Jack Turner (born in 1942) is an American writer and academic.
Since 1975, he has traveled in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Tibet, Bhutan, Peru, and Patagonia, leading more than forty treks and expeditions.
He has lived in Grand Teton National Park for over twenty years and teaches mountaineering during the summers.
He won a 2007 Whiting Award.
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