Adventure journalist Peter Potterfield is the author of more than a dozen books on outdoor adventure, including the critically acclaimed In the Zone, and High Himalaya, which won the Banff Book Festival Award, and the iconic Classic Hikes of the World. He has written for Outside, National Geographic Adventure, Backpacker and Condé Nast Magazine. His latest book is Classic Hikes of North America, to be released in August 2012. He lives in Seattle where he is editor of GreatOutdoors.com.