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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: 01.4 T14a c.1; 01.4 T14a c.2

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

ISBN: 9781550391824

Accession Number: 70,000 12-07-16; P2015-03-31

Call Number: 01.4 T14a c.1; 01.4 T14a c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Alpine artistry : the mountain life of Glen Boles

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 01.4 B63a Pam; R 01.4 B63a Pam

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2014

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

Series: Summit Series #19

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Photography; Art

ISBN: 9780920330531

Accession Number: 2017.8637

Call Number: 01.4 B63a Pam; R 01.4 B63a Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Alpine journey : Ferdl Taxbock's life on the edge

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15196

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

Published Date: 2012

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 01.4 T21a Pam; R 01.4 T21a Pam

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: 24 pages, col. ill.

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

Series: Summit Series #15

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography

ISBN: 9780920330494

Accession Number: 2017.8637

Call Number: 01.4 T21a Pam; R 01.4 T21a Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Always an adventure : an autobiography

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

Published Date: 2011

Author: Dempsey, Hugh A

Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary Press

Call Number: 08.2 D39a

Author: Dempsey, Hugh A

Responsibility: Hugh A. Dempsey

Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary Press

Published Date: 2011

Physical Description: vii, 405 p. : ill., ports.

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

Series: The West, 1922-6519 ; 3

Subjects: Harvie Eric; Glenbow Museum; Calgary Exhibition and Stampede; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Biography

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 9781552385227

Accession Number: 70,000 12-08-15

Call Number: 08.2 D39a

Collection: Archives Library

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An orogenous life: memoir and reader

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Gadd, Ben

Publisher: Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press

Call Number: 02.6 G11a

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Author: Gadd, Ben

Responsibility: Ben Gadd

Publisher: Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 655 pages

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

Subjects: Naturalists; Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains Canada; Biography; Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.

Contents: Introduction; Benny; Ben; Cia and Ben; Willy, Cia and Ben; Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben; Index; Other books by Ben Gadd

Notes: Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).

ISBN: 9780969263142

Accession Number: 2019.47

Call Number: 02.6 G11a

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: URL pertains to an online website dedicated to Ben Gadd and his continued achievements

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Art of Freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 01 Mc14a

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Responsibility: Bernadette McDonald

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountaineers, Polish; Biography

Abstract: "A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Introduction; Rock Animal; Alpinist in Training; Hindu Kush - Unleashed; Troll Wall; Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty; Hungry for Hunger; Dancing in the Moment; Enfant Terrible; Line against the Sky; The Shining Wall; Fork in the Road; Trango Tower; Night Naked; Dance of the Underclings; Chinese Maharaja; Metaphysical Think Tank; The Crux; Chronology of Selected Climbs; Acknowledgements; Notes; Sources; Index

ISBN: 9781771602129

Accession Number: 2019.11

Call Number: 01 Mc14a

Collection: Archives Library

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Artistry revealed : Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and their contemporaries

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Ewen, Anne and Monique Westra and Lisa Christensen

Publisher: Banff, Alberta, Canada : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Call Number: 06.1 Ew3a copy 1; 06.1 Ew3a copy 2; 06.1 Ew3a copy 3

Author: Ewen, Anne and Monique Westra and Lisa Christensen

Responsibility: essays by Anne Ewen, Monique Westra and Lisa Christensen

Publisher: Banff, Alberta, Canada : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 x 28 cm.

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

Subjects: Art; Artists; Biography; Exhibitions; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine Robb

Abstract: Artistry Revealed celebrates Peter and Catharine Whyte whose work reflected their connection to the mountain landscapes of the Canadian Rockies and their love of the Bow Valley community. The book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, founded by Peter and Catharine. Bursting with stunning reproductions of Peter’s and Catharine’s paintings and sketches, the publication includes essays in which Anne Ewen, Lisa Christensen and Monique Westra discuss the couple’s creative talent, accomplishments and legacy.

Contents: Foreword / by Vincent J. Varga -- Introduction /essay by Anne Ewen -- Looking closely at the art of Peter and Catharine Whyte / essay by Monique Westra -- Paint and philanthropy: the artistic legacy of Peter and Catharine Whyte / essay by Lisa Christensen. Pre´face / par Vincent J. Varga -- Introduction / essai par Anne Ewen -- Profond regard sur les oeuvres de Peter et Catharine Whyte / essai par Monique Westra -- Peinture et philanthropie: le legs artistique de Peter et Catharine Whyte / essai par Lisa Christensen.

Notes: Copy 1 (hardcover); Copy 2 (hardcover); Copy 3 (softcover)

ISBN: 978-0-920608-62-3

Accession Number: 2019.14

Call Number: 06.1 Ew3a copy 1; 06.1 Ew3a copy 2; 06.1 Ew3a copy 3

Collection: Archives Library

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The bear's embrace : a true story of a grizzly bear attack

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

Published Date: 2012

Author: Van Tighem, Patricia

Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books

Call Number: 02.7 V36b 2012

Author: Van Tighem, Patricia

Responsibility: Patricia Van Tighem

Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: 278 p

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

Subjects: Waterton Lakes National Park; Biography; Medicine

Notes: afterword by Margaret Van Tighem

ISBN: 9781553655947

Accession Number: 70,000

Call Number: 02.7 V36b 2012

Collection: Archives Library

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The book of Mortimer : celebrating a life of volunteerism

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 01.4 M84b Pam; R 01.4 M84b Pam

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 40 pages, col. ill.

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

Series: Summit Series #20

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography

ISBN: 9780920330593

Accession Number: 2017.8637

Call Number: 01.4 M84b Pam; R 01.4 M84b Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Bowling along: early travel adventures of Mary Morris Vaux

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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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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: 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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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

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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Everest, the first ascent : how a champion of science helped to conquer the mountain

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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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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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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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Helen Sovdat : guide, mentor, friend

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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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A house in the sky : a memoir

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Lindhout, Amanda and Sara Corbett

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Edition: First Scribner paperback edition

Call Number: 05 L64a

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Author: Lindhout, Amanda and Sara Corbett

Responsibility: Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett

Edition: First Scribner paperback edition

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 373 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

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

Subjects: Biography; History; Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the chilling account of Amanda Lindhout’s abduction in Somalia. Lindhout was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and began travelling the world at the age of nineteen. After only four days in Somalia, Linhout was abducted and would be held hostage for the next 460 days. She shares her gripping story, inviting the reader to take a glimpse into the torturous conditions she was held within. Compelling yet chilling, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett share an intensely personal account of heart break, pain and hope.

ISBN: 9781451645606

Accession Number: 2019.66

Call Number: 05 L64a

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL is linked to Amanda Lindhout's official website page. Interested viewers are able to find out more infromation on the author and her humanitarian efforts.