Bruce Kirkby has pursued a life of adventure, undertaking
major expeditions to remote locations around the globe. After
graduating in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University, Bruce
had a brief (six-month) office career, before his love of the
wilderness and a craving for physical challenge tore him away.
A professional guide, Bruce has spent much of the last ten years in
arduous environments, leading whitewater rafting and canoe
expeditions on remote northern rivers (including the Tatshenshini,
Nahanni, Firth, and Burnside), jungle explorations in the Central
American rainforest, and sea-kayak voyages along Belize’s barrier
reef. As a mountaineer Bruce has climbed throughout Canada and
around the world, twice reaching the summit of Mt. McKinley (North
America’s highest peak), and he was a member of the 1997 Canadian
Mt. Everest Expedition.
Three of Bruce’s journeys have been featured in National Geographic
video documentaries, including a raft descent of Ethiopia’s
legendary Blue Nile Gorge. His photographs have been featured in
Outside magazine, American Photo, Maclean’s, Explore, and Men’s
Fitness.
While not in the field, Bruce lives in Calgary, where he is
currently organizing a one-hundred-day foot journey across Tibet’s
remote Chang Tang Plateau.
“Wonderful and richly rewarding…[Sand Dance] is an immense
achievement, as book and journey, one that made me gnash my teeth,
laugh and weep for both sorrow and joy. And one that made me wish
devoutly that I’d been there too.”
–Globe and Mail
“Sand Dance is destined to become a classic. It’s not only a fine
literary work, it’s beautifully produced as well, peppered with
Bruce Kirkby’s evocative photographs and lovely touches of Arabic
script. Highly recommended.”
–Explore
“Sand Dance is a thrilling read for anyone who finds the desert, or
the Middle East, alluring.”
–Edmonton Journal
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