Talking ‘Mountaineering Women’ with Joanna Croston

The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival's Joanna Croston will speak at the event about her new book, 'Mountaineering Women: Climbing Through History'.

The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival celebrates 50 years in November, and festival director Joanna Croston won’t say which event she’s most looking forward to.

“That’s a bit like asking who my favourite child is,” Croston told CTV News.

She can be forgiven for bias in at least one of the events.

Croston will speak at the festival about her new book, Mountaineering Women: Climbing Through History.

The book profiles 20 women who’ve summited the highest and most challenging mountains around the world, and unlike men, Croston says, they didn’t do it for fame or fortune.

“I think for women it’s more of a personal journey, and that’s what the stories in this book are all about,” she said.

The festival runs from Saturday, Nov. 1, to Sunday, Nov. 9.

Croston’s event focused on Mountaineering Women: Climbing Through History is Thursday, Nov. 6.