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The call of the ice : climbing 8000 meter peaks in winter

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Moro, Simone

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers Books

Call Number: G512 M67 C35

Author: Moro, Simone

Responsibility: Simone Moro ; foreword by Ed Viesturs ; translated by Monica Meneghetti

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 220 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Everest, Mount; Nanga Parbat

Notes: Originally published in Milan, 2012

ISBN: 9781594859038

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 M67 C35

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The calling : a life rocked by mountains

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Blanchard, Barry

Publisher: Ventura, California : Patagonia

Call Number: G512 B53

Author: Blanchard, Barry

Publisher: Ventura, California : Patagonia

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 439 pages : illustrations (some color), plates

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Music; Everest, Mount

ISBN: 9781938340314

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 B53

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A century of antics, epics & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club

Call Number: G505 V37 A58

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Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Responsibility: Varsity Outdoor Club

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 252 p. : illus. (colour)

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Clubs; British Columbia; History; Conservation; Women; Maps

Abstract: The Varsity Outdoor Club has turned 100. To celebrate the rich history of the clubs wilderness (mis-)adventures we’ve independently published the best of our collective stories from the last century into one beautiful coffee table book. The VOC has been intimately tied with the history of hiking, skiing, mountaineering and exploration of Southwestern British Columbia and beyond. From building a wooden cabin on the untamed wilds of Grouse Mountain (in the 1920s), to the first ski crossing of the now ultra-classic, “Neve Traverse” in Garibaldi Park, to modern adventures pushing how far and how fast we can go. Each chapter explores the decades from 1917 to 2017, combining primary written accounts, stunning photos and oral histories of the members into a larger unfolding narrative of the ever-evolving relationship between adventurers and nature. (from Varsity Outdoor Club website)

Contents: Foreward; A history older than ours; Table of contents; Timeline; 1917-1939 - Maps: VOC areas & traverses over time; 1940s - Decades of Garibaldi Park; 1950s - Decades of Loganeering; 1960s - Buildering; decades of socializing; 1970s - Conservation and advocacy in the VOC; Decades of transportation; 1980s - Women in the VOC; decades of adventure; 1900s; Huts; Nerdiness in the VOC; Maps: selection of traverses since 2000s & climbing pilgrimages; 2000s; VOC portrait: Roland Burton; VOC marriage proposals; 2010s; Beyond 2017; Acknowledgements; A note on sources; Appendix: executive lists

ISBN: 9781775043003

Accession Number: AC635

Call Number: G505 V37 A58

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Varsity Outdoor Club website - publication information

Websites

https://www.ubc-voc.com/varsity-outdoor-club/book

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Chamois hunting in the mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol

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

Published Date: 1860

Author: Boner, Charles

Publisher: London : Chapman & Hall

Edition: New ed

Call Number: SK299 B65

Author: Boner, Charles

Edition: New ed

Publisher: London : Chapman & Hall

Published Date: 1860

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: SK299 B65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Chamonix : a guide to the best rock climbs and mountain routes around Chamonix and Mont Blanc

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

Published Date: 2016

Author: Boscoe, Charlie; Geldard, Jack

Publisher: Rockfax

Call Number: DQ841 B67 C43

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Author: Boscoe, Charlie; Geldard, Jack

Responsibility: Charlie Boscoe and Jack Geldard

Publisher: Rockfax

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 456 p. ; illus (colour)

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

Subjects: Chamonix; Guidebooks

Abstract: Chamonix is the most famous climbing area in Europe. Nowhere else has as much quality rock, spectacular peaks and varied mountaineering history. For most climbers a trip to Chamonix is an integral part of their climbing and mountaineering career. When there you want to try everything; perfect granite rock routes, magnificent long ridges, intimidating north faces and then also have some valley sport climbing for the ‘rest days’. Or maybe you just want to tick Mont Blanc.For the first time ever, all this is available in a single publication from Rockfax with hundreds of routes ranging from short sport ticks to the best multi-day adventures. It is illustrated with some amazing photo-topos, superb maps and with excellent detailed descriptions. For Rockfax this has been one of our most exciting challenges to date. Doing justice to this vast area with it many iconic climbs and mountain routes and great variety of climbing is no small task. (from publisher's website)

Contents: Introduction; Chamonix logistics; Chamonis climbing; Glacier du Tour; Glacier d'Argentiere; Glacier de Talefre; Grandes Jorasses; Envers des Aiguilles; Plan de l'Aiguille; Aiguille du Midi; Helbronner; Mont Blanc du Tacul; Mont Blanc; Tre la Tete; Aiguilles Rogues - Brevent; Aiguilles Rogues - Index; Chamonix Valley sport climbing; Route index; Mountain route index and tick list; Crag general index

ISBN: 9781873341575

Accession Number: AC635

Call Number: DQ841 B67 C43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Publisher information - able to download digital version on app

Websites

https://www.rockfax.com/climbing-guides/books/chamonix/

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Classic front range trad climbs : multi-pitch routes 5.4 - 5.8

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Leonard, Brendan

Publisher: Golden, Colorado : Colorado Mountain Club Press

Call Number: G513 L46

Author: Leonard, Brendan

Responsibility: Brendan Leonard and Lee Smith

Publisher: Golden, Colorado : Colorado Mountain Club Press

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 181 pages, illustrations (colour), maps

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

Subjects: Guidebooks; Rock climbing; United States

ISBN: 9781937052133

Accession Number: AC633

Call Number: G513 L46

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The climbers

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Herrington, Jim; Child, Greg; Honnold, Alex

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Call Number: TR H47 C55 OS

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Author: Herrington, Jim; Child, Greg; Honnold, Alex

Responsibility: Jim Herrington (photographs), Greg Child (essay), Alex Honnold (foreward)

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 191 p.; illus (some colour)

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

Subjects: Photography; Mountaineers; Mountaineers Women

Abstract: Pertains to climbers including portraits of Glen Dawson, Hamish McInnes, Dinko Bertoncelj, Gwen Moffat, Francois Guillot, Minoru Higeta, Thomas Hornbein, Joe Brown, Bradford Washburn, Robert Gabriel, Sonia Livanos, Martin Boysen, Doug Robinson, Chuck Pratt, Jim Wickwire, Louis Reichardt, Armando Aste, Peter Haan, Serge Coupe, Dee Molenaar, Glen Denny, Royal Robbins, Joe Fitschen, Mark Powell, Junko Tabei, Jim Whittaker, Sir Christian Bonington, Doug Scott, Pertemba Sherpa, Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger, Huntley Ingalls, George Hurley, Layton Kor, Cesare Maestri, Jim Bridwell, John Long, Yvon Chouinard, Tom Frost, Allen Steck, Steve Roper, Don Claunch Gordon, Fred Beckey, David Brower, Pierre Mazeaud, Kim Schmitz, John Roskelley, Bonnie Prudden, Henry Barber, Don Lauria, Robert Paragot, Reinhold Messner, Kancha Sherpa, Riccardo Cassin, Glen Exum, John Gill, Dave Rearick, Jules Eichorn, Pat Ament, Jeff Lowe

Contents: Foreward; Preface; Reflections on the golden age of climbing; Photographs; Climber biographies; Acknowledgements

Notes: Grand Prize - 2017 Banff Book Awards; Mountaineering History Award - 2017 Banff Book Awards

ISBN: 9781680510836

Accession Number: AC634

Call Number: TR H47 C55 OS

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Website for book with author and publisher information, ordering information, images of inside of publication, reviews, etc.

Websites

https://www.theclimbersbook.com/about-the-book

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Climbers' club guides to Pembroke volume 5 : Pembroke Stackpole and Lydstep, Broad Haven to Tenby

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

Published Date: 2012

Author: Alsford, Emma

Publisher: Great Britain : The Climbers' Club

Call Number: G513 A47

Author: Alsford, Emma

Responsibility: Emma Alsford and Paul Donnithorne

Publisher: Great Britain : The Climbers' Club

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: 439 pages, ill., maps

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

Subjects: Rock climbing; Great Britain

Notes: map of Stackpole and Lydstep loose in front cover

ISBN: 9780901601933

Accession Number: AC610

Call Number: G513 A47

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Climbing days

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

Published Date: 2016

Author: Richards, Dan

Publisher: London, England : Faber and Faber Ltd.

Call Number: G512 R53 C55

Author: Richards, Dan

Responsibility: Dan Richards

Publisher: London, England : Faber and Faber Ltd.

Published Date: 2016

Physical Description: 392 p. ; illus.

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

Abstract: In Climbing Days, Dan Richards is on the trail of his great-great-aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a prominent and pioneering mountaineer of the early twentieth century. For years, Dorothy and her husband, I. A. Richards, remained mysterious to Dan, but the chance discovery of her 1935 memoir, Climbing Days, leads him on a journey. Perhaps, in the mountains, he can meet them halfway? Following in the pair's footholds, Dan begins to travel and climb across Europe, using Dorothy's book as a guide. Learning the ropes in Wales and Scotland, scrambling in the Lake District, scaling summits in Spain and Switzerland, he closes in on the serrate pinnacle of Ivor and Dorothy's climbing lives, the mighty Dent Blanche in the high Alps of Valais. What emerges is a beautiful portrait of a trailblazing woman, up to now lost to history - but also a book about that eternal question: why do people climb mountains? (from Abe Books)

Contents: Hope; Cambridge; The Pinnacle Club; The Cairngorns; Barcelona and Catalonia; Switzerland; The Lake District; The Dent Blanche; Epilogue; Appendices; Acknowledgements; Notes and abbreviations; Index

ISBN: 9780571311927

Accession Number: AC635

Call Number: G512 R53 C55

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Cold wars : climbing the fine line between rick and reality

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

Published Date: 2011

Author: Kirkpatrick, Andy

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publising

Call Number: G512 K57

Author: Kirkpatrick, Andy

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publising

Published Date: 2011

Physical Description: 272 pages, 16 un-numbered pages of plates

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

Subjects: Rock climbing; Yosemite Valley; Patagonia; Alps

ISBN: 9781906148256

Accession Number: AC610

Call Number: G512 K57

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Colorado : its resources, parks and prospects as a new field for emigration

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

Published Date: 1869

Author: Blackmore, William

Publisher: London : Low and Marston

Call Number: F782 C8 B3

Author: Blackmore, William

Publisher: London : Low and Marston

Published Date: 1869

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

Call Number: F782 C8 B3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Con bravura : the remarkable mountaineering life of Peter Fuhrmann

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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

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

Published Date: 2014

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press

Call Number: G510 K35

Responsibility: Editor : Zac Robinson Translators: John W. Koch and Maria Koch

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 468 pages : illustrations, portraits

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

Subjects: Kain, Conrad; Robson, Mount; Banff; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Mountain guides

ISBN: 9781772120042

Accession Number: AC610

Call Number: G510 K35

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The crossing of Antarctica : original photographs from the epic journey that fulfilled Shackleton's dream

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Lowe, George

Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson

Call Number: G850 L69

Author: Lowe, George

Responsibility: George Lowe, Huw Lewis-Jones, introduction by Sir Randulph Fiennes

Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 240 pages, col. ill.

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

Subjects: Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Photography

ISBN: 9780500252024

Accession Number: AC610

Call Number: G850 L69

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Deep powder & steep rock : the life of mountain guide Hans Gmoser

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: First Rocky Mountain Books edition

Call Number: G512

Author: Scott, Chic

Responsibility: Chic Scott

Edition: First Rocky Mountain Books edition

Publisher: [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 346 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

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

Notes: Originally published: Banff, Alta. : Assiniboine Pub., ©2009. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Introduces the reader to the exciting world of heli-skiing and alpine adventure through the life of renowned adventurer and robust entrepreneur Hans Gmoser. Hans Gmoser (1932-2006) was the most influential mountaineer in Canada of the last fifty years. Through innovation, hard work, perseverance and an appetite for adventure, Gmoser evolved from penniless immigrant to mountain guide for kings, queens and prime ministers. He also played a major role in creating what is now western Canada's dynamic mountain adventure community. Known primarily as the inventor of heli-skiing and the founder of Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), Gmoser also garnered recognition as a talented rock climber, tireless expedition leader, successful mountain guide, renowned filmmaker, community organizer and vibrant businessman. Told from all aspects of his fascinating life and including some of Gmoser's own words, Chic Scott weaves together a compelling story based on the diaries, expedition journals, film commentaries and personal correspondence of this charismatic and inspiring figure. Provided by publisher.