Smithers cartographer and travel writer Morgan Hite talks about his work with the National Outdoor Leadership School, his introduction to mapmaking and his recent trip to Turkey.

Morgan makes the maps he prepares for his Northword Magazine articles available at BV Trail Maps.

Books and articles:

• Briefing for a Descent into a More Harsh Environment by Morgan Hite
• High Albania by  Edith Durham
• A Pennine Journey: The Story of a Long Walk in 1938 by Alfred Wainwright
• A Traveller on Horseback in Eastern Turkey and Iran by Christina Dodwell
• Journey to Kars by Philip Glazebrook
• Patrick Leigh Fermor's A Time of  Gifts, Betweeen the  Woods and the Water, and The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
• My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City by Alexandra David-Neel