Uniting Canada's Largest Climbing Community

Win A Copy Of A Youth Wasted Climbing
Here is your chance to win one of two copies of David Chaundy-Smart’s new book, A Youth Wasted Climbing.
A Youth Wasted Climbing

David Chaundy-Smart’s new book, A Youth Wasted Climbing

In the book, Chaundy-Smart chronicles many of his early Ontario climbing experiences that eventually led to him becoming one of the area’s most important climbers. Since its publication earlier this year, the book has been praised by a wide audience of both climbers and non-climbers, and has also recently been short-listed for the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.
For a chance to win a copy of A Youth Wasted Climbing, simply go to the OntarioClimbing.com forum and submit up to a 300-word memoir of your climbing career. Forum members will vote for the two most entertaining submissions, which will then be chosen as the winners. The contest runs until October 30, 2015 and is open to anyone that signs into the forum.
For more details visit the OntarioClimbing.com forum.
Stacks Image 133191
Gus Alexandropoulos is a freelance writer who has been involved in the outdoor industry for over 35 years. During his career he has been the editor at Canada’s national climbing magazine, as well as the gear editor for a national cycling magazine, triathlon magazine and running magazine. His work has been published in Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and he has been a guest on television and radio broadcasts. His passion for climbing began in Ontario in the mid-80s and he continues to travel extensively in search of crisp conditions and steep rock.