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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13689
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Call Number
- F1090 S59 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- by Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- ix, 260p. : ill. , map
- Accession Number
- AC599
- Call Number
- F1090 S59 1950
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Les faiseurs de montagne : imaginaires politiques et territorialites, XVIIIe-XXIe siècle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14822
- 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
- Subjects
- Mountains
- Anthropology
- ISBN
- 9782271069856
- Accession Number
- AC624
- Call Number
- GN D43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Inner ranges : an anthology of mountain thoughts and mountain people
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25053
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Powter, Georff
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : RMB Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
- Call Number
- P I55 P69
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- Author
- Powter, Georff
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : RMB Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 359 pages
- Abstract
- This collection of original and previously published pieces includes provocative editorial and opinion work about the state of adventure, personal tales from a life of exploration and risk-taking, some touches of humour, and award-winning profiles of some of Canada’s mountaineering greats. Stories include conversations with and profiles of alpine personalities such as Barry Blanchard, Sonnie Trotter, Lena Rowat, Raphael Slawinski, David Jones and many more. Bringing these essays together for the first time has given Geoff the unique opportunity to reflect back on the stories behind the stories, the consequences of their publication, and the sometimes complex processes of writing about adventure and adventurous lives. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Foreward by Sir Chris Bonnington
- Preface
- Part I : pieces of me:
- That joy
- Funerals and a wedding
- On Assiniboine
- Conjuring Kain
- Short change on the shield
- A lightening sky
- Part II: mountain views:
- Death on the Wapta
- A herd for the killing
- A mirror in the mountains
- A higher education
- Meet the new boss
- The art of forgiving
- Part III : three against Everest (with apologies to Woodrow Wilson Sayre):
- Into hot air
- The truth on Everest
- What went wrong on Everest
- Part IV : mountain lite:
- The partner from hell
- The vertical limit
- From better, traverse
- Part V : mountain people:
- The happy, tormented life of a mountain legend
- The numbers man
- The unstoppable Lena Rowat
- The life of Brian
- The (really) good doctor
- The rock star
- What happens: Ryan Titchener's longest climb
- The man who would be first: Earl Denman's Everest dream
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Climbing Literature
- ISBN
- 9781771602877
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- P I55 P69
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books website
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Mountains : mapping the earth's extremes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19921
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Dech, Stefan
- Messner, Reinhold
- Sparwasser, Nils
- Publisher
- London, England : Thames and Hudson
- Call Number
- GA D43 M68
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- Responsibility
- Stefan Dech, Reinhold Messner, Nils Sparwasser
- Publisher
- London, England : Thames and Hudson
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 240 p. illus. (colour)
- Subjects
- Mountains
- Maps
- Cartography
- Photography, Aerial
- Abstract
- Mountains marks a new milestone in Earth observation and Alpine exploration. For the first time, a special recording process and a technique developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) allow the satellite recording of three-dimensional views from 300 miles above with a resolution in the range of a few meters. Photorealistic images are created in this manner from perspectives denied even to mountaineers and helicopter pilots. In addition to highly accurate detailed models of individual regions, the DLR generates a global three-dimensional elevation model of Earth in unprecedented quality. For this purpose, two German satellites are currently circling the earth at a speed of more than 15,000 miles per hour—separated by a mere 500 feet. Taken together, both techniques offer a detailed view of a world that still pushes human beings to their limits—the mountainous regions of our planet. For this book Reinhold Messner has selected thirteen peaks and routes to feature, as they’ve never been seen before. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Trailblazers
- Mountains: the fourth dimension
- Of scientists and mountaineers : the making of this book
- Kailash
- Mont Blanc
- Matterhorn
- Ushba
- Denali
- Aconcagua
- Nanda Devi
- Mount Everest
- K2
- Dhaulagiri
- Annapurna
- Masherbrum
- Histories
- Profiles
- From data to images
- Editors, authors and project partners
- Index
- ISBN
- 9780500518892
- Accession Number
- AC635
- Call Number
- GA D43 M68
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Soul of wilderness : mountain journeys in Western BC and Alaska
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15366
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Baldwin, John
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Call Number
- G510 B35 S68
- Author
- Baldwin, John
- Responsibility
- John Baldwin and Linda Bily
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 175 pages, illustrations (colour)
- ISBN
- 9781550177350
- Accession Number
- AC632
- Call Number
- G510 B35 S68
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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