![]() ![]() And it reveals the shockwaves that went through the climbing community when Boskoff, then thirty-nine, and her climbing partner and boyfriend, Charlie Fowler, “one of the most iconic rock climbers of all time,” went missing. Garton honors Boskoff as an astute businesswoman, too she sustained her need to climb by taking over Seattle’s Mountain Madness guide service after its founder, Scott Fischer, died on Everest. She is seen “always laughing, radiant, and down-to-earth ” but also in deep grief after her husband’s suicide and the death of her father. Boskoff quit her work at Lockheed-Martin to give climbing her all. Everest.īased on hundreds of hours of interviews and research, Garton’s book reveals a gifted, multifaceted, and much-loved young woman. Known for her humility, courage, strength, and uncanny ability to breathe at high altitudes, Boskoff was the first woman to summit six of the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter-plus peaks, and the only woman expedition leader among all the elite guide services operating on Mt. Johanna Garton’s engrossing Edge of the Map traces the rise of Wisconsin native Christine Boskoff to the top of the list of elite mountain climbers. ![]()
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