Bio
Majka Burhardt is a writer, climber, filmmaker and guide. A lifelong adventurer, she has traveled and guided throughout the world by bike, canoe, and, more often than not, by hand and foot. Much of Majka’s recent work has been focused on Africa, where she first went to Ethiopia in search of a rare coffee. Unexplored sandstone towers kept her in Ethiopia and resulted in her book Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa, short‑listed for the Banff Book Award. Her second book, Coffee Story: Ethiopia, was released in August 2011. In 2010, Majka produced Waypoint Namibia and the film was featured at international film festivals and shown on NBC's Universal Sports. Majka was nominated for an EPIC Emerging Artist Award for her work as the Executive Producer. She is currently producing the forthcoming film The Lost Mountain.
Burhardt’s non-fiction work has appeared in 
publications including Afar, Men’s Health, Skiing Magazine, Patagonia, Alpinist, Women's Adventure, The Explorers Journal, and Climbing, where her column “Whipped," ran for six years. Majka’s blog, The Liminal Line, can be found here, on her website. She champions “Additive Adventure”—when adventure goes beyond exploration to cultural and environmental connections that create a larger conversation of singular and collective human meaning.
As a speaker, Majka has made numerous presentations to diverse audiences in venues ranging from TEDxSMU to the 92nd Street Y in New York City to the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. Her work has been featured on news programs, radio shows, magazines and newspapers.
Majka Burhardt has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers and received her BA in Anthropology from Princeton University. She merges these backgrounds with her passion for the outdoors and adventure in her writing. Majka is sponsored by Patagonia, Osprey Packs, Petzl, Scarpa, Julbo, Outdoor Research and is an AMGA Certified Rock Guide. She also serves on the AMGA Board of Directors.
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