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Bruce Kirkby is a Canadian adventurer, photographer, and writer. Widely recognized for extended expeditions to remote wilderness areas, his achievements include a 40-day, 1000-kilometre crossing of Arabia's Empty Quarter by camel (1999) and the first contiguous descent of Ethiopia's Blue Nile Gorge from source to Sudanese border (with National Geographic). The author of two best-selling books, Kirkby's writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic and The New York Times. National Geographic Channel featured his photography in the documentary ''Through the Lens'' (2003). A member of the Mountain Equipment Co-op Envoy/Adventure Team, Kirkby makes his home in Kimberley, British Columbia. ==Expeditions== *2011: 80 day horse-supported traverse of Republic of Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains, from Svaneti to Tusheti (avoiding South Ossetia); accompanied by his wife and two boys (aged 10 months and 4 years) *2010: Traverse of Axel Heiberg Island (Canadian High Arctic) *2006: Canoe descent Hess River (Yukon); remote, class IV whitewater. *2005: Transect of Northern Mongolia by Horseback. *2003: Sea kayak traverse of Northern Borneo; 530 kilometers of rarely traveled and roadless coastline. *2003: Iceland coast-to-coast trek; 870 km in 37 days. *2003: Sea kayaking exploration of Scoresby Sund (world’s largest fiord) on Greenland's east coast; 480 km in 26 days. *2001: ''The Grand Cirque''; a 1500-kilometer, 65-day circumnavigation of British Columbia’s southern coast range. Traveled by up coast by sea kayak, across Coast Mountains by foot, and down the Fraser River system by raft. Climbed N.W. Summit of Mt. Waddington en route, and navigated Hells Gate. *2000: Canol Trail; A rare (possibly first) unsupported traverse of the abandoned CANOL Pipeline Canol Heritage Trail in the Northwest Territories' Mackenzie Mountains; 380 km in 17 days. *1999: Blue Nile Gorge; Forty five day descent of Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Gorge by raft as part of National Geographic Expedition; marked by gunfights, hostage taking and crocodile attacks. *1999: Arabia’s Empty Quarter; A forty-day, 1000-kilometer crossing of Arabia’s southern sand desert. *1998: Mt. McKinley (Denali), Alaska; 23 day expedition on West Buttress route, reached summit twice. *1997: Mt. Everest, Communications Coordinator for Canadian Team; spent two months at base camp, involved with rescues of crashed helicopter and fallen Sherpa. *1991: Karakoram Highway; Two-month mountain bike journey through Northern Pakistan. Kirkby has over 2,000 days experience as a commercial guide, including raft descents of Tatshenshini, Alsek, First, Burnside, Grand Canyon and Nahanni, and sea kayak journeys along the Canadian West Coast and Belize's Barrier Reef. His travels cover 80 countries, and include the Galapagos Islands, China, Hong Kong, Tibet, Bhutan, Iceland, Greenland, Borneo, Myanmar, Bali, Sikkim, Ecuador, Pakistan, Saba, Patagonia, Kenya, Bahamas Saba Cambodia, Vietnam and Mongolia. 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「Bruce Kirkby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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