Leif Whittaker
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  • Port Townsend Leader Story about Mountaineering and Coaching.
  • King5 News Story about Coaching and Carrying on the Whittaker Legacy.
  • Story about Leif in the Cascadia Daily News.
  • Story about coached athlete Travis Van Overbeke scaling the Seven Summits.
  • Blog about endurance training for The Mountaineers.
  • Story about coached athlete Tim Krauss climbing Aconcagua.
  • Story about climbing in Ecuador from coached athlete Devin Geoghegan.
  • Mount Baker Experience article about endurance training philosophy. 
  • Evoke Endurance podcast on climbing, coaching and authorship.​ 
  • Cascadia Weekly article about following in father's footsteps.
  • Local author to speak about climbing Everest.
  • WCLS "Read and Share" programming.
  • Book excerpt in Outside Online article about Everest.
  • My Old Man and the Mountain has inspired art and community events in Port Townsend. 
  • Book selected as 2018 Community Read in Port Townsend.
  • Article in Cascadia Weekly.
  • Selected as a finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Festival. 
  • Selected as a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards. 
  • Article in the Idaho Mountain Express. 
  • Four titles honored with Nautilus Book Awards. 
  • Interview in 1889 magazine. 
  • Mention in the National Geographic summer gear guide. 
  • Article in the Durango Herald.
  • Book excerpt in Rock and Ice magazine. 
  • Book review by Jon Foro of the Amazon Book Review. 
  • Article in the Sequim Gazette. 
  • Article in The Olympian. 
  • Radio interview with Cris Wilson on KPTZ. 
  • Live television interview on AM Northwest. 
  • Live television interview on New Day Northwest. 
  • Article in Hood River News. 
  • Last minute gift ideas on The Inertia. 
  • Interview in The Mountaineer. 
  • Book recommendation by Cool of the Wild. 
  • Book review by Sunriver Books and Music. 
  • Book excerpt in Mount Baker Experience. 
  • Book review in the Seattle Times. 
  • Profile in the Port Townsend Leader
  • Profile in the Peninsula Daily News. 
  • Interview with From The Margins, a podcast that explores the story behind the story in publishing. Check out episode 3. 
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