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Artificial aids in mountaineering

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

Published Date: 1962

Author: Sutton, Geoffrey

Publisher: London : Nicholas Kaye

Call Number: 01 Su8

Author: Sutton, Geoffrey

Publisher: London : Nicholas Kaye

Published Date: 1962

Physical Description: 64p. : ill

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

Subjects: Equipment; Rock climbing

Accession Number: 641

Call Number: 01 Su8

Collection: Archives Library

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The back of the lake : a rockclimbers guide to Lake Louise

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Howatt, Bruce

Publisher: [Calgary?] : OFC Enterprises

Call Number: 01.4 L14o Pam 1987

Author: Howatt, Bruce

Responsibility: by Bruce Howatt and Colin Zacharias

Publisher: [Calgary?] : OFC Enterprises

Published Date: 1987

Physical Description: 33p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

Accession Number: 6292

Call Number: 01.4 L14o Pam 1987

Collection: Archives Library

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The "back of the lake" : a rockclimbers guide to the Lake Louise area

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

Published Date: 1984

Publisher: [S.l.] : An OFC Enterprise

Call Number: 01.4 L14o Pam

Publisher: [S.l.] : An OFC Enterprise

Published Date: 1984

Physical Description: 15l : ill

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

Accession Number: 17000

Call Number: 01.4 L14o Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Barrier Bluffs : the guide

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Tobey, Kelly

Publisher: Calgary : The Author

Call Number: F1090 B35 T6 Pam; F1090 B35 T6 Pam - Copy 2

Author: Tobey, Kelly

Responsibility: Illustrations by Barbosa, Carmen

Publisher: Calgary : The Author

Published Date: 1987

Physical Description: 91 pages, ill.,15.2cm

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

Subjects: Rock climbing; Kananaskis; Guidebooks

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: F1090 B35 T6 Pam; F1090 B35 T6 Pam - Copy 2

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Beyond the vertical

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

Published Date: 1983

Author: Kor, Layton

Publisher: Boulder : Alpine House

Call Number: G512 K6

Author: Kor, Layton

Responsibility: edited by Bob Godfrey

Publisher: Boulder : Alpine House

Published Date: 1983

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

Call Number: G512 K6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Bugaboos : an alpine history

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Garden, J. F.

Publisher: Revelstoke : Footprint Publishing

Call Number: F1089 B8 G3 reference

Author: Garden, J. F.

Responsibility: J.F. Garden (author); Fred Becky (introduction)

Publisher: Revelstoke : Footprint Publishing

Published Date: 1987

Physical Description: 156 pages : illustrations (some color)

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

Subjects: Bugaboos; Mountaineering; History; Kain, Conrad; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Harmon, Byron; Rock climbing

Contents: Pt. 1. Conrad Kain -- 1. The Nunataks -- 2. A veritable Bugaboo -- 3. The outfitter -- Pt. II. The hard men -- 4. A Bugaboo no longer -- 5. The last Bugaboo -- 6. Fred Beckey arrives -- 7. High angle climbing -- 8. An exceptional summer, 1959 -- 9. Cooper's east faces -- 10. Patagonia -- 11. Beckey returns -- 12. Traverse -- Pt. III. New standards -- 13. Old and new faces -- 14. Pushing the limits -- 15. What's next? -- Winter ascent: south Howser Tower -- 17. Granite.

Notes: Includes photographs by Glen Boles, Ed Cooper, Scott Flavelle, J.F. Garden, Byron Harmon (Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library), Daryl Hatten, Roger W. Laurilla, James B. Maitre, Rob Rohn, John Simpson, Uldis Veideman, Jim Weston; Signed by author - addressed to Margaret and Hans Gmoser

ISBN: 0-9691621-1-1

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: F1089 B8 G3 reference

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Buoux

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Gorgeon, Daniel

Publisher: La Calade : Edisud

Call Number: DC611 P958 B8 G6

Author: Gorgeon, Daniel

Publisher: La Calade : Edisud

Published Date: 1987

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

Subjects: Buoux; Luberon; Rock climbing

Call Number: DC611 P958 B8 G6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Classic climbs in Australia

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

Published Date: 1983

Author: Friend, Joe

Publisher: Australia : Second Back Press; Seattle : Alpenbooks

Call Number: DU180 F7

Author: Friend, Joe

Publisher: Australia : Second Back Press; Seattle : Alpenbooks

Published Date: 1983

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

Call Number: DU180 F7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A climber's guide to Oregon

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

Published Date: 1968

Author: Dodge, Nicholas A

Publisher: Beaverton (Ore.): Touchstone Press

Call Number: F874.3 D6 1968

Author: Dodge, Nicholas A

Publisher: Beaverton (Ore.): Touchstone Press

Published Date: 1968

Physical Description: 154 pages

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

Subjects: Guidebooks; Rock climbing

Call Number: F874.3 D6 1968

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Climbing at Wasootch Slabs

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Gadd, Ben

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 01.4 K13g Pam

Author: Gadd, Ben

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: 32p. : ill

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

Subjects: Kananaskis Country; Rock climbing

Accession Number: 3154

Call Number: 01.4 K13g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Climbing at Wasootch Slabs

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Gadd, Ben

Publisher: Calgary : The Author : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: F1090 G3 Pam

Author: Gadd, Ben

Publisher: Calgary : The Author : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 1980

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

Subjects: Kananaskis; Rock climbing

Call Number: F1090 G3 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Climbing in Southern Ontario

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Alpine Club of Canada. Toronto Section

Publisher: Toronto : A.C.C., Toronto Section

Call Number: F1057 A4

Author: Alpine Club of Canada. Toronto Section

Responsibility: edited by James Mark

Publisher: Toronto : A.C.C., Toronto Section

Published Date: 1980

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

Subjects: Guidebooks; Ice climbing; Rock climbing

Call Number: F1057 A4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Kananaskis Rock

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

Published Date: 1989

Author: Martin, John

Publisher: Calgary AB : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 02.8 M36k

Author: Martin, John

Responsibility: with Dancer, David and Jones, Jon

Publisher: Calgary AB : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 1989

Physical Description: 96 pages, 21.5cm, technical illustrations

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

Subjects: Kananaskis; Rock climbing

Abstract: Describes 270 rock climbs in the Kananaskis with technical illustrations of rockface - partially back of book

Contents: Barrier mountain -- Barrier lake buttress -- Prospector's Canyon -- Porcupine creek -- Wasootch slabs -- Lorette slab -- Kilowatt crag -- McDougall slabs -- Kidd falls area -- Ribbon slab -- King canyon -- Cowbell crag -- Half Moon crag -- Burstall slabs -- Gibraltar mountain -- Graded list of climbs - First ascent information

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library; Includes handwritten dedication to Ben Gadd from author

ISBN: 092110202x

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 02.8 M36k

Collection: Archives Library

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Kananaskis rock : a climber's guide

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Martin, John

Publisher: [Calgary : J.M]

Call Number: 01.4 K13m

Author: Martin, John

Responsibility: with Barrier Mountain by David Dancer

Publisher: [Calgary : J.M]

Published Date: 1987

Physical Description: iii, 42p. : ill

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

Notes: Index

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 01.4 K13m

Collection: Archives Library

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Kananaskis rock : a climber's guide

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

Published Date: 1989

Author: Martin, John

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 01.4 K13m 1989

Author: Martin, John

Responsibility: with Barrier Mountain by David Dancer and Burstall Slabs by Jon Jones

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 1989

Physical Description: 96p. : ill

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

Notes: Index

ISBN: 0-921102-02-X

Accession Number: 24000

Call Number: 01.4 K13m 1989

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

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

Published Date: 1960

Author: The Mountaineers, Seattle

Publisher: Seattle : The Mountaineers

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: 01 M86 1963

Author: The Mountaineers, Seattle

Responsibility: planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers; Harvey Manning, chairman of editors; editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others; illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Seattle : The Mountaineers

Published Date: 1960

Physical Description: x, 430p. : ill

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Manuals; Equipment; Camping; Travel; Rock climbing; Snow; Ice; Ice climbing; First aid; Geology

Abstract: Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee

Contents: Preface; Part One - Approaching the Peaks; Equipment; Camping and Sleeping; Alpine Cuisine; Wilderness Travel; Navigation in the Hills; Part Two - Rock Climbing; Routefinding on Rock; Balance; Counterforce; Roped Climbing; Belaying; Pitoncraft and Rappels; Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing; Snow; Ice; Glaciers; Arrests and Belays; Part Four - Safe Climbing; The Climbing Party and its Leadership; Climbing Dangers; First Aid; Alpine Rescue; Part Five - The Climbing Environment; Mountain Geology; The Cycle of Snow; Mountain Weather; Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers