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Laura Waterman

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Laura Waterman grew up in New Jersey. Her father, Emily Dickinson scholar, Thomas H. Johnson, taught at the Lawrenceville School. Laura graduated from Hollins University in 1962 with a major in English. 

For the decade of the Sixties, she was an editor in book publishing in New York City.  In 1969 she began climbing and met Guy Waterman, a speechwriter, formerly on Capitol Hill. The couple were married in l972, and in l973, moved to Vermont to establish an off-the-grid homestead.

For the next nearly 30 years, Laura and Guy collaboratively wrote books about mountain ethics and stewardship, subjects that grew out of their own climbing life. Those titles include The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping and Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness. They also penned two books on the social and trail building history of the Northeast's mountain ranges: Forest and Crag and Yankee Rock & Ice. Their collection, A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True was a posthumous publication for Guy who died in 2000. 

Guy's choice to take his own life steered Laura to write Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, a memoir about their homesteading, writing, and climbing years, and Laura's attempt to understand her own role in her husband's decision. The book was  selected as an Editor's Pick by the Boston Globe. 

Most recently Laura has published a novel, Starvation Shore, about the Lt. Greely Arctic Expedition . Laura, and posthumously Guy, were awarded the David Brower Conservation Award from the American Alpine Club in 2012, and Laura, in 2019, was inducted into the AAC's Hall of Mountaineering Excellence. 

Guy's death prompted Laura and friends to found the Waterman Fund that works to conserve the alpine areas of northeastern North America. Learn more at: watermanfund.org.
Visit Laura's website: laurawaterman.com

Laura Waterman

3.9/5 ( ratings)
Website
Go to Website
Laura Waterman grew up in New Jersey. Her father, Emily Dickinson scholar, Thomas H. Johnson, taught at the Lawrenceville School. Laura graduated from Hollins University in 1962 with a major in English. 

For the decade of the Sixties, she was an editor in book publishing in New York City.  In 1969 she began climbing and met Guy Waterman, a speechwriter, formerly on Capitol Hill. The couple were married in l972, and in l973, moved to Vermont to establish an off-the-grid homestead.

For the next nearly 30 years, Laura and Guy collaboratively wrote books about mountain ethics and stewardship, subjects that grew out of their own climbing life. Those titles include The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping and Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness. They also penned two books on the social and trail building history of the Northeast's mountain ranges: Forest and Crag and Yankee Rock & Ice. Their collection, A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True was a posthumous publication for Guy who died in 2000. 

Guy's choice to take his own life steered Laura to write Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, a memoir about their homesteading, writing, and climbing years, and Laura's attempt to understand her own role in her husband's decision. The book was  selected as an Editor's Pick by the Boston Globe. 

Most recently Laura has published a novel, Starvation Shore, about the Lt. Greely Arctic Expedition . Laura, and posthumously Guy, were awarded the David Brower Conservation Award from the American Alpine Club in 2012, and Laura, in 2019, was inducted into the AAC's Hall of Mountaineering Excellence. 

Guy's death prompted Laura and friends to found the Waterman Fund that works to conserve the alpine areas of northeastern North America. Learn more at: watermanfund.org.
Visit Laura's website: laurawaterman.com

Books from Laura Waterman

Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Distant Planes

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness, Special Edition, with an Appreciation of Guy Waterman

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Backwoods Ethics: A Guide to Low-Impact Camping and Hiking

4/5 ( ratings)

Forest and Crag, 2nd: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Yankee Rock & Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States

4.4/5 ( ratings)

A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall & True

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Starvation Shore

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition

4.7/5 ( ratings)

Forest and Crag

4.5/5 ( ratings)

A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall & True

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Yankee Rock & Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Mountain Voices: Stories of Life and Adventure in the White Mountains and Beyond

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays (Excelsior Editions)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Backwoods Ethics: Environmental Issues for Hikers and Campers

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Peaks & Paths: A Century of the Randolph Mountain Club

4.5/5 ( ratings)
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