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2002-2003 a tragic avalanche season

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

Author: Manners, Evan

Call Number: P

Author: Manners, Evan

Physical Description: p. 12

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

Subjects: Accidents

Notes: In Avalanche News, vol.66 (Fall 2003)

Call Number: P

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine tragedy

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

Published Date: 1948

Author: Gos, Charles

Publisher: New York : Scribner's

Call Number: DQ824 G6

Author: Gos, Charles

Publisher: New York : Scribner's

Published Date: 1948

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

Subjects: Accidents

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ824 G6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Avalanche!

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

Author: Jones, Dave

Call Number: P

Author: Jones, Dave

Physical Description: p.56-58 : ill

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

Subjects: Accidents; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Avalanche News, vol.68 (Spring 2004)

Call Number: P

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Between a rock and a hard place

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

Published Date: 2004

Author: Ralston, Aron

Publisher: Toronto : Atria Books

Call Number: G512 R73 B44

Author: Ralston, Aron

Publisher: Toronto : Atria Books

Published Date: 2004

Physical Description: 354p. : ill., map

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

Subjects: Accidents; Survival

ISBN: 0-7434-9281-1

Call Number: G512 R73 B44

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The black grizzly of Whiskey Creek

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

Published Date: 2008

Author: Marty, Sid

Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart

Call Number: QL M37

Author: Marty, Sid

Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart

Published Date: 2008

Physical Description: 282 p. : maps

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

Subjects: Accidents; Banff (townsite); Bears; Canadian Pacific Railway; Garbage; Indians; Parks Canada; Place names; Tourism; Wardens; Wildlife management

ISBN: 9780771056994

Accession Number: AC609 copy 2 to dups

Call Number: QL M37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Case study : Winter 2002-2003's fatality #29 : Mt. Lady MacDonald's lone hiker

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

Author: Field, George

Call Number: P

Author: Field, George

Physical Description: p.44 : ill

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

Subjects: Accidents

Notes: In Avalanche News, vol.66 (Fall 2003). -- Article pertains to avalanche victim Jean-Francois Fecteau of Canmore Alberta

Call Number: P

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The climb : tragic ambitions on Everest

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

Published Date: 1997

Author: Boukreev, Anatoli

Publisher: New York : St. Martin's

Call Number: DS486 E8 B65

Author: Boukreev, Anatoli

Responsibility: Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt

Publisher: New York : St. Martin's

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: xi, 255p. : col. ill., maps

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

Subjects: Accidents; Mountaineering

ISBN: 0312168144

Call Number: DS486 E8 B65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Coming through : expeditions to Chogolisa and Menlungtse

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

Published Date: 1990

Author: Fanshawe, Andy

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Call Number: DS786 M4 F34

Author: Fanshawe, Andy

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1990

Physical Description: 217p. : ill., ports, maps

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

Subjects: Accidents; Karakoram Range; Menlungtse (Tibet)

ISBN: 0-340-52079-5

Call Number: DS786 M4 F34

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The dangerous summer

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

Author: Child, Greg

Call Number: DS485 K2 C4 Pam

Author: Child, Greg

Responsibility: by Greg Child and Jon Krakauer

Physical Description: p.35-38, 70-75 : ill., ports

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

Subjects: K2; Accidents

Notes: In Outside magazine, vol.XII, no.3, March, 1987; In same issue: Meanwhile on Gasherbrum IV / by Greg Child

Call Number: DS485 K2 C4 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Dark summit : the true story of Everest's most controversial season

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

Published Date: 2008

Author: Heil, Nick

Publisher: New York : Henry Holt

Call Number: DS486 H45

Author: Heil, Nick

Responsibility: Nick Heil

Publisher: New York : Henry Holt

Published Date: 2008

Physical Description: xi, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps

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

Subjects: Everest, Mount; Accidents

Notes: Winner of 2008 Jon Whyte award for best book

ISBN: 9780805083101

Accession Number: AC610

Call Number: DS486 H45

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Death-roll of Snowdon

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

Call Number: DA740 S6 C3 Pam

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

Subjects: Accidents

Notes: Chambers's Journal, vol.4, May 7, 1887

Call Number: DA740 S6 C3 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Don't reduce Werner

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

Author: Dietzfelbinger, Christoph

Call Number: P

Author: Dietzfelbinger, Christoph

Physical Description: p.42 : port

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

Subjects: Accidents; Safety

Notes: In Avalanche News, vol.66 (Fall 2003). -- Article pertains to Werner Munter theory for avalanche prediction

Call Number: P

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Everest : mountain without mercy

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

Published Date: 1997

Author: Coburn, Broughton

Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic

Call Number: DS486 E8 C63 Oversize D

Author: Coburn, Broughton

Responsibility: introduction by Tim Cahill; afterword by David Beashears

Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: 256p. : col. ill., maps

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

Subjects: Accidents; Mountaineering; Photography

Notes: with IMAX camera images from the motion picture, Everest

ISBN: 0792270142

Call Number: DS486 E8 C63 Oversize D

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The evolution of avalanche public safety practices

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

Author: Everts, Christine

Call Number: P

Author: Everts, Christine

Physical Description: p.69-73 : ill

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

Subjects: Accidents; Gardner, Noel; Mountain guides; Ski mountaineering; Perren, Walter; Wardens

Notes: In Avalanche News, vol.70 (Fall 2004). --Installment article of the CAA's oral history project which documents the origins and history of the Canadian avalanche industry with interviews of avalanche pioneers including Hans Gmoser, Willi Pfisterer, Jim Sime, Ron Perla and Herb Bleuer