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Bernadette McDonald (born 1951) is a Canadian-born author of several non-fiction books, primarily on mountain culture topics, including ''Brotherhood of the Rope'',〔McDonald, Bernadette. ''Brotherhood of the Rope - The Biography of Charles Houston'' (2007) The Mountaineers Books ISBN 978-0-89886-942-2〕 ''Tomaž Humar''〔McDonald, Bernadette, ''Tomaž Humar Prigioniero del Ghiaccio'' (2009) Versante Sud ISBN 978-88-87890-99-0〕 and ''Freedom Climbers''. == Life and career == McDonald was born in 1951, in Biggar, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Lester and Erna Kelly. She grew up on a prairie farm. Her childhood and most of her education was focused on music, with a special emphasis on the performance of contemporary classical chamber music. She studied at Pacific Lutheran University, the University of Western Ontario and The Banff Centre. She moved to the Canadian Rockies in the early 1970s. She volunteered for the Banff Mountain Film Festival and she worked at The Banff Centre for twenty years, directing the Banff Mountain Festivals〔The Banff Center Communications She lectures on a variety of mountain topics for universities, festivals and alpine clubs, consults on mountain cultural issues with start-up festivals and mountain institutes, and curates mountain-related exhibitions. She has a number of honors, including the Alberta Order of Excellence,〔The Alberta Order of Excellence She has traveled widely, from South Africa to Iceland, Tibet to Patagonia, New Zealand to India, France to Turkey and Italy. She lives with her husband Alan McDonald in Banff, Alberta and in Naramata, British Columbia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bernadette McDonald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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