<b>Alan Kane</b> was born in Banff, Alberta, and grew up in Golden, British Columbia. In 1991 RMB published his original <i>Scrambles</i> guidebook, which to this day is almost solely responsible for the widespread popularity of non-technical mountain ascents, or scrambles, out West. When he isn&#8217;t hiking or scrambling, Alan may be found wandering along streams pursuing his other passion, fly-fishing. Alan is married to his very tolerant wife, Diana, and lives in Calgary, Alberta.