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Across the Alps : aerial views between Nice and Vienna|texts by Hans Annaheim [et al.]

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

Published Date: 1959

Author: Swissair

Call Number: DQ823 S95; DQ823 S95 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 1

Author: Swissair

Published Date: 1959

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

Call Number: DQ823 S95; DQ823 S95 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 1

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Advanced rock climbing : expert skills and techniques

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

Published Date: 2016

Author: Donahue, Topher

Publisher: Seatte, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: G513 D66 A38

Author: Donahue, Topher

Responsibility: Topher Donahue

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Seatte, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 350 p. ; illustrations (colour)

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

Subjects: Rock climbing

Abstract: Advanced Rock Climbing: Expert Skills and Technique is for good climbers who want to get even better, from training to gear, sport climbing to multi-pitch efficiency, and beyond. Each chapter has detailed advice from some of the world's best climbers and guides, Tommy Caldwell, Angela Hawse, Justen Sjong, Steph Davis, Sonny Trotter, Alex Honnold, Lynn Hill, and more. (from WorldCat).

Contents: Foreward; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Face climbing; Chapter 2 - Crack climbing; Chapter 3 - Climbing gear; Chapter 4 - Knots and anchoring; Chapter 5 - Traditional gear placement; Chapter 6 - Belaying for mastery; Chapter 7 - Sport climbing; Chapter 8 - Traditional lead climbing; Chapter 9 - Long route efficiency; Chapter 10 - Big wall free climbing; Chapter 11 - Rappelling and descents; Chapter 12 - Bouldering; Chapter 13 - Performance; Chapter 14 - Improvised rescue and epic avoidance; Contributor profiles; Resources; Index

ISBN: 9781680510126

Accession Number: AC635

Call Number: G513 D66 A38

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventure and enterprise in our time

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

Published Date: 1952

Author: Odell, Noel E

Publisher: Wellington : Victoria University College

Call Number: G525 O34 Pam

Author: Odell, Noel E

Publisher: Wellington : Victoria University College

Published Date: 1952

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

Call Number: G525 O34 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The adventure game : a cameraman's tales from films at the edge

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Partridge, Keith

Publisher: Dingwall, Scotland : Sandstone Press

Call Number: G512 P37 A38

Author: Partridge, Keith

Responsibility: Keith Partridge, foreword by Steve Backshall

Publisher: Dingwall, Scotland : Sandstone Press

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 223 pages, col. ill.

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

Subjects: Photography; Films

ISBN: 9781910124314

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 P37 A38

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventurer's eye : the autobiography of Everest film man Tom Stobart

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

Published Date: 1958

Author: Stobart, Tom

Publisher: London : Odhams

Call Number: G463 S8

Author: Stobart, Tom

Publisher: London : Odhams

Published Date: 1958

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

Call Number: G463 S8

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures in geyser land

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

Published Date: 1935

Author: Carpenter, Frank D

Publisher: Caldwell (ID): Caxton

Call Number: F722 C37

Author: Carpenter, Frank D

Publisher: Caldwell (ID): Caxton

Published Date: 1935

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

Notes: From: The wonders of geyser land, ed. of 1875

Call Number: F722 C37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Adventures of an Alpine guide

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

Published Date: 1932

Author: Klucker, Christian

Publisher: London : Murray

Edition: Tr. from the third German ed

Call Number: DQ824 K58

Author: Klucker, Christian

Responsibility: edited ... by H.E.G. Tyndale

Edition: Tr. from the third German ed

Publisher: London : Murray

Published Date: 1932

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ824 K58

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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After Everest : the experiences of a mountaineer and medical missionary

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

Published Date: 1936

Author: Somervell, Theodore Howard

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Call Number: DS486 E8 S64

Author: Somervell, Theodore Howard

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1936

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS486 E8 S64

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The age of mountaineering

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

Published Date: 1954

Author: Ullman, James Ramsey

Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott

Call Number: G510 U4

Author: Ullman, James Ramsey

Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott

Published Date: 1954

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

Call Number: G510 U4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Aged Larch

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aged Larch

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing from the tree's trunk. In the middleground are groups of younger (smaller) yellow trees, with tall dark green evergreens behind them. Beyond the trees is a flat area coloured tan-green.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

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Airdrie, Alberta

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Airdrie, Alberta

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Subject: architecture, rural; landscape, prairie

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

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Airplane Lake, British Columbia

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right …

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Airplane Lake, British Columbia

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.9 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right side. Sky beyond with two birds flying center and left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

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Aklavik, N.W.T.

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the pict…

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Title: Aklavik, N.W.T.

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.6 cm

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the picture.

Subject: animal, dogteam; figure, man; man, Inuit; landscape, winter

Credit: Purchased from William Bonnetplume, 1978

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

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Al sole delle Dolomiti

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

Published Date: 1955

Author: Casara, Severino

Publisher: Milano : U. Hoepli

Edition: 2d. ed. intermente riv. ed. aumn

Call Number: DB466 C38 1955

Author: Casara, Severino

Edition: 2d. ed. intermente riv. ed. aumn

Publisher: Milano : U. Hoepli

Published Date: 1955

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

Subjects: Dolomite Alps

Notes: 225 fotografie e carta

Call Number: DB466 C38 1955

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alexander Mackenzie's voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1793

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

Published Date: 1931

Author: Mackenzie, Sir Alexander

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Call Number: F1060.7 M3 (missing)

Author: Mackenzie, Sir Alexander

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Published Date: 1931

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F1060.7 M3 (missing)

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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Allan Crawford near Mount Burgess

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Artist: Nicholas Morant (1910 – 1999, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: MoN.18.05

Description: A black and white photograph, a man is standing on a rocky outcrop bottom left of picture, Mount Burgess is in the background, the shade subdued

Artist: Nicholas Morant (1910 – 1999, Canadian)

Title: Allan Crawford near Mount Burgess

Date: 1938

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 39.4 x 48.8 cm

Description: A black and white photograph, a man is standing on a rocky outcrop bottom left of picture, Mount Burgess is in the background, the shade subdued

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, Mount Burgess; characters, Allan Crawford; exhibition, Where the Land Stands on End

Credit: Purchased from Nicholas Morant, Banff, 1985

Catalogue Number: MoN.18.05

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Aloha Tower, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.047

Description: Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen ju…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Aloha Tower, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen just behind them. The sky is layers of grey and fills the upper half.