Majka Burhardt is a writer, climber, guide, and executive producer of the film Waypoint Namibia. A lifelong adventurer, she has traveled and guided throughout the world by bike, canoe, and, more often than not, by foot. Much of Burhardt's recent work has been focused on Africa, where she first went to Ethiopia in search of a rare coffee. Unexplored sandstone towers kept her in Ethiopia and resulted in her book Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa, short‑listed for the Banff Book Award. Her second book, Coffee Story: Ethiopia, will be released in early 2011. In 2009, Majka produced Waypoint Namibia. The film is currently touring film festivals around the world and Burhardt was nominated for an EPIC Emerging Artist Award for her work as executive producer.
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