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Doldenhorn and Weisse Freau

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1863

Author: Roth, Abraham

Publisher: Coblenz : Baedeker

Call Number: DQ841 D6 R6

Author: Roth, Abraham

Publisher: Coblenz : Baedeker

Published Date: 1863

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 D6 R6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Dolomite Mountains : excursions through Tyrol.....in 1861, 1862 & 1863

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1864

Author: Gilbert, Josiah

Publisher: London : Longman

Call Number: DB466 G54

Author: Gilbert, Josiah

Publisher: London : Longman

Published Date: 1864

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Dolomite Alps; Geology

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DB466 G54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Domino Set

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Date: 1860 – 1980

Material: wood; metal; ivory

Catalogue Number: 108.01.0008

Description: A complete set of twenty eight rectangular tiles, each a sandwich of ebony and ivory held together by three brass rivets. Ivory face of each tile divided in half with one to six shallow circular dots marking each half.

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Title: Domino Set

Date: 1860 – 1980

Material: wood; metal; ivory

Dimensions: 0.8 x 2.2 x 4.5 cm

Description: A complete set of twenty eight rectangular tiles, each a sandwich of ebony and ivory held together by three brass rivets. Ivory face of each tile divided in half with one to six shallow circular dots marking each half.

Subject: households; pastime; entertainment; Edward S, Morse; Edith Morse Robb

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 108.01.0008

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Double Bed Quilt

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Date: c. 1870

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 102.01.1004

Description: Hand sewn, thin quilt. Pattern is red on white.

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Title: Double Bed Quilt

Date: c. 1870

Material: fibre

Description: Hand sewn, thin quilt. Pattern is red on white.

Subject: households; needlework; quilting; sewing; White family

Credit: Gift of Ken Campbell, Qualicum Beach, 1987

Catalogue Number: 102.01.1004

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Drawn : the art of ascent

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2015

Author: Collins, Jeremy

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers Books

Call Number: G512 C65

Author: Collins, Jeremy

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 176 unnumbered pages, color illustrations, + 2 postcards (1 perforated sheet)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Rock climbing; Graphic art

ISBN: 9781594859588

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 C65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Eagles nest in the valley of Sixt

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1860

Author: Wills, Sir Alfred

Publisher: London : Longman, Green [et al.]

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DQ841 S6 W5

Author: Wills, Sir Alfred

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: London : Longman, Green [et al.]

Published Date: 1860

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ841 S6 W5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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East of the Himalaya : alps of Tibet and beyond, mountain peak maps

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Nakamura, Tamotsu

Publisher: Japan : Nakanishiya Shuppan Co.

Call Number: DS785 N35

Author: Nakamura, Tamotsu

Responsibility: Japanese Alpine Club

Publisher: Japan : Nakanishiya Shuppan Co.

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 333 pages, illustrations (colour), maps,

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Japanese Alpine Club; Photography; Tibet

ISBN: 9784779509940

Accession Number: AC632

Call Number: DS785 N35

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Echoes : one climber's hard road to freedom

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2012

Author: Bullock, Nick

Publisher: Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: G512 B85 E24

Author: Bullock, Nick

Publisher: Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: xv, 231 pages, plates [colour], ill. [colour]

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Scotland; Wales

ISBN: 9781906148539

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 B85 E24

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The eight mountains : a novel

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2016

Author: Cognetti, Paolo (author); Carnell, Simon (translator); Segre, Erica (translator)

Publisher: New York : Atria Books - an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Call Number: P T44 C64

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Author: Cognetti, Paolo (author); Carnell, Simon (translator); Segre, Erica (translator)

Publisher: New York : Atria Books - an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Published Date: 2016

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Italy; Fiction; Mountaineering

Abstract: Pietro is a lonely boy living in Milan. With his parents becoming more distant each day, the only thing the family shares is their love for the mountains that surround Italy. While on vacation at the foot of the Aosta Valley, Pietro meets Bruno, an adventurous, spirited local boy. Together they spend many summers exploring the mountains’ meadows and peaks and discover the similarities and differences in their lives, their backgrounds, and their futures. The two boys come to find the true meaning of friendship and camaraderie, even as their divergent paths in life—Bruno’s in the mountains, Pietro’s across the world—test the strength and meaning of their connection. (from Simon & Schuster website)

Contents: Prologue; One - mountain of childhood; Two - the house of reconciliation; Three - a friend in winter

ISBN: 9781501169892

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: P T44 C64

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Simon & Schuster website

Websites

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End of the rope : mountains, marriage, and motherhood

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2018

Author: Redford, Jan

Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press

Call Number: G512 E53 R43

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Author: Redford, Jan

Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: x, 303 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Rock climbing; Mountaineering; Women; Biography

Abstract: In this funny and gritty debut memoir, praised by Outside, Sierra, Alpinist, and more, Jan Redford grows from a reckless rock climber to a mother who fights to win back her future. As a teenager, she sets her sights on the improbable dream of climbing mountains. By age twenty, she’s a climber with a magnetic attraction to misadventures and the wrong men. Redford finally finds the love of her life, an affable Rockies climber. When he is killed in an avalanche in Alaska, a grieving Redford finds comfort in the arms of another extreme alpinist. Before long, they are married, with a baby on the way. While her husband works as a logger, Redford tackles the traditional role of wife and mother. But soon, she pursues her own dream, one that pits her against her husband. End of the Rope is Redford’s telling of heart-stopping adventures, from being rescued off El Capitan to leading a group of bumbling cadets across a glacier. It is her laughter-filled memoir of friendships with women in that masculine world. Most moving, this is the story of her struggle to make her own way in the mountains and in life. To lead, not follow. (from Counterpoint Press website)

Contents: First climb -- On the rocks -- Lion's layback -- The rescue -- Speed ruts -- Learning to roll -- Bugaboo -- World's toughest milkman -- Fragile ice -- We're gathered here today -- Aberdeen -- Show no fear -- Climbing girlfriend -- The final last straw -- The memo -- In the arms of a mountain -- The underwear drawer -- Teetering on the edge -- Pink wedding dress -- The waiting -- Miracles -- Into the shadows -- Back on the sharp end -- Yodel village -- You lead, I'll follow -- Carsick -- Die young, stay pretty -- Grant's lunch -- Fractured -- Playing dead -- Mama spiders -- Remember the lilac -- Power surge -- Leaving Chaba -- Only four years -- One little "non" -- Second chances.

ISBN: 9780345812315

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: G512 E53 R43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Counterpoint Press website

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Everest : the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2013

Author: Tuckey, Harriet

Publisher: London : Rider

Call Number: G512 T83

Author: Tuckey, Harriet

Publisher: London : Rider

Published Date: 2013

Physical Description: xxiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Everest, Mount; Himalaya Mountains; History; Mount Everest Expedition 1953; Medicine

ISBN: 9781826043499

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 T83

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Everest, the west ridge

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2013

Author: Hornbein, Thomas Frederic

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers

Edition: fiftieth anniversary edition

Call Number: DS486 E8 H58 2013

Author: Hornbein, Thomas Frederic

Responsibility: Thomas Hornbein, 50th anniversary edition foreward by Jon Krakauer

Edition: fiftieth anniversary edition

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers

Published Date: 2013

Physical Description: 303 pages, col. ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Everest, Mount; Mountaineering

ISBN: 9781594857072

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: DS486 E8 H58 2013

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Expeditions on the glaciers : including an ascent of Mont Blanc

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1864

Author: Barrow, John

Publisher: London : E. and F.N. Spon

Call Number: DQ825 B37

Author: Barrow, John

Publisher: London : E. and F.N. Spon

Published Date: 1864

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Includes other ascents; Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ825 B37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Exploration - British North America ... 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1863

Author: Palliser, John

Publisher: London : Eyre & Spottiswoode

Call Number: F1060.8 P3 1863 Oversize C

Author: Palliser, John

Publisher: London : Eyre & Spottiswoode

Published Date: 1863

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Palliser Expedition

Call Number: F1060.8 P3 1863 Oversize C

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Explorers' sketchbooks : the art of discovery & adventure

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Lewis-Jones, Huw; Herbert, Kari

Publisher: San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: N L49 E97

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Author: Lewis-Jones, Huw; Herbert, Kari

Responsibility: Huw Lewis-Jones and Kari Herbert

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 320 p. : illus. (colour)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Travel; Maps; Botany; Ecology; Anthropology; Tourism

Abstract: The sketchbook has been the one constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure. Often private, they are records of immediate experiences and discoveries, and in their pages we can see what the explorers themselves encountered. This remarkable book showcases 70 such sketchbooks, kept by intrepid men and women as they journeyed perilous and unknown environments—frozen wastelands, high mountains, barren deserts, and dense rainforests—with their senses wide open. Figures such as Charles Darwin and Sir Edmund Hillary are joined here by lesser-known explorers such as Adela Breton, who braved the jungles of Mexico to make a record of Mayan monuments. Here are profiles, expedition details, and the artwork of pioneering explorers and mapmakers, botanists and artists, ecologists and anthropologists, eccentrics and visionaries. Here is the art of discovery. (from publisher's website)

Contents: Foreward; Introduction; The sketchbooks; Biographies; Selected reading; Illustration credits; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes: Signed by Huw Lewis-Jones "Banff 2017"

ISBN: 9780452158273

Accession Number: AC635

Call Number: N L49 E97

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

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Les faiseurs de montagne : imaginaires politiques et territorialites, XVIIIe-XXIe siècle

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2010

Author: Debarbieux, Bernard

Publisher: Paris : CNRS

Call Number: GN D43

Author: Debarbieux, Bernard

Responsibility: Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz

Publisher: Paris : CNRS

Published Date: 2010

Physical Description: 373 p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountains; Anthropology

ISBN: 9782271069856

Accession Number: AC624

Call Number: GN D43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Fall of heaven : Whymper's tragic Matterhorn climb

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Messner, Reinhold (author); Bierling, Billi (translator)

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Call Number: G512 F35 M47

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Author: Messner, Reinhold (author); Bierling, Billi (translator)

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 206 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Whymper, Edward; Biography; Matterhorn

Abstract: As Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhorn—one of the most famous and iconic peaks in the Alps. Is it the “Devil’s mountain,” as the locals call it? Should he heed the village priest who warned that its summit was not meant to be climbed? Carrel is undeterred, he just needs capable climbers to join him. Enter Edward Whymper, who in 1861 at the age of 21 decided—unbeknownst to Carrel—that he would be the first to climb the Matterhorn. So the storyline is set, except that where Carrel is captivating, Whymper is utterly unsympathetic as an adventurer. He is mean and disdainful of guides, describing them as little more than porters who eat and drink too much. Despite this attitude, Whymper’s quest leads him inexorably into partnership with Carrel. The story follows their many attempts to find a route to the top of the Matterhorn, but then fate pulls them apart just as Whymper finds the line. His successful summit on July 14, 1865, in which Carrel did not take part, shocked the Victorian world with both awe and revulsion as four members of Whymper’s party died in frightening falls. Famed climber and author Reinhold Messner acknowledges that Whymper was the first man to summit the Matterhorn, the last of the great Alpine peaks to be climbed and representing the beginning of an age of alpinism based on difficulty rather than conquest. But rather than leaving a hero’s legacy, Whymper is revealed as the Captain Ahab of alpinism, a team leader who accepted no responsibility for the deaths of his teammates. Fall of Heaven is an exciting tale and an examination of the different types of men who were caught up in the adventuring spirit of the Victorian age, and the ironic fates that can follow success or failure. (from Mountaineers Books website)