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Alice Purdey lives in Burnaby, B.C. and is one of the coauthors of '109 Walks in British Columbia's Lower Mainland'. She is also a member of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club [BCMC]. She obtained her nursing degree from the University of British Columbia [U.B.C.] in 1967. In the 1960s, Alice Purdey was one of Canada’s leading climbers. She made first ascents of many of Squamish routes, like Echelon, Colon and Triptoe. She was among a small group of climbers who were climbing technical rock routes in Canada at the time. She made an early ascent of Mount Waddington and first ascents in the Pantheon Range and around Hurley River. In 1967, she was part of a team that attempted the unclimbed north ridge of Mount Logan and she made the first Canadian ascent of Mount St. Elias.