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Adventures of James Capen Adams, mountaineers and grizzly bear hunter

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

Published Date: 1861

Author: Hittell, Theodore Henry

Publisher: Boston : Crosby, Nichols, Lee

Call Number: F864 A3

Author: Hittell, Theodore Henry

Publisher: Boston : Crosby, Nichols, Lee

Published Date: 1861

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

Subjects: Sierra Nevada Mountains

Call Number: F864 A3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures with my alpen-stock and carpet bag

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

Published Date: 1864

Author: Smith, William

Publisher: London : Pitman

Call Number: DQ23 S615

Author: Smith, William

Publisher: London : Pitman

Published Date: 1864

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

Call Number: DQ23 S615

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Airline Tag

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Date: 1982

Material: metal; plastic; paper

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0156 a-g

Description: Six red, orange, and pink paper and one plastic/metal baggage tags from Air Canada, Singapore Airlines, and Thai [Air?]. The black plastic/metal tag has “Calrelli” in silver script on one side and “PIKE ; EVEREST ; SHERATON ; NEPAL” written in ink on a label adhered to the back.

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Title: Airline Tag

Date: 1982

Material: metal; plastic; paper

Dimensions: 4.7 x 0.4 x 12.t cm

Description: Six red, orange, and pink paper and one plastic/metal baggage tags from Air Canada, Singapore Airlines, and Thai [Air?]. The black plastic/metal tag has “Calrelli” in silver script on one side and “PIKE ; EVEREST ; SHERATON ; NEPAL” written in ink on a label adhered to the back.

Subject: Lloyd Gallagher; Everest 82; commemorative; memorabilia; travel; airplanes; airlines

Credit: Gift of Peter Spear, 2017

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0156 a-g

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Alan Rouse : a mountaineer's life

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Birtles, Geoff. (comp.)

Publisher: London : Unwin Hyman

Call Number: G512 R68 B5

Author: Birtles, Geoff. (comp.)

Publisher: London : Unwin Hyman

Published Date: 1987

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

Call Number: G512 R68 B5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alaska : images of the country

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

Published Date: 1981

Publisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club

Edition: Deluxe ed

Call Number: F909 A4 Oversize D

Responsibility: photographs and text selection by Galen Rowell; text by John McPhee from Coming into the country

Edition: Deluxe ed

Publisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club

Published Date: 1981

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

Call Number: F909 A4 Oversize D

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alberta Energy

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.031

Description: Oilfield at dawn.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Alberta Energy

Date: 1981

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 20.1 x 28.1 cm

Description: Oilfield at dawn.

Subject: landscape; rural; industry; oilfield

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.031

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Alexander Calhoun

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Lohnes, Donna

Publisher: Calgary : Calgary Public Library

Call Number: G505 A4 L6

Author: Lohnes, Donna

Publisher: Calgary : Calgary Public Library

Published Date: 1987

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

Call Number: G505 A4 L6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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All 14 eight-thousanders

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

Published Date: 1988

Author: Messner, Reinhold

Publisher: Seattle : Cloudcap

Call Number: DS485 H6 M4

Author: Messner, Reinhold

Publisher: Seattle : Cloudcap

Published Date: 1988

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

Call Number: DS485 H6 M4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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All that glitters : a climber's journey through addiction and depression

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

Published Date: 2011

Author: Talbot, Margo

Publisher: Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press

Call Number: G512 T35

Author: Talbot, Margo

Responsibility: Margo Talbot

Publisher: Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press

Published Date: 2011

Physical Description: 191 p. : ill., ports.

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

Subjects: Biography; Talbot, Margo; Ice; Arctic

ISBN: 9781550391824

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 T35

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alone on the wall

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

Published Date: 2016

Author: Honnold, Alex

Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: G512 H66

Author: Honnold, Alex

Responsibility: Alex Honnold with David Roberts

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: viii, 248 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : col. ill.

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

ISBN: 9780393247626

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 H66

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Along Icefields Parkway

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Artist: Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Catalogue Number: CuD.18.26

Description: A lake dominates the picture; lower right corner are 2 men with fishing tackle; the far shore has a red roofed house; mountain behind with some snow; blue sky with white clouds; a colour photograph. A documentary photographic exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phill…

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Artist: Douglas Curran (1952 – , Canadian)

Title: Along Icefields Parkway

Date: 1985

Medium: ekta colour on paper

Dimensions: 36.7;40.5 x 46.5;50.7 cm

Description: A lake dominates the picture; lower right corner are 2 men with fishing tackle; the far shore has a red roofed house; mountain behind with some snow; blue sky with white clouds; a colour photograph. A documentary photographic exhibition entitled Structured Paradise was organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery in response to Parks Canada Centennial celebration in 1985, and then donated to The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Credit: Gift of Walter Phillips Gallery, 1985

Catalogue Number: CuD.18.26

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Along the Sunwapta

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.045

Description: Two black trees in foreground, Athabasca River at right, ,mountains in backgroudn.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Along the Sunwapta

Date: 1981

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 14.6 cm

Description: Two black trees in foreground, Athabasca River at right, ,mountains in backgroudn.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Sunwapta Pass, Athabasca River

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.045

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Along the Yellowhead

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.062 a

Description: Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Along the Yellowhead

Date: 1982

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 14.0 cm

Description: Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Yellowhead Highway

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.062 a

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Along the Yellowhead

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.062 b

Description: Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Along the Yellowhead

Date: 1982

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 14.0 cm

Description: Yellowhead highway stretches out from foreground to vanishing point at centre of print. Mountains in distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Yellowhead Highway

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.062 b

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Along Yuknes Trail

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Artist: Wilfred Lambert

Date: 1980

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: LaW.04.17

Description: Woodblock print showing blocky grey mountain in foreground at right. Stylized wavy mountains in varying shades of brown and orange are in background at left with grey snow-capped peaks beyond. Handwritten in pencil at bottom left is “Along Yuknes Trail 3/10” with “Wilfred Lambert /80” at right. Red…

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Artist: Wilfred Lambert

Title: Along Yuknes Trail

Date: 1980

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 43.0 x 32.0 cm

Description: Woodblock print showing blocky grey mountain in foreground at right. Stylized wavy mountains in varying shades of brown and orange are in background at left with grey snow-capped peaks beyond. Handwritten in pencil at bottom left is “Along Yuknes Trail 3/10” with “Wilfred Lambert /80” at right. Red “W” in circle is stamped at bottom right.

Subject: Mountains; Lake O’Hara; Yoho National Park

Credit: Gift of Tim Wake, Whistler, 1990

Catalogue Number: LaW.04.17

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Alpenglow : the finest climbs on the 4000m peaks of the Alps

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

Published Date: 2019

Author: Tibbetts, Ben

Publisher: [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts

Call Number: DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.

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Author: Tibbetts, Ben

Publisher: [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations (color)

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

Subjects: Photography; Alps; Mountaineering; Switzerland; Italy; France; Art

Abstract: Is an inspiring book of photographs, stories and drawings describing The Finest Climbs on the 4000m Peaks of the Alps (from Ben Tibbetts website)