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Bowling along: early travel adventures of Mary Morris Vaux

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14650
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Jones, Marjorie G
Call Number
02.3 V46j Pam
Author
Jones, Marjorie G
Responsibility
Marjorie G. Jones
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
p.22-39 : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Vaux family
Walcott, Mary Vaux
Notes
In Quaker History: the bulletin of Friends Historical Association, vol 100, no. 1 (Spring 2011).
Contains bibliographic references
Manuscript of the article to be in Quaker History sent to the Whyte Museum requestin permission to use a photograph of Mary Vaux Walcott
Actual article in 02.3 V46j
Call Number
02.3 V46j Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Part Of
Chic Scott fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of notes, research materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other personal records collected by Chic Scott. Content pertains to publication projects, biographies, Chic Scott and Kathy Madill's wedding, and the 1982 Everest Expedition.
Date Range
[1982 - 2018]
Reference Code
M57 / XIV
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Chic Scott fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M57
S47
V40
Series
M57 / XIV : Chic Scott Personal
Sous-Fonds
M57
Accession Number
6772
8110
2015.8559
Reference Code
M57 / XIV
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[1982 - 2018]
Physical Description
10 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
Series consists of notes, research materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other personal records collected by Chic Scott. Content pertains to publication projects, biographies, Chic Scott and Kathy Madill's wedding, and the 1982 Everest Expedition.
Name Access
Scott, Chic
Madill, Kathy
Amann, Eddie
Subject Access
Biography
Research
Publication
Weddings
Events
Family and personal life
Personal and Professional Life
Everest '82
Sports
Recreation
Exploration
Travel
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Lake Louise
Mount Everest
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Collected research, Geddes family

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Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of collected genealogical records, research notes and correspondence pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, Jennie (Waters) Geddes, Alvin Geddes, Enid (Geddes) Darroch, and various extended family members. File includes research notes on Geddes family history, including a copy of Alvin Geddes'…
Date Range
1968
[1975-1990]
1989-1991
1993-1994
2007-2009
2012-2013
Reference Code
M39 / III / B / 2 to 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M39
V756
Series
M39 / III : Personal and family records
Sous-Fonds
M39
Sub-Series
M39 / III / B : Genealogy and research
Accession Number
2015.8558
Reference Code
M39 / III / B / 2 to 4
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1968
[1975-1990]
1989-1991
1993-1994
2007-2009
2012-2013
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of collected genealogical records, research notes and correspondence pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, Jennie (Waters) Geddes, Alvin Geddes, Enid (Geddes) Darroch, and various extended family members. File includes research notes on Geddes family history, including a copy of Alvin Geddes' birth record; a transcription of Jessie Geddes' diary [1870-1914]; articles and publications about the Geddes and Waters families; timelines of family events; emails and letters sent between descendants of Malcolm Geddes pertaining to their family history; a copy of Photolife Magazine featuring an article about Malcolm Geddes; a copy of 1906 census records; a copy of a Certificate of Standing for Malcolm Geddes from the Ontario Agricultural College [1896]; and other related materials.
Notes
File includes original and scanned documents
Name Access
Geddes, Malcolm
Geddes, Alvin
Geddes, Jennie (Waters)
Geddes, Jessie
Geddes, James
Geddes, Enid
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Research
Genealogy
Biography
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Ontario
Guelph
England
Scotland
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Con bravura : the remarkable mountaineering life of Peter Fuhrmann

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15193
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 F95c Pam
R 01.4 F95c Pam
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2014
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #18
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330555
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 F95c Pam
R 01.4 F95c Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Con bravura : the remarkable mountaineering life of Peter Fuhrmann

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14915
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 F84 Pam
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2014
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #18
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330555
Accession Number
AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
Call Number
G512 F84 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14535
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Kain, Conrad
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
Call Number
01 K12c
01 K12c c.2
01 K12c c.3
Author
Kain, Conrad
Responsibility
edited with an introduction by Zac Robinson ; translated by Maria and John Koch
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
468 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission
Alpine Club of Canada
Biography
Kain, Conrad
Malek, Amelie
Mountaineering
Mountain guides
Pistor, Dr. Erich
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Notes
Partial contents: Foreword : Conrad Kain, guide and mountaineer / Chic Scott; Epilogue: The Kain-Malek correspondence: provenance, 1934-2005 / Don Bourdon
ISBN
9781772120042
Accession Number
2015-8404
P2015.06.30
P2015-06-30
Call Number
01 K12c
01 K12c c.2
01 K12c c.3
Collection
Archives Library
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Eddie Amann interview transcript

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Part Of
Chic Scott fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a transcript for an interview from 2018 featuring Eddie Amann [1931-?]. Notes pertain to Eddie's experiences growing up in Austria during World War II, his immigration to Canada, his work with Sunshine Village in Banff, and his experiences helicopter skiing in the Canadian Rockies.
Date Range
2018
Reference Code
M57 / XIV / A / 5
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Chic Scott fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M57
S47
V40
Series
M57 / XIV : Chic Scott Personal
Sous-Fonds
M57
Sub-Series
M57 / XIV / A : Research materials
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M57 / XIV / A / 5
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
2018
Physical Description
0.2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of a transcript for an interview from 2018 featuring Eddie Amann [1931-?]. Notes pertain to Eddie's experiences growing up in Austria during World War II, his immigration to Canada, his work with Sunshine Village in Banff, and his experiences helicopter skiing in the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
Interview was possibly used as publication material.
Name Access
Amann, Eddie
Subject Access
Helicopter skiing
Personal and Professional Life
Biography
Research
World War II
Skiing
Recreation
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Austria
Germany
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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End of the rope : mountains, marriage, and motherhood

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25047
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Redford, Jan
Publisher
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press
Call Number
G512 E53 R43
  1 website  
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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Eric Mountjoy exhibit

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Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence, newspaper articles and handwritten notes pertaining to an exhibit about geologist Dr. Eric Mountjoy which was put on display at Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives. File also includes a 2008-2010 business plan summary for the museum and archives.
Date Range
2007-2010
Reference Code
M590 / III / D / 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / III : Professional records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / III / D : Contracts and other projects
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / III / D / 4
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Date Range
2007-2010
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence, newspaper articles and handwritten notes pertaining to an exhibit about geologist Dr. Eric Mountjoy which was put on display at Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives. File also includes a 2008-2010 business plan summary for the museum and archives.
Notes
Handwritten notes in file possibly produced by Ben Gadd.
Name Access
Mountjoy, Eric
Subject Access
Research
Biography
Museums
Publication
Newspaper
Environment
Education
Geology
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Jasper
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Related Material
Corresponding materials [digital photograph files on CDs and paper printed copies of images] processed as V810 / III / D / DF - 1, 2
Category
Environment
Education
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Everest, the first ascent : how a champion of science helped to conquer the mountain

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14628
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Tuckey, Harriet
Publisher
Guilford, Connectcut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Call Number
01.1 T81e
Author
Tuckey, Harriet
Responsibility
Harriet Tuckey
Publisher
Guilford, Connectcut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
xxi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Everest, Mount
Mount Everest Expedition 1953
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Already awarded a prize by the Biographer's Club,
Harriet Tuckey's book is both the history of what went into the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 and a biography of her father, Dr Griffith Pugh, whose role was absolutely pivotal, yet mostly untold. As the expedition's physiological consultant, Pugh designed almost every aspect of the survival strategy for the expedition, the acclimatization program, the oxygen- and fluid-intake regime, the diet, the clothing and the high altitude boots. Without him and his work, the ascent of Everest would have been impossible.
Winner of the 2013 Jon Whyte Award
ISBN
9780762791927
Accession Number
2015.8537
Call Number
01.1 T81e
Collection
Archives Library
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Fall of heaven : Whymper's tragic Matterhorn climb

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25031
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
  1 website  
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)
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
ISBN
9781680510850
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
G512 F35 M47
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Mountaineers Books website
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Focused on adventure : portrait of Pat Morrow

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14086
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore AB : The Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01 M36f Pam
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Publisher
Canmore AB : The Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
32 p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #12
Subjects
Biography
Everest, Mount
Nepal
Yukon
China
Tibet
ISBN
0920330665
Accession Number
8218
Call Number
01 M36f Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Focused on adventure : portrait of Pat Morrow

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14811
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 M67 Pam
G512 M67 Copy 2
G512 M67 Copy 3
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Publisher
Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
32 pages, illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #12
Subjects
Biography
Everest, Mount
Nepal
Yukon
China
Tibet
ISBN
0920330665
Call Number
G512 M67 Pam
G512 M67 Copy 2
G512 M67 Copy 3
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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From Lac La Ronge country : the life and photographic legacy of fur trader Alan Sturley Nunn

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14631
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
MacDonald, Graham A.
Publisher
Fairmont Hot Springs, BC : MacDonald & Nunn Publishing
Call Number
08.2 M25f
Author
MacDonald, Graham A.
Responsibility
Graham A. MacDonald
Publisher
Fairmont Hot Springs, BC : MacDonald & Nunn Publishing
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
x, 134 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 26 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Fur trade
Hudson's Bay Company
Notes
Co-published by MacDonald & Nunn Publishing
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN
9780991917815
Accession Number
2015.8544
Call Number
08.2 M25f
Collection
Archives Library
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A golden mountain tale : the lucky life of Syd Feuz

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15195
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 F43g Pam
R 01.4 F43g Pam
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
23 pages, ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #16
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330517
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 F43g Pam
R 01.4 F43g Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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A golden mountain tale : the lucky life of Syd Feuz

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14917
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 F48 Pam
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
23 pages, ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #16
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330517
Accession Number
AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
Call Number
G512 F48 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Helen Sovdat : guide, mentor, friend

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15190
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Robinson, Zac
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 S8g Pam
R 01.4 S8g Pam
Author
Robinson, Zac
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
32 pages, col. ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #21
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330616
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 S8g Pam
R 01.4 S8g Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Helen Sovdat : guide, mentor, friend

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14913
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Robinson, Zac
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 S68 Pam
Author
Robinson, Zac
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
32 pages, col. ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #21
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330616
Accession Number
AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
Call Number
G512 S68 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Himalaya - the tribulations of mick & vic

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25045
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Fowler, Mick
Saunders, Victor
Publisher
LULU.COM
Call Number
G512 H56 F69
  1 website  
Author
Fowler, Mick
Saunders, Victor
Publisher
LULU.COM
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
267 pages : ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers, British
Himalaya Mountains
Biography
Abstract
Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders, famed British alpinists learned to know each other while winter climbing in Scotland, in all kind of weather, mostly bad: an ideal stepping stone for great Himalayan adventures. They shared three expeditions in Pakistan: The ascents of Bojohagur (7329m), Spantik (7027m) and Ultar (7388m). The tales of these selected adventures, published separately over three of their books (rewarded several times - Banff festival, Boardman Tasker), have been assembled in a new book: HIMALAYA - Mick and Vic' Tribulations. The two pals' tales are intertwined and offer two visions sometimes similar, sometimes different of the same events, with a caustic humour at the turn of every single line. This refreshing, compelling text full of funny and uncommon anecdotes is also the story of their strong friendship. Besides the amateurs of mountaineering tales, this book should please the amateurs of unconventional atmospheres. (from Lulu website)
Contents
Forward
Prelude
Part One - in Great-Britain
Part Two - Bojohaghur, 1984
Part Three - Spantik, 1987
Part Four - Ultar, 1991
Apologue
Twenty Nine Years After
ISBN
9781326804817
Accession Number
AC639
Call Number
G512 H56 F69
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Summary on LULU website
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Honouring high places : the mountain life of Junko Tabei

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19852
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Tabei, Junko
Rolfe, Helen Y.
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Edition
1st ed.
Call Number
G512 T33 H66
  1 website  
Author
Tabei, Junko
Rolfe, Helen Y.
Responsibility
Junko Tabei and Helen Y. Rolfe, translated by Yumiko Hiraki and Rieko Holtved
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
376 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers Women
Mountaineers, Japanese
Biography
Abstract
"A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits. Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei's stirring life that she considered important, inspiring and interesting to mountaineering culture. Until now, her works have been available only in Japanese, and RMB is honoured to be sharing these profound and moving stories with the English-speaking world for the first time. The collection opens on Mount Everest, where the first all-women's expedition is met with disaster but pushes on against all odds. The story then shifts to the early years of Tabei's life and reflects on her countryside childhood as a frail girl with no talent for sport, and cultural expectations that ignored her passion for mountains. With reminiscences of the early days of female climbers on Everest, the deaths of fellow mountaineers, Tabei's pursuit of Mount Tomur, a cancer diagnosis, and efforts to restore a love for nature in the surviving youth of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, this beautifully curated collection of essays captures the essence of a notable time and the strength of character of one of the 20th and 21st centuries' female mountaineering pioneers."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Author's note
Introduction by Setsuko Kitamura
Chapter 1 - avalanche!
Chapter 2 - the meaning of mountains
Chapter 3 - Annapurna III
Chapter 4 - Mount Everest
Chapter 5 - to the top ofthe world
Chapter 6 - the route
Chapter 7 - finalists
Chapter 8 - South Col
Chapter 9 - the summit
Chapter 10 - endgame
Chapter 11 - women on Everest
Chapter 12 - Mount Tombur, Pobeda Peak
Chapter 13 - Aconcagua
Chapter 14 - Carstensz Pyramid
Chapter 15 - mountains of later life
About Junko by Masanobu Tabei
A son's tribute by Shinya Tabei
Beyond mountains by Setsuko Kitamura
Life chronology
Glossary
Acknowledgements
References
Index
Notes
Winner of the Mountaineering History category at the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards
ISBN
9780771602167
Accession Number
AC634
Call Number
G512 T33 H66
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards website
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