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Abstract: Chic Scott is a man of unconventional firsts. The first Canadian to summit a Himalayan peak, the first Canadian to guide in the European Alps, and he was part of the first team to climb Mount Assiniboine in winter. He is also a local mentor, historian and ski pioneer who has spent his whole life touching the lives of all those who call the Rockies home. Chic is perhaps known best for the ambitious grand ski traverses he achieved; in essence he has broken the trail for an entire generation of adventure skiers who follow. His writing and books have reached mountain communities further afield, spreading the rich history of Canadian mountaineering to outdoor enthusiasts across Canada and around the globe. This booklet celebrates the life of Chic Scott with his most memorable contributions to mountain life and tales told by his close friends. (from Alpine Club of Canada website)

Contents: A Man of Many Firsts; Early Years; The Grand Ski Traverse; The Alps; Bigger, Higher, Colder; The Stars Align; Love Affari with the Yukon; The Alpine Club of Canada; The Calgary Climbers Festival; Legacy; On the World Stage; Golden Years in Banff; References & Bibliography

Notes: Signed by Chic Scott - addressed to Margaret Gmoser

ISBN: 9780920330654

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G512 S36 B74 Pam copy 2 (reference room)

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Link to Alpine Club of Canada's website re: Summit Series

Websites

https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/web/ACCMember/Community/Publications/Summit_Series.aspx

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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

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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

Websites

https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/fall-of-heaven-whympers-tragic-matterhorn-climb

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Ueli Steck : my life in climbing

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25051

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Steck, Ueli (author); Steinback, Karin (co-author); Bierling, Billi (translator)

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Call Number: G512 U45 S74

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Author: Steck, Ueli (author); Steinback, Karin (co-author); Bierling, Billi (translator)

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 214 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Switzerland; Nepal

Abstract: A climber of incredible strength, Ueli Steck set climbing records for speed and endurance that no one had previously thought possible. This deeply personal and revealing memoir, Ueli Steck: My Life in Climbing, is the only one of his books to be published in English. In 2016, Ueli established a new speed record on Eiger’s North Face—beating his own record! That same year he climbed all 82 four-thousand-meter peaks in the Alps within 62 days (traveling between the peaks by bicycle), and summited Annapurna’s south face in 28 hours. But the dramatic events of the previous two years—the internationally reported conflict with Sherpas at Mount Everest, and the discovery of Alex Lowe’s body on Shishapangma—changed him and made him rethink his approach to the mountains. After withdrawing from the sport for a period, Ueli rediscovered his love of climbing, and in this memoir he explains how his perspective changed. While his drive to achieve in the mountains hadn’t diminished, an evaluation of his experiences helped him find a new way to process the emotional and mental challenges that shaped his athletic outlook. Structured around key climbs, Ueli Steck: My Life in Climbing provides the history of each mountain and route, Ueli’s reasons for attempting it, what happened on each climb itself, and what he learned from the experience. It also includes some fascinating insights into his training regimen. Ueli infuses his story with the joy and freedom of climbing and running. He is honest, direct and, at times, exhibits the self-absorption common to many elite athletes. Ultimately, however, his experiences brought him to a place of self-awareness and he was no longer the same climber who first set the speed record on the Eiger’s North Face. Ueli was determined that he would take only acceptable risks. Unfortunately, Ueli’s bar for risk was still very high—he died while on a training climb on the Himalayan peak Nuptse on April 30, 2017. (from Mountaineers Books website)

Contents: Everest : when the world suddenly changes -- Annapurna I : first the glory, then the fall from grace -- Shishapangma : a step too far -- All 4000-meter peaks in the Alps : rediscovering the joy of climbing -- Eiger : the fascination of speed -- Afterword by Steve House -- Translator's note.

ISBN: 9781680511321

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: G512 U45 S74

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Mountaineers Books website

Websites

https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/ueli-steck-my-life-in-climbing

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Waymaking : an anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25037

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Barnard, Camilla (editor); Carter, Claire (editor); Dawe, Heather (editor); Mort, Helen (editor)

Publisher: Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: P W39 M67

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Author: Barnard, Camilla (editor); Carter, Claire (editor); Dawe, Heather (editor); Mort, Helen (editor)

Publisher: Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 280 pages : illustrations (some colour)

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

Subjects: Poetry; Writing; Art; Literature; Women

Abstract: Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape.Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat's Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilderness that isn't about conquering landscapes, reaching higher, harder or faster, but instead about living and breathing alongside them, becoming part of a larger adventure. The artists in this inspired collection continue Gwen and Nan's legacies, redressing the balance of gender in outdoor adventure literature. Their creativity urges us to stop and engage our senses: the smell of rain-soaked heather, wind resonating through a col, the touch of cool rock against skin, and most importantly a taste of restoring mind, body and spirit to a former equanimity. With contributions from adventurers including Alpinist magazine editor Katie Ives, multi-award-winning author Bernadette McDonald, adventurers Sarah Outen and Anna McNuff, renowned filmmaker Jen Randall and many more, Waymaking is an inspiring and pivotal work published in an era when wilderness conservation and gender equality are at the fore. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)

Contents: A note from the editors -- Introduction / by Melissa Harrison -- VICINITY. Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake; Lost in the light / Tara Karmer; Iceberg / Deziree Wilson; Steinbock / Anja Konig; [untitled 1] / Krystle Wright; Enchantment larches / Nikki Fumkin; Mountains of the Mourne / Penelope Shuttle; Fairfield from Wansfell / Paula Dunn; Eglwyseg Day / Jean Atkin; Affric / Alison Grant; Walking Moses Trod / Pam Williamson; Murmuration / Dr. Judy Kendall; Signs / Geraldine Green; Brimmerhead farmhouse / Paula Dunn; Last night I dream we walk up to the point again / Imogen Cassels; To reach green before dark / Lilace Mellin Guignard; Excerpts from 'La Fuente', an essay / Kari Nielsen; Titcomb basin / Lizzy Dalton; Cerro Torre / Caroline Eustace; Mountain-guide dog / Tami Knight; She collects wild islands in the wild wild sea / Paula Flach; Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake-- HEART & SOUL. A child in these hills / Solana Joy; Rewilding / Lee Craigie; Squamish / Jen Randall; Leaving for the edge of the world / Kathleen Jones; This ocean sings / To follow / Claire Carter; Caton Bay / Genevieve Carver; Leaving protection / Maria Coffey; Running by the Quay in Exeter / Evelyn O'Malley; Straggle / Allison Williams; Falling / Joanna Croston; Climber / Hazel Findlay; First peak: a response to climber / Camilla Barnard; No-self / Hazel Findlay; Memory ten / Libby Peter; By the way / Sarah Outen; There is no substance but light / Heather Dawe; When I lived in a small / Alyson Hallett; Ken the cross-dresser / Tami Knight; Oh / Paula Flach -- WATER. Snow / Bernadette McDonald; [untitled 2] / Krystale Wright; Through the snow (Winter 2010) / Judith Brown; Ski tracks / Tami Knight; Counterflow / Jen Benson; Ystradfellte tree reflections / Nick Davies; Aqueous / Mab Jones; [untitled 3] / Krystale Wright; Taking the plunge / Anna Fleming; Waterfall series no.5 / Nick Davies; Diabaig / Jen Randall; Thirsty / Tami Knight; Do you remember me turkey blue? / Sandy Bennett-Haber; She collects the puddles and lakes she swims each year / Paula Flach; Llanerch Wake / Nick Davies; Emergence / Claire Giordano -- UNION. Running on the roof of the world / Lily Dyu; Out there / Ruth Wiggins; She collects all the trees she climbed that summer / Paula Flach; Bouldering / Kathryn Hummel; Bouldering at Ardmair Beach / Deziree Wilson; Snails / Tami Knight; The Grampians / Jen Randall; K'e yil yal tx'i': saying something / Leslie Hsu Oh; [untitled 4] / Krystle Wright; The climb / Helen Mort; Mad hatter's gully in winter / Deziree Wilson; Unmapping / Katie Ives; Unshod to meet the flints / Polly Atkin; She always collects her starter number in stones along the way / Paula Flach; A pattern-maker for memories / Alice Maddicott; The wilderness / Anna McNuff.

Notes: Jon Whyte Award winner 2019; Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature

ISBN: 9781910240755

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: P W39 M67

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website with book preview

Websites

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/narratives/waymaking_1/

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Waymaking : an anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25116

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Barnard, Camilla (editor); Carter, Claire (editor); Dawe, Heather (editor); Mort, Helen (editor)

Publisher: Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: 05.1 M84w copy 1; 05.1 M84w copy 2 (reference)

1 website

Author: Barnard, Camilla (editor); Carter, Claire (editor); Dawe, Heather (editor); Mort, Helen (editor)

Publisher: Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 280 pages : illustrations (some colour)

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

Subjects: Poetry; Writing; Art; Literature; Women

Abstract: Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape.Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat's Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilderness that isn't about conquering landscapes, reaching higher, harder or faster, but instead about living and breathing alongside them, becoming part of a larger adventure. The artists in this inspired collection continue Gwen and Nan's legacies, redressing the balance of gender in outdoor adventure literature. Their creativity urges us to stop and engage our senses: the smell of rain-soaked heather, wind resonating through a col, the touch of cool rock against skin, and most importantly a taste of restoring mind, body and spirit to a former equanimity. With contributions from adventurers including Alpinist magazine editor Katie Ives, multi-award-winning author Bernadette McDonald, adventurers Sarah Outen and Anna McNuff, renowned filmmaker Jen Randall and many more, Waymaking is an inspiring and pivotal work published in an era when wilderness conservation and gender equality are at the fore. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)

Contents: A note from the editors -- Introduction / by Melissa Harrison -- VICINITY. Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake; Lost in the light / Tara Karmer; Iceberg / Deziree Wilson; Steinbock / Anja Konig; [untitled 1] / Krystle Wright; Enchantment larches / Nikki Fumkin; Mountains of the Mourne / Penelope Shuttle; Fairfield from Wansfell / Paula Dunn; Eglwyseg Day / Jean Atkin; Affric / Alison Grant; Walking Moses Trod / Pam Williamson; Murmuration / Dr. Judy Kendall; Signs / Geraldine Green; Brimmerhead farmhouse / Paula Dunn; Last night I dream we walk up to the point again / Imogen Cassels; To reach green before dark / Lilace Mellin Guignard; Excerpts from 'La Fuente', an essay / Kari Nielsen; Titcomb basin / Lizzy Dalton; Cerro Torre / Caroline Eustace; Mountain-guide dog / Tami Knight; She collects wild islands in the wild wild sea / Paula Flach; Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake-- HEART & SOUL. A child in these hills / Solana Joy; Rewilding / Lee Craigie; Squamish / Jen Randall; Leaving for the edge of the world / Kathleen Jones; This ocean sings / To follow / Claire Carter; Caton Bay / Genevieve Carver; Leaving protection / Maria Coffey; Running by the Quay in Exeter / Evelyn O'Malley; Straggle / Allison Williams; Falling / Joanna Croston; Climber / Hazel Findlay; First peak: a response to climber / Camilla Barnard; No-self / Hazel Findlay; Memory ten / Libby Peter; By the way / Sarah Outen; There is no substance but light / Heather Dawe; When I lived in a small / Alyson Hallett; Ken the cross-dresser / Tami Knight; Oh / Paula Flach -- WATER. Snow / Bernadette McDonald; [untitled 2] / Krystale Wright; Through the snow (Winter 2010) / Judith Brown; Ski tracks / Tami Knight; Counterflow / Jen Benson; Ystradfellte tree reflections / Nick Davies; Aqueous / Mab Jones; [untitled 3] / Krystale Wright; Taking the plunge / Anna Fleming; Waterfall series no.5 / Nick Davies; Diabaig / Jen Randall; Thirsty / Tami Knight; Do you remember me turkey blue? / Sandy Bennett-Haber; She collects the puddles and lakes she swims each year / Paula Flach; Llanerch Wake / Nick Davies; Emergence / Claire Giordano -- UNION. Running on the roof of the world / Lily Dyu; Out there / Ruth Wiggins; She collects all the trees she climbed that summer / Paula Flach; Bouldering / Kathryn Hummel; Bouldering at Ardmair Beach / Deziree Wilson; Snails / Tami Knight; The Grampians / Jen Randall; K'e yil yal tx'i': saying something / Leslie Hsu Oh; [untitled 4] / Krystle Wright; The climb / Helen Mort; Mad hatter's gully in winter / Deziree Wilson; Unmapping / Katie Ives; Unshod to meet the flints / Polly Atkin; She always collects her starter number in stones along the way / Paula Flach; A pattern-maker for memories / Alice Maddicott; The wilderness / Anna McNuff.

Notes: Jon Whyte Award winner 2019; Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature

ISBN: 9781910240755

Accession Number: P2020-1

Call Number: 05.1 M84w copy 1; 05.1 M84w copy 2 (reference)

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website with book preview

Websites

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/narratives/waymaking_1/

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