Join us for a conservation with Hap Wilson discussion conservation, art and his newest book Snow.
When: Saturday, November 14th @ 7pm
Where: Cedar Canoe Books HUNTSVILLE (72 Main St E)
Tickets: $10
About Hap Wilson
A self-taught writer, artist and photographer, Hap is the quintessential essence of a modern-day Renaissance Man. Abandoning urban living at an early age for a life in the wild, Hap soon became one of Canada’s best-known explorers, canoeists, and map-makers. An International Fellow of the Explorer’s Club and member of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, he has paddled over 60,000 kilometers across Canada, detailing his travels in numerous publications and guidebooks and preserving the country’s natural beauty with his wilderness sketches.
About the Book
Henry David Thoreau famously explains that “he went to the woods because he wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life,” a principle Wilson adopted when he spent a lifetime searching for answers while exploring Canada’s wilderness in all seasons. SNOW : Finding Paradise Below Zero, follows Wilson on his many escapades in the dead of winter, suffering frostbite, isolation, near-death experiences, surviving six months enduring a remote winter with two infants in diapers, and as a park warden in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. This is a deeper look into the evolution of camping gear and techniques, but more importantly, how to overcome adversity to live comfortably in the wilds of winter, to find paradise below zero.