VERTICAL ETHIOPIA's NEXT EVENT:

Saturday, May 17th, at Chrissy Fields Center, San Francisco, CA, at 7:00PM.  See entire tour schedule here.

RECENT PRESS:

May 9th, Live interview on NECN Television News:  (Watch below or on NECN news HERE)

Recent press on Telluride Mountain Film Blog, live interview on the Aiga Forum (listen), and reviews in Climbing Magazine and Mountain Gazette.  See more press here.

Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa. 

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By Majka Burhardt, Photography by Gabe Rogel 

VERTICAL ETHIOPIA documents a climbing expedition to unexplored sandstone spires in northern Ethiopia. In March 2007, four women traveled to Ethiopia to discover if climbing might be the next frontier for this continuously evolving country.

Told through a series of vignettes that reveal what it means to climb, to travel, and to explore, Vertical Ethiopia looks closely at the intersections between adventure and culture, history and opportunity.

Vertical Ethiopia is being published by Shama Publishing, an Ethiopian Publisher. The book is thus a collaborative African product with over half of the first print run being sent to Addis Ababa for in-country sale. Majka talks about her commitment to this collaboration, and her experiences with working with Ethiopia press rules and regulations on her book tour.

Click here to read more about The Story Behind Vertical Ethiopia. 

Click here for an excerpt of Vertical Ethiopia

Majka Burhardt  is a writer, climber, and guide living in Boulder, Colorado.  Her non-fiction work has appeared in various magazines, including Men’s Health, Climbing, Women’s Adventure, and Patagonia. She has a BA in anthropology from Princeton University and a MFA in creative writing from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers and is currently completing her first novel.

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