Chris Townsend (writer)

Chris Townsend is a passionate hillwalker and author of over 20 books. He is also currently Hillwalking Ambassador for the British Mountaineering Council[1]

Although Craig Caldwell was the first person to climb all of the Munros and Tops in one continuous journey, Townsend was the first to do so entirely on foot covering 1700 miles (2700 km) and 575,000 feet (170,000 m) of ascent over all 517 of the 3000 ft (914 m) Scottish summits listed in Munro's Tables.[2] He was also the first person to walk the length of the Canadian Rockies, a distance of 1600 miles (2500 km). Chris Townsend has also hiked the 2600 mile (4200 km) Pacific Crest Trail, the 3100 mile (5000 km) Continental Divide Trail, from Land's End to John o' Groats in the UK (1250 miles, 2000 km), south-north through the Scandinavian mountains (1300 miles, 2100 km), 1000 miles (1600 km) south-north through the Yukon Territory, the 800 mile (1300 km) Arizona Trail, the 1200 mile Pacific Northwest Trail and the 700 mile Scottish Watershed.

Townsend has been a long-term contributor to The Great Outdoors magazine, for whom he is currently the Gear Editor. His book The Backpacker's Handbook won the Outdoor Writer's Guild Award for Excellence in 1993.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Liz Roberts (2013-12-05). "Chris Townsend steps up to mountaineering council's ambassador post". Grough.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Cameron McNeish (July 17, 2005). "At one with the world on nation's most northern Munro Views across". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  3. ↑ "Chris Townsend Outdoors". Retrieved 2014-04-09.

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