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Alpine rising : Sherpas, Baltis, and the triumph of local climbers in the great ranges
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26251
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2024
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- 01.1 M14a
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2024
- Physical Description
- 269 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Climbing
- Himalaya Mountains
- Sherpa
- Sherpa-history
- Nepal
- Abstract
- The story of the often unheralded and unrecognized stars of climbing in the Himalaya and the Karakoram: the local inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Pakistan, Tibet, India, and Nepal who have been support staff--porters, cooks, sirdars, and unacknowledged guides--for Western climbers for generations. ALPINE RISING focuses on the experiences and accomplishments of these Sherpas, Baltis, Ladakhis, Hunzas, Astoris, Magars, Bhotias, Rais, and Gurangs. Highlighted climbers range from Raghubir Thapa and Goman Singh who climbed with Albert Mummery in 1895, Ang Tharkay who climbed with Eric Shipton and Maurice Herzog, and Tenzing Norgay who, along with Edmund Hillary, was the first to summit Everest, to today's superstars, Ali Sadpara, Mingma G, Kama Rita, and others -- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN
- 9781680515787
- Accession Number
- P2024.02
- Call Number
- 01.1 M14a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Winter cragging in the Canadian Rockies : a select guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25688
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Baggaley, Nick
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB : Frozen Limestone Publications
- Call Number
- 01.5 B15w
- Author
- Baggaley, Nick
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB : Frozen Limestone Publications
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 325 pages
- Subjects
- Ice climbing
- Guide
- Guidebook
- Abstract
- The Bow Valley, Icefields Parkway and Radium Highway contain many world-class ice and mixed climbs. This guide covers 14 crags with over 200 climbs graded from WI3 to M14+.
- Contents
- 1. Exshaw and Kananaskis -- 2. Grotto Mountain -- 3. Canmore -- 4. Banff -- 5. Kootenay -- 6. The Icefields Parkway -- 7. David Thompson Corridor.
- ISBN
- 9781738679102
- Accession Number
- P2023.06
- Call Number
- 01.5 B15w
- Collection
- Archives Library
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How to ice climb!
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Banfield, Tim and Issac, Sean
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : FalconGuides
- Call Number
- 01.5 B22h
- Responsibility
- Foreword by Conrad Anker
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : FalconGuides
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 271 pages
- Subjects
- Ice climbing
- Winter Sports
- Guidebook
- Abstract
- How to Ice Climb! covers the equipment and techniques that will allow beginners to safely enjoy this sport. It also provides experienced climbers with advanced skills that will make them more efficent. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- The Ice Climbing Game; Equipment; Planning and Preparing; The Approach; Technical Systems; Ice Movement; Leading Ice; Mixed Climbing; Training, by Steve House; Destinations
- ISBN
- 9780762782772
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 01.5 B22h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Camp 4 : recollections of a Yosemite rockclimber
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25739
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Roper, Steve
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Call Number
- 02.8 R68c
- Author
- Roper, Steve
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 255 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- In the 1960s, California's Yosemite Valley was the center of the rock climbing universe. Young nonconformists -- many of them the finest rock climbers in the world -- channeled their energy toward the largely untouched walls and cracks. Soon climbers from around the globe were coming to Camp 4 -- gathering spot for the creators of the "Golden Age" of Yosemite climbing -- to see whgat all the fuss is about. -- From the back cover
- Notes
- Winner of the 1994 Banff Mountain Book Festival for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9780898863819
- Accession Number
- P2023.19
- Call Number
- 02.8 R68c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountains and desire : climbing vs. the end of the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26237
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Grebowicz, Margaret
- Publisher
- London, U.K. : Repeater Books
- Call Number
- 02.8 G81m
- Author
- Grebowicz, Margaret
- Publisher
- London, U.K. : Repeater Books
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 113 pages
- Subjects
- Climbing
- Sport
- Sport climbing
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. "Because it's there." Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story of interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily on the rise, from commerical mountaineering and climbing walls in university gyms to corporate workplaces to the flood of spectacular climbing imagery in advertising, cinema, and social media. [...] Taking the degradation of Everest and the success of Free Solo as its starting point, Mountains and Desire chases after what remains of this pursuit -- marred by its colonial history, coopted by national chauvinism, ableism, and the capitalist compulsion to unlimited growth -- for both climbers and their fans. -- From back cover
- Contents
- 1. The ends of desire -- 2. Who will marry you now? -- 3. Just because someone has done it doesn't mean it's humanly possible -- 4. Everest traffic and the economy of walking -- 5. Climbing technotopia, or: Did free solo really happen? -- 6. Gestures of climbing -- 7. The last problem of the Himalaya.
- ISBN
- 9781913462239
- Accession Number
- P2024.02
- Call Number
- 02.8 G81m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Up, at work - Chris Perry deson't mind that you've never heard of him, but you should. Geoff Powter profiles one of the Rockies' most prolific routebuilders and discovers what motivates him to set the path for others to follow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25148
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Powter, Geoff
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Powter, Geoff
- Responsibility
- Geoff Powter
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.80 - 85
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Abstract
- Pertains to routes built by Chris Perry
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Crack climbing : the definitive guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25207
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
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- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Responsibility
- Pete Whittaker
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 302 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Travel
- Guidebook
- Abstract
- Crack climbing is a highly technical form of movement in which climbers position their hands, feet, and even their entire body in cracks to make upward progress on rock. An advocate for the sport’s aesthetic lines, physicality, and technical know-how, author Pete Whittaker teaches more than sixty Crack School Masterclasses each year and was featured in the popular climbing film Wide Boyz. This detailed and comprehensive guide teaches step-by-step techniques and tips, including for: Jamming (finger, hand, fist, foot, arm, leg, body) Crack types (chimneys, liebacks, underclings, roof cracks) How to safely lead and place protection Efficient positioning and movement Strength recovery while climbing (From Mountaineers Books website)
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note
- Before We Begin: Key Terms
- Key to Illustrations
- Chapter 1 - Five Rules of Crack Climbing
- Chapter 2 - Finger Cracks
- Chapter 3 - Hand Cracks
- Chater 4 - Fist Cracks
- Chapter 5 - Offwidth Cracks
- Chapter 6 - Squeeze Chimneys
- Chapter 7 - Chimneys
- Chapter 8 - Stemming
- Chapter 9 - Roof Cracks
- Chapter 10 - Placing Gear
- Chapter 11 - Equipment
- Chapter 12 - Taping
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Winner - Guidebook 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards Honorable Mention - Instructional
- ISBN
- 9781680512151
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Mountaineers Books website
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Stories of ice : adventure, commerce and creativity on Canada's glaciers
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 03.4 M36s
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- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Responsibility
- Lynn Martel
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), color map
- Subjects
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- Glaciers
- Hydrology
- Abstract
- With the state of global ice constantly in the news, one mountain journalist examines Canadian glaciers to uncover their secrets and their future. From a mother/daughter duo who spent five months skiing across icefields from Vancouver to Alaska, to scientists discovering biofilms deep inside glacier caverns, to protesters camping for weeks to protect their beloved local glacier, western Canada's glaciers are dynamic, enigmatic, exquisitely beautiful, sometimes dangerous environments where people play, work, run businesses, explore, and create art every single day. Author Lynn Martel is one of them. With gorgeous images by some of the country's best outdoor photographers, Stories of Ice shares the excitement, the mystery, and the wonder of Canada's glaciers and poses questions about their future. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Photographers
- Prologue
- Born to meld
- Adventure on ice
- Commerce from ice
- Study of ice
- Inspiration in ice
- Spiritual ice
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
- ISBN
- 9781771603898
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.4 M36s
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Mount assiniboine : the story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25540
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sco3m
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 336 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 32 cm
- Subjects
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Tourism
- History-Canada
- Mountaineering
- Climbing
- Hiking
- Camping
- Backcountry
- Travel
- Abstract
- This book tells the story of the history of Mount Assiniboine and the surrounding area. Mount Assiniboine is a beautiful mountain located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in south eastern British Columbia. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- First Nations History at Mount Assiniboine ; Part One: The Discovery of Mount Assiniboine (1800-1910) ; Part Two: The Wheeler Years (1913-1927) ; Part Three: Strom's Half-century: Part I (1928-1950) ; Part Four: Strom's Half-century: Part 2 (1950-1983) ; Part Five: The Renner Years (1983-2010) ; Part Six: A New Generation Takes Over
- ISBN
- 9780981105932
- Accession Number
- P2022.06
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sco3m
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- Archives Library
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The 1978 climber's guide to the Banff Townsite
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25236
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- van Schaik, Bob
- Burgess, C.L.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Edition
- Second
- Call Number
- 02.8 Sc1t
- Author
- van Schaik, Bob
- Burgess, C.L.
- Responsibility
- Bob van Schaik (concept and photography)
- C.L. Burgess (design and layout)
- Edition
- Second
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 16 pages ; b&w illustrations
- Subjects
- Banff
- Banff (townsite)
- Rock climbing
- Abstract
- Pertains to sites to climb within the Banff townsite
- Contents
- Southwest wall of Donald Cameron Hall
- The spectrum traverse
- Book & Art Den
- Cascade Tavern
- Bud depot
- King Edward Hotel
- Credit Union
- Liquor Store
- Banff Park Lodge
- Post Office
- Bridge on Banff Avenue
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Notes
- About the climber
- Notes
- First Limited edition Banff, Alberta 1978
- Second edition, Edmonton, Alberta 2020
- Accession Number
- 2021.08
- Call Number
- 02.8 Sc1t
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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