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Around the world in a dugout canoe : the untold story of Captain John Voss and the Tilikum
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24995
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- MacFarlane, John
- Salmon, Lynn J.
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Call Number
- 02.1 M11a
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- Author
- MacFarlane, John
- Salmon, Lynn J.
- Responsibility
- John M, MacFarlane
- Lynn J. Salmon
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 268 p.
- Abstract
- "For three years Voss and the Tilikum, aided by a rotating cast of characters, visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and finally England, weathering heavy gales at sea and attracting large crowds of spectators on shore. The austere on-board conditions and simple navigational equipment Voss used throughout the voyage are a testimony to his skill and to the solid construction of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth vessel. Both Voss and his original mate, newspaperman N.K. Luxton, later wrote about their journey in accounts compromised by poor memories, brazen egos and outright lies. Stories of murder, cannibalism and high-seas terror have been repeated elsewhere without any regard to the truth. Now, over a century later, a full and fair account of the voyage--and the magnitude of Voss’s accomplishment--is at last fully detailed. In this groundbreaking work, marine historians John MacFarlane and Lynn Salmon sift fact from fiction, critically examining the claims of Voss’s and Luxton’s manuscripts against research from libraries, archives, museums and primary sources around the world. Including unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera from the voyage, Around the World in a Dugout Canoe tells the real story of a little-understood character and his cedar canoe. It is an enduring story of courage, adventure, sheer luck and at times tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- John Claus Voss -- Treasure Hunting in the Xora -- Norman Kenny Luxton -- “Out-Slocuming” Joshua Slocum -- Preparing to Voyage -- Across the Pacific -- Penrhyn Island and Beyond -- The Mate Walter Louis Begent -- Australia -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Brazil and up the Atlantic to England -- Repatriation to Victoria -- The Sea Queen, the Tilikum II and Voss’s Last Years.
- Notes
- Contains materials from the Luxton family fonds from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library
- Signed by John MacFarlane
- ISBN
- 9781550178791
- Accession Number
- 2019.106
- Call Number
- 02.1 M11a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publication on publisher's website
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The best of the Great Trail. Volume 1, Newfoundland to Southern Ontario on the Trans Canada Trail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25022
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 1
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- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 325 pages : illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- Trails
- Trans Canada trail
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Abstract
- Here, at last, is the essential companion to the eastern part of Canada's national trail. Profiling 30 separate sections, crossing 6 provinces, and traversing more than 900 km of trail, this guide for the adventurous offers a connoisseur's sampling of the finest components of eastern Canada's Trans Canada Trail. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Why this book?
- How to use this book
- Trails at a glance
- Newfoundland
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- New Brunswick
- Quebec
- Southern Ontario
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781773100005
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 1
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Goose Lane Editions website
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The best of the Great Trail. Volume 2, Northern Ontario to British Columbia on the Trans Canada Trail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25023
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 2
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- Author
- Haynes, Michael
- Publisher
- Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 325 pages : illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- Trails
- Trans Canada trail
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Abstract
- What is the longest, most exciting hiking and cycling trail in the world? It can only be The Great Trail. Spanning the entirety of Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic Oceans, this improbable route covers 24,000 kilometres.The Best of The Great Trail is the essential companion to this national trail. In volume 2, Michael Haynes completes his two-book set on The Great Trail, leading hikers and cyclists through thirty "must-see" trails of Western Canada in five provinces. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Why this book?
- How to use this book
- Trails at a glance
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Northern Ontario
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781773100326
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F1000 H39 T44 Volume 2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Goose Lane Editions website
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
1 website
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Responsibility
- Bart Robinson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 160 p.; illus.
- Subjects
- Hotels
- History
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Origins of a Hotel
- Grand Designs
- Vistas and Vendettas
- Growing Pains
- Towers and Troubles
- Princes and Politicians
- Out of the Fire
- A Brief But Golden Moment
- Tribulations and Triumph
- A Second Century
- Into the New Millenium
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Credits
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- ISBN
- 9781926983356
- Accession Number
- 2019.89
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
1 website
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Responsibility
- Will Smith
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- [248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
- Subjects
- Railways
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Restaurants
- Travel
- Canada
- Industry
- History
- History-Canada
- Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
- Chapter 2 - Research sources
- Chapter 3 - Railway
- Chapter 4 - Steamships
- Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
- Chapter 6 - Airline
- Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
- Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
- Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
- Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
- Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
- Chapter 12 - Market value
- Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
- Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
- Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
- Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
- Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
- Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
- Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
- Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
- Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
- Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781999382100
- Accession Number
- 2019.27
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Explorers' sketchbooks : the art of discovery & adventure
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19920
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Lewis-Jones, Huw
- Herbert, Kari
- Publisher
- San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- N L49 E97
1 website
- Author
- Lewis-Jones, Huw
- Herbert, Kari
- Responsibility
- Huw Lewis-Jones and Kari Herbert
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : illus. (colour)
- Abstract
- The sketchbook has been the one constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure. Often private, they are records of immediate experiences and discoveries, and in their pages we can see what the explorers themselves encountered. This remarkable book showcases 70 such sketchbooks, kept by intrepid men and women as they journeyed perilous and unknown environments—frozen wastelands, high mountains, barren deserts, and dense rainforests—with their senses wide open. Figures such as Charles Darwin and Sir Edmund Hillary are joined here by lesser-known explorers such as Adela Breton, who braved the jungles of Mexico to make a record of Mayan monuments. Here are profiles, expedition details, and the artwork of pioneering explorers and mapmakers, botanists and artists, ecologists and anthropologists, eccentrics and visionaries. Here is the art of discovery. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Introduction
- The sketchbooks
- Biographies
- Selected reading
- Illustration credits
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by Huw Lewis-Jones "Banff 2017"
- ISBN
- 9780452158273
- Accession Number
- AC635
- Call Number
- N L49 E97
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Publisher's website
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Family walks and hikes in the Canadian Rockies. Volume 1 : Bragg Creek - Kananaskis - Bow Valley - Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25204
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 1
1 website
- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Responsibility
- Andrew Nugara
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- xx, 156 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Travel
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Highways
- Highways - Alberta
- Kananaskis Country
- Maps
- Lake Louise
- Lake Louise - Roads & Trails
- Abstract
- Family Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps, and colour photographs. The first book for the Canadian Rockies in the series brings together an inspiring collection of comfortable walks and spectacular hikes for visitors and locals looking for unique, guided wanderings in a number of diverse locations in the Rockies, including: Elbow Falls Powderface Ridge Troll Falls Elbow Lake Grotto Canyon Grassi Lakes Tunnel Mountain Johnston Canyon Stanley Glacier Plain Of Six Glaciers Bow Summit Ranging from charmingly easy to moderately challenging, these hikes are all accessible from reliable roads and popular staging areas. In addition, each hike is accompanied by a clear, colourful map, step by step directions, and full-colour photographs. Each route includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Area Maps
- Highway 66, The Elbow
- Highway 40 South, Kananaskis Trail
- Highway 1, Bow Valley, Canmore, Highway 742 South
- Banff
- Kootenay National Park
- Lake Louise
- Icefield Parkway (Highway 93 North(
- Important Contacts
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9781771602242
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 1
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- Archives Library
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Family walks and hikes in the Canadian Rockies. Volume 2 : Bragg Creek , Kananaskis , Moraine Lake , Yoho , Icefields Parkway , Jasper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25205
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 2
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- Author
- Nugara, Andrew
- Responsibility
- Andrew Nugara
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, BC] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- volumes : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Hiking
- Travel
- Kananaskis Country
- Maps
- Highways
- Highways - Alberta
- Banff
- Moraine Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Jasper
- Abstract
- amily Walks and Hikes is an exciting series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These accurate, attractive guides feature expertly curated routes, informative maps, and colour photographs. Andrew Nugara’s second book for families looking to experience the splendour of the Canadian Rockies describes additional trips in Bragg Creek, Banff, and Kananaskis that were not included in Volume 1 due to redevelopment of these hiking hotspots since the dramatic Alberta floods of 2013. As well, Volume 2 includes several new areas for family exploration, including Moraine Lake, Yoho, the north section of Highway 93 North, and Jasper. Some of the comfortable walks and spectacular hikes in this new volume are: Forgetmenot Ponds Nihahi Ridge King Creek Canyon Canadian Everest Trail Picklejar Lakes Yamnuska Ha Ling Peak Sunshine Meadows Paget Peak Lookout Takakkaw Falls Parker Ridge Athabasca Glacier Sunwapta Falls Maligne Canyon Ranging from charmingly easy to moderately challenging, all of these hikes are accessible from reliable roads and popular staging areas. In addition, each hike is accompanied by a clear, colourful map, step by step directions, and full-colour photographs. Each route includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Area Maps
- Highway 66, the Elbow
- Highway 40 South, Kananaskis Trail
- Highway 1, Bow Valley, Canmore, Highway 742 South
- Banff Area
- Moraine Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Icefields Parkway (Highway 93 North)
- Jasper
- Important Contacts
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- ISBN
- 9781771603058
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.6 N89f Vol. 2
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- Archives Library
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The impossible climb : Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the climbing life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25042
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Synnott, Mark
- Publisher
- [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
- Call Number
- G512 T44 S96
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- Author
- Synnott, Mark
- Publisher
- [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- viii, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Travel
- Abstract
- In Mark Synnott’s unique window on the ethos of climbing, his friend Alex Honnold’s astonishing free solo ascent of El Capitan’s 3,000 feet of sheer granite is the central act. When Honnold topped out at 9:28 A.M. on June 3, 2017, having spent fewer than four hours on his historic ascent, the world gave a collective gasp. The New York Times described it as “one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever.” Synnott’s personal history of his own obsession with climbing since he was a teenager—through professional climbing triumphs and defeats, and the dilemmas they render—makes this a deeply reported, enchanting revelation about living life to the fullest. What are we doing if not an impossible climb? Synnott delves into a raggedy culture that emerged decades earlier during Yosemite’s Golden Age, when pioneering climbers like Royal Robbins and Warren Harding invented the sport that Honnold would turn on its ear. Painting an authentic, wry portrait of climbing history and profiling Yosemite heroes and the harlequin tribes of climbers known as the Stonemasters and the Stone Monkeys, Synnott weaves in his own experiences with poignant insight and wit: tensions burst on the mile-high northwest face of Pakistan’s Great Trango Tower; fellow climber Jimmy Chin miraculously persuades an official in the Borneo jungle to allow Honnold’s first foreign expedition, led by Synnott, to continue; armed bandits accost the same trio at the foot of a tower in the Chad desert . . . The Impossible Climb is an emotional drama driven by people exploring the limits of human potential and seeking a perfect, choreographed dance with nature. Honnold dared far beyond the ordinary, beyond any climber in history. But this story of sublime heights is really about all of us. Who doesn’t need to face down fear and make the most of the time we have? (from Penguin Random House website)
- Contents
- "The Hon is going to freesolo El Cap" -- Crazy kids of America -- A vision of the stonemasters' lightning -- Stone monkey -- Crashing the gravy train on the vertical mile -- The secret weapon, Mr. Safety, and Xiao Pung-- Non-profit -- Secret dawn walls -- Amygdala -- The source -- "Her attitude is awesome" -- Fun.
- ISBN
- 9781101986646
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G512 T44 S96
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Penguin Random House website
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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
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- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books website
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Kenora rock climbs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25025
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Brown, Mike
- Munro, Ryan
- Publisher
- Kenora, Ontario : Kenora Rock Climbs
- Edition
- 2nd
- Call Number
- F1059 B76 K46
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- Author
- Brown, Mike
- Munro, Ryan
- Edition
- 2nd
- Publisher
- Kenora, Ontario : Kenora Rock Climbs
- Published Date
- 2019
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Ontario
- Abstract
- Northwestern Ontario hosts some of the oldest and hardest granite cliffs in North America, surrounded by beautiful clean lakes. KENORA ROCK CLIMBS is the most complete guide to this pristine region stretching from the Whiteshell Provincial Park to just east of Kenora, Ontario. Most of the climbing is located less than three hours from Winnipeg and is frequented by climbers for day trips and weekend adventures.This book covers eight main popular areas, over 400 sport, trad, aid, and bouldering routes, useful tips (and less useful tips), original writing, drawings, and maps, sweet photos of a few people who love this as much as we do. This one’s for the gear heads, the noobs, the pebble wrestlers, the crushers, and the dirtbags. (Kenora Rock Climbs website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Local beta:
- Kenora
- The weather
- Choosing a cliff
- Camping
- Enjoying the great outdoors
- Route development and ethics
- How to use this book
- Rock climbs:
- Lily Pond
- Roadside
- Gooseneck
- Cave Cliff
- South Cliff
- Jones
- Jones Bouldering
- Echo
- Panorama
- Whiskeyjacks
- Route index
- Rest day material:
- So many stories / game changer
- Berry picking
- Climbing timeline
- Eagle's nest
- Wildlife
- Rebolting initiative
- Profits over people
- Notes
- Banff Mountail Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 978199954170
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F1059 B76 K46
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Kenora Rock Climbs website
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Lake District bouldering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25024
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Chapman, Greg
- Publisher
- Sheffield, UK : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- DA C43 L35
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- Author
- Chapman, Greg
- Publisher
- Sheffield, UK : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 568 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour)
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Abstract
- Lake District Bouldering is the long-awaited guide to bouldering in the Lake District National Park. Written by Greg Chapman, one of the pioneers of bouldering in the Lakes, it features almost 3,000 individually numbered problems and dozens of variations and linkups at over 70 venues.Greg created the LakesBloc website in 2003 with the sole aim of providing the very best online information relating to bouldering in the Lakes and surrounding areas. Lake District Bouldering builds on LakesBloc and brings together this huge amount of information in a comprehensive guidebook for the very first time. This guide is split into five sections: South-East, South-West, North-East, North-West and South Lakes Limestone. Featured crags include old-school venues such as the Langdale Boulders, the Bowderstone, Woodwell and Armathwaite; recently developed areas such as the Harter Gold Boulders in Dunnerdale and the Stirrup Stones in Wasdale, and nationally significant spots including Carrock Fell, Kentmere and St Bees Head. Each crag features detailed access and approach information, including GPS coordinates for parking and crag grid references, together with conditions information and local knowledge. Alongside superb action photography, there are over 700 colour photo topos, plus overview and topo maps. A reference section with Ordnance Survey maps is included for selected mountain crags, and a detailed appendix includes everything you need to plan a visit: tourist information centres, cafes and pubs, campsites and accommodation, gear shops, climbing walls, and useful websites. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- Introduction -- A legal bit -- Acknowledgements -- What's in and what's not -- Names and first ascents -- Safety statement -- Mountain rescue -- Access -- Behaviour -- Respecting the rocks -- The countryside code -- Stars -- Grades -- Map key -- Useful information -- South Lakes Limestone: Silverdale area; Farleton area; Kendal area; Minor areas -- South-East: Kentmere area; Langdale; Little Langdale & Wrynose; Coniston; Minor areas -- South-West: Furness; Duddon Valley; Eskdale; Wasdale; Minor areas -- North-West: Borrowdale; Ennerdale; West Coast; Minor area -- North-East: Haweswater; Thirlmere; Penrith area; Eden Valley; Minor areas -- Ordnance of survey maps -- Graded list -- Problem index.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist - long list for "Guidebooks"
- ISBN
- 9781910240731
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- DA C43 L35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
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Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25039
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Harris, Kate
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Call Number
- G530 L36 H37
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- Author
- Harris, Kate
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 305 pages : illustrations, map
- Abstract
- As a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she most craved—that of a generalist explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician—had gone extinct. From her small-town home in Ontario, it seemed as if Marco Polo, Magellan and their like had long ago mapped the whole earth. So she vowed to become a scientist and go to Mars. Well along this path, Harris set off by bicycle down a short section of the fabled Silk Road with her childhood friend Mel Yule. This trip was just a simulacrum of exploration, she thought, not the thing itself—a little adventure to pass the time until she could launch for outer space. But somewhere in between sneaking illegally across Tibet, studying the history of science and exploration at Oxford, and staring down a microscope for a doctorate at MIT, she realized that an explorer, in any day and age, is by definition the kind of person who refuses to live between the lines. Forget charting maps, naming peaks, leaving footprints on another planet: what she yearned for was the feeling of soaring completely out of bounds. And where she'd felt that most intensely was on a bicycle, on a bygone trading route. So Harris quit the laboratory and hit the Silk Road again with Yule, this time determined to bike it from beginning to end. Weaving adventure and deep reflection with the history of science and exploration, Lands of Lost Borders explores the nature of limits and the wildness of a world that, like the self and like the stars, can never be fully mapped. (from Kate Harris' website)
- Contents
- Marco made me do it: North America -- Roof of the world: Tibetan Plateau -- Natural history: England and New England -- Undercurrents: Black Sea -- The cold world awakens: Lesser Caucasus -- Angle of incidence: Greater Caucasus -- Borderlandia: Caspian Sea -- Wilderness/wasteland: Ustyurt Plateau and Aral Sea Basin -- The source of a river: Pamir Knot -- A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam: Tarim Basin and Tibetan Plateau -- Road's end: Indo-Gangetic Plain and Greater Himalaya.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film Festival 2018 finalist for Adventure Travel
- ISBN
- 9780062839343
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G530 L36 H37
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Kate Harris' website including publication information
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A life in the wild : the story of mountain explorer John Baldwin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25238
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Edition
- Summit Series 2019
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sc3a
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- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Responsibility
- Chic Scott
- Edition
- Summit Series 2019
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 43 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Skiing
- Mountaineering
- Travel
- Biography
- Abstract
- Known affectionately to his friends as the King of the Coast Range, John Baldwin has spent his life in a quest to experience the west coast wilderness. Since his teenage years he has explored the rugged Coast Mountain Range, climbing 700 peaks, many of them first ascents, and making perhaps one hundred multi-week, long-distance forays across the icefields and along the ridges of what is one of the last true wilderness areas on earth. Shunning the easy path, John has forged his own way through some of the toughest geography on the planet. He is a mountaineer and explorer of the first order (from Alpine Club of Canada)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One - an idyllic childhood
- Chapter Two - the Varsity Outdoor Club
- Chapter Three - a world of snow and ice
- Chapter Four - adventures with John Clark
- Chapter Five - the mountains of the coast
- Chapter Six - soul of wilderness
- Chapter Seven - a life dedicated to mountains
- ISBN
- 9780920330777
- Accession Number
- 2021.08
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sc3a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available to order via Alpine Club of Canada
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Mo' beta : rock climbs of Missouri
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25034
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Collins, Jeremy
- Publisher
- Jefferson City, MO : Modern Litho.
- Call Number
- A17 M63 C65
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- Author
- Collins, Jeremy
- Publisher
- Jefferson City, MO : Modern Litho.
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 272 pages : color illustrations, color maps
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Rock climbing
- Abstract
- Comprehensive guide to climbing in Missouri with over 500 routes
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Forward
- Preface
- How to use this guide
- How to be a climber
- Map of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Kansas City
- Chapter 2 - Truman Lake
- Chapter 3 - Boone County
- Chapter 4 - Somo
- Chater 5 - Elephant Rocks
- Chapter 6 - Capital Crags
- Route Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- A17 M63 C65
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Publication website with interactive map showing climb locations
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Nako´n-i'a wo! = Beginning Nakoda
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25060
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- McArthur, Armand (author)
- Kennedy, Wilma (author)
- Collette, Vincent (editor)
- Publisher
- Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 C67n copy 1
- 07.2 C67n copy 2 reference
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- Publisher
- Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 252 pages
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Languages
- Guidebook
- Education
- Abstract
- Written for beginning learners of Nakoda (also known as Assiniboine), this workbook, arranged thematically, provides a Nakoda/English lexicon, a vocabulary, a table of kinship terms, a glossary of linguistic terminology, and exercises to do after each lesson. This book was made possible with the assistance of Elders and Language Keepers of the Nakoda Nation: Armand McArthur and Wilma Kennedy, Main Consultants; with additional contributions by Pete Bigstone, Leona Kroscamp, Freda O'Watch, and Ken Armstrong. (from University of Regina Press website)
- ISBN
- 9780889776623
- Accession Number
- P2020-1
- Call Number
- 07.2 C67n copy 1
- 07.2 C67n copy 2 reference
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on University of Regina Press website
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No easy way : the challenging life of the climbing taxman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25041
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Publisher
- Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- G512 N64 F69
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- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Publisher
- Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- ix, 241 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Biography
- Mountaineering
- Travel
- Abstract
- In No Easy Way, his third volume of climbing memoirs following Vertical Pleasure and On Thin Ice, Fowler recounts a series of expeditions to stunning mountains in China, India, Nepal and Tibet. Alongside partners including Paul Ramsden, Dave Turnbull, Andy Cave and Victor Saunders, he attempts striking, technically challenging unclimbed lines on Shiva, Gave Ding and Mugu Chuli – with a number of ascents winning prestigious Piolets d’Or, the Oscars of the mountaineering world. Written with his customary dry wit and understatement, he manages challenges away – the art of securing a permit for Tibet – and at home – his duties as Alpine Club president – all the while pursuing his passion for exploratory mountaineering. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- The competing priorities of life -- Grosvenor: The dangers of cupping -- Kalaqiao: Hands drawn together in prayer -- The Goody Cash: Scottish sea cliffs at their best -- Manamcho: I've never seen a white man before -- Nottingham Castle 1: Challenges close to the office -- Vasuki Parbat: The judgement game -- Fell running: A new mildly eccentric form of exercise? -- Jura success: A passion is born -- Sulamar: The hottest bathtub ever -- The Xiate Trail: Trade routes can be challenging too -- Alpine Club: The establishment beckons -- Mugu Chuli: The bureaucrats go climbing -- Nottingham Castle 2: A brush with the constabulary -- The Prow of Shiva: Are we good enough to do it? -- Kishtwar Kailash: A very special drive and a 12.5-million-view video clip -- Talking about it... -- Hagshu: The bear, the tension, and the climb -- Gave Ding: True adventure -- Sersank: Never too old -- The challenges never end.
- ISBN
- 9781911342755
- Accession Number
- AC693
- Call Number
- G512 N64 F69
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
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The Ogre : biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25040
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Scott, Doug
- Publisher
- Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- G530 T44 S36
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- Author
- Scott, Doug
- Publisher
- Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- xi, 244 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (on lining papers)
- Subjects
- Pakistan
- Mountaineering
- Accidents
- Travel
- Abstract
- On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed by the start of a desperate fight for survival. And things would only get worse. Rising to over 7,000 metres in the centre of the Karakoram, the Ogre – Baintha Brakk – is notorious in mountaineering circles as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. First summited by Scott and Bonington in 1977 – on expedition with Paul ‘Tut’ Braithwaite, Nick Estcourt, Clive Rowland and Mo Anthoine – it waited almost twenty-four years for a second ascent, and a further eleven years for a third. The Ogre, by legendary mountaineer Doug Scott, is a two-part biography of this enigmatic peak: in the first part, Scott has painstakingly researched the geography and history of the mountain; part two is the long overdue and very personal account of his and Bonington’s first ascent and their dramatic week-long descent on which Scott suffered two broken legs and Bonington smashed ribs. Using newly discovered diaries, letters and audio tapes, it tells of the heroic and selfless roles played by Clive Rowland and Mo Anthoine. When the desperate climbers finally made it back to base camp, they were to find it abandoned – and themselves still a long way from safety. The Ogre is undoubtedly one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1 -- Chapter 1: The Mountain -- Chapter 2: Ancient History of Exploration -- Chapter 3: European Interest in the Region -- Chapter 4: The East India Company -- Chapter 5: Scottish Contribution to Empire -- Chapter 6: The Blanks on the Map -- Chapter 7: Early Mountaineering -- PART 2; Chapter 8: The Climbers -- Chapter 9: March to Base Camp -- Chapter 10: Climbing the Ogre -- Chapter 11: The Epic Descent -- Chapter 12: The Final Stretch -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- Further Reading -- The Author -- More books by Doug Scott.
- ISBN
- 9781911342793
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G530 T44 S36
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
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Okanagan bouldering guidebook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25032
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- White, Andy
- Publisher
- Gniess Guy Publishing
- Call Number
- F1087 O53 W45
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- Author
- White, Andy
- Publisher
- Gniess Guy Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 544 pages
- Abstract
- Okanagan Bouldering is the comprehensive bouldering guidebook to 1800 problems in 9 locations throughout BC's beautiful Okanagan Valley. From lakeside granite to high elevation gneiss boulder fields, this book is loaded with quality problems to blow the lid off the bouldering in the Okanagan. (from Gneiss Guy Publishing website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Central Okanagan bouldering:
- The Boulderfields:
- The Southwest fields
- The East fields
- The Central fields
- The North fields
- The Ruins
- Pebble Beach
- North Okanagan bouldering:
- Cougar Canyon
- Ellision Provincial Park
- South Okanagan bouldering:
- The Slayers
- The Sunstone
- Skaha Provincial Park
- The Winter Pig Hotel
- In memorial
- Index of problems by nature
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781775371908
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F1087 O53 W45
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Gneiss Guy Publishing website
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Rocks, Ridges, and Rivers : geological wonders of Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25263
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Leckie, Dale
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Dale Leckie
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46r
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- Author
- Leckie, Dale
- Responsibility
- Dale Leckie
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Dale Leckie
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 216 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - Jasper
- Geology - Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Geology - The West, Canadian
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Abstract
- This geological guide will assist tourists to choose and visit easily accessible sites that exemplify the sensational vistas in Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks. It was this breathtaking scenery for which the parks were given status as a UNESCO Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. The route is along the principle highways from Canmore to Banff, to Lake Louise, a side trip to Field, BC, back to Lake Louise and then north to Jasper through the Icefields Parkway. Explanations, color photographs, illustrations and maps highlight the geology for 50 sites. Mountains, rivers, glaciers and 500 million year fossils of the Burgess Shale are described. The book will assist travellers on how to arrive at a viewpoint, where to park and where to walk. Travellers interested in natural history such as birding, the vegetation and wildlife will want this book to understand the geological wonders that they are. Dale Leckie is an award-winning geologist who is internationally recognized for his many contributions to geology. Dale has a Ph.D. in Geology from McMaster University (1984), a M.Sc in Geography from McMaster University (1980) and B.Sc. in Geography from University of Alberta (1977). Dale Leckie is a Professional Geologist who has worked as a scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada and as Chief Geologist in a large Canadian energy company. He has edited numerous books and published over a 100 refereed papers most of those on the geology of Western Canada. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Geoscience Department at the University of Calgary. Dale has been President of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG). He has been leading geological field trips into the Rocky Mountains throughout his career. (from McNally Robinson website)
- Contents
- Author's preface
- Introduction
- Organization of this book
- Trip planner
- Safety
- Setting the stage
- Mount Yamnuska to Banff Townsite
- Geology of the Banff Townsite area
- Banff to Lake Louise
- Over the pass: the Field area in Yoho National Park
- Along the ridge: the Icefields Parkway
- Geology of the Jasper Townsite area
- Dissoloving the limestone: canyons, caves and lakes of the Maligne River
- Jasper to Jasper National Park Gate
- Acknowledgenments
- The glossary of terms
- The glossary of stratigraphy
- Image credits
- About the artist
- About the author
- About the designer
- ISBN
- 9780995908208
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46r
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- Archives Library
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- Publisher's website
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