Austria.

Looking across the north face of the Dent d'Herens in Switzerland (near Zermatt) after a 22 hour day of climbing.

Mark Raistrick, in January, on the summit of Am Teallach in the Scottish Highlands.

Sunset on Mount Assiniboine.

Mount Assiniboine in the winter from Mount Assiniboine Lodge.

The moon sets as the winter sun rises on Mount Assinboine.

Looking across Bow Lake towards Crowfoot Pass from Num-ti-jah Lodge

The Drei Zinnen (or Tre Cime di Lavaredo) in the Italian Dolomites are amongst the most spectacular peaks in the world and offer outstanding climbing on good limestone rock.

Looking up the west ridge of the Eiger after a storm. The notorious north face is on the left and here climbers would experience winter conditions.

The Gross Glocker, the highest peak in Austria, seen from Heiligenblut.

Sunset on the north west face of Half Dome in California's Yosemite Valley.

Alpenglow on Mount Harkin in Kootenay National Park. This photo was taken just a few metres from the car.

Mount Hungabee from the ponds in the Opabin Meadows.

Mount Rundle reflected in Vermilion Lake. It is October, the lake is freezing and soon winter will be here.

This beautiful valley, called Langdale, is in the English Lake District.

Mount Louis is one of the most spectacular peaks in the Canadian Rockies and a good climb as well.

These icy seracs overhang the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc. If you look closely you can see a tiny figure on the snow slope, climbing the last few metres of the Route Major.

This photo was taken from the summit of the Dent Du Geant in the heart of the Mont Blanc Massif. From here you have a superb view of Mont Blanc and all the satellite peaks.

This photo, looking across the Hubbard and Seward Glaciers, was taken from the east ridge of Mount Logan. We were descending at night after having climbed the East Peak. It was midnight on June 21, 1978, the longest day of the year, and one of our group looked up and said "Wow! Look at that!" The moon had just popped over the shoulder of Mount Vancouver. The image was taken on my old Rollei 35S, handheld at about 15th of a second.

In the summer of 2007, as I walked down to the Stubai Valley in Austria, from the Neue Regensberg Hut, I was treated to this magical scene.

On the Rogers Pass to Bugaboos ski traverse in 1973 we spent five days in this tent while the wind blew and the snow piled up around us. When it began to clear I climbed out of the tent and took this photo.

The north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the French Alps is one of the greatest mountain walls in the world and offers some outstanding climbing. It is also a spectacular feast for the eyes, early in the morning as the sun rises.

When I first saw the north face of the Aiguille du Triolet I knew that I wanted to climb it. The next year, with Matt Hale, a fine American climber, I had the pleasure of making the ascent.

Mount Waddington is one of the great peaks of the Coast Mountains. I captured this image in 1991 just as the last rays of sun lit the sky.

This photo of the Chinook wind sweeping over Wind Tower, near Canmore, was taken right from the highway

Yamnuska is a mountain dear to the hearts of Canadian climbers. It is here that many of us learned to climb. After a mid winter snowfall it is also very beautiful. The photo was taken right from the car.

The night before the Calgary Climbers Festival in October of 1988 Jim Sangster and I camped on top of Yamnuska and Jim pulled out his kite and let it fly.

This is the fantastic view of the Grandes Jorasses with the Walker Spur in profile that you get when you walk out of the Aiguille du Midi telepherique station above Chamonix in France. It is enough to take your breath away.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s I spent five summers in one of the most beautiful villages in the world. This is the view from Leysin, Switzerland toward the Dents du Midi.

The striking spire known as the Finger just west of Banff has a romantic and storied history.

The east ridge of Mount Logan is one of the greatest climbs in the world, about 4000 m from bottom to top. Just as we approached the mountain in 1978 an avalanche roared down the flank of the ridge to the glacier below.