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Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years, 1860-69

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

Published Date: 1871

Author: Whymper, Edward

Publisher: London : John Murray

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 01.2 W62s

Author: Whymper, Edward

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: London : John Murray

Published Date: 1871

Physical Description: 432 pages ; 111 ill.

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

Subjects: Alps; Mountaineering; Switzerland

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 W62s

Collection: Archives Library

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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 327 pages

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

Subjects: Exploration; Mountaineering; Alpine Club (Great Britain); Expeditions; Switzerland

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Collection: Archives Library

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The mountain

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

Published Date: 1886

Author: Michelet, Jules

Publisher: London : L. Nelson and Sons

Call Number: 01.2 M58t

Author: Michelet, Jules

Publisher: London : L. Nelson and Sons

Published Date: 1886

Physical Description: 260 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Europe; Alps; Mountaineering; Glaciers; Nature

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 M58t

Collection: Archives Library

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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: The Graphic

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches); Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)

Publisher: The Graphic

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Glacier House; Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Lake Louise; Lake Louise District; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Range

Abstract: Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.

Notes: In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486

Accession Number: 7830

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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A slender thread : escaping disaster in the Himalaya

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

Published Date: 2000

Author: Venables, Stephen

Publisher: London : Hutchinson

Call Number: DS485 H6 V4

Author: Venables, Stephen

Publisher: London : Hutchinson

Published Date: 2000

Physical Description: xiv, 208p. : ill. (some col.), maps

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

Subjects: Accidents; Mountaineering

ISBN: 0091801478

Call Number: DS485 H6 V4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Prairie Mountain [2000]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a summit record from Prairie Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada in 2000. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife …

Date Range: 2000

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 202

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / V: Summit Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records

Accession Number: accn. 2023.10

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 202

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Responsibility: Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 2000

Physical Description: 1 volume 1 cm of textual record

History / Biographical: Prairie Mountain is located in Kananaskis, Alberta. Prairie Mountain is nearby Calgary, Bragg Creek, Spray Valley Provincial Park and Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.

Scope & Content: File consists of a summit record from Prairie Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada in 2000. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. File: M200 / V / A / 202: Prairie Mountain [2000]

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Backpacking; Bow Valley; Climbing; Club; Description and travel; Environment; Environment and Nature; Hiking; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Provincial parks and reserves; Record keeping; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Summit; Trails

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains; Alberta; Kananaskis; Kananaskis Country; Kananaskis, AB; Calgary; Calgary, AB; Calgary, Alberta; Bragg Creek; Spray Valley; Spray Valley Provincial Park; Peter Lougheed Provincial Park; Prairie Mountain

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Japanese

Related Material: M235

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Peak Finder: Prairie Mountain, Canadian Rockies Database: https://cdnrockiesdatabases.ca/peaks/1104

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Jon Whyte : mind over mountains

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

Published Date: 2000

Author: Whyte, Jon

Publisher: Calgary : Red Deer Press

Call Number: 05.1 W62v

Author: Whyte, Jon

Responsibility: edited by Harry Vandervlist; foreword by Myrna Kostash

Publisher: Calgary : Red Deer Press

Published Date: 2000

Physical Description: vii, 166 p. : ill.

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

Subjects: Mills, Ike; Mountaineering; Schaffer, Mary; Stone, Margaret

Notes: Photographs by Edward Cavell, Pam Knott and Craig Richards

ISBN: 0-88995-208-6 (pbk.)

Accession Number: 7282

Call Number: 05.1 W62v

Collection: Archives Library

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Cuntrasts : 2 svizzeri in Canada and Colani in Canada

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

Published Date: 2001

Publisher: Switzerland : Television Rumantscha

Call Number: 01.4 C67c DVD

Responsibility: a film by Ruedi Bruderer

Publisher: Switzerland : Television Rumantscha

Published Date: 2001

Physical Description: 1 digital video disc : colour, sound ; 12 cm

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

Subjects: Colani, Jon Rudolf Bezzola; Klucker, Christian; Mountaineering; Mountaineers, Swiss

Notes: In Swiss German, European format

Accession Number: 7621

Call Number: 01.4 C67c DVD

Collection: Archives Library

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A Century of American alpinism, 2002

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

Published Date: 2002

Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

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Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Responsibility: Charles Earnest Fay, Allen Herbert Bent, Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington, Andrew John Kauffman, William Lowell Putnam

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Published Date: 2002

Physical Description: ix, 196 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations, portraits

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

Subjects: American Alpine Club; History; Mountaineering; Clubs

Abstract: Pertains to a century of American alpinism from 1902 to 2002

Contents: Forward; Preface; I Earliest American Mountaineers; II Pacific Crests; III Later and Farther North; IV Tidewater Alaska; V Early Amerian Ascents in the Alps; VI Appalachian Mountain Club Roots; VII The Social Aspect of Alpinism; VIII To the Top of the Continent; IX Other Mountain Clubs of America; X Momentous Events; XI Afield and at War; XII Changing Mores; XIII Moving West; XIV Not All Sweetness and Light; XV The Study of Mountain Elevations; XVI Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness; XVII Changing Faces; Appendices; Index

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: American Alpine Club link to book

Websites

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Mountaineering calendar

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Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one monthly calendar produced by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation in honour of the International Year of Mountains [2002].

Date Range: 2002

Reference Code: M57 / XIV / B / 2 (O.S)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Calendar; Published record

Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M57; S47; V40

Series: M57 / XIV : Chic Scott Personal

Sous-Fonds: M57

Sub-Series: M57 / XIV / B : Family and personal

Accession Number: 8110

Reference Code: M57 / XIV / B / 2 (O.S)

GMD: Calendar; Published record

Date Range: 2002

Physical Description: 1 calendar (33 x 28.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one monthly calendar produced by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation in honour of the International Year of Mountains [2002].

Subject Access: History; Publication; Mountaineering; Anniversary; Calendar

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Yam : 50 years of climbing on Yamnuska

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

Published Date: 2003

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: F1090 Y2 S34

Author: Scott, Chic

Responsibility: Chic Scott, Dave Dornian, Ben Gadd

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2003

Physical Description: 184 p. : ill., ports., maps

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineering

ISBN: 0921102976

Call Number: F1090 Y2 S34

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Life and limb : a true story of tragedy and survival against the odds

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

Published Date: 2004

Author: Andrew, Jamie

Publisher: London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited

Call Number: 01.2 An2l

Author: Andrew, Jamie

Publisher: London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited

Published Date: 2004

Physical Description: 306 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Accidents; Survival

Abstract: The weather looked perfect when Jamie Andrew and his closest friend, Jamie Fisher set off to climb the formidable North Face of Les Droites in the French Alps in 1999. But a sudden and ferocious storm hit them 10,000 feet up the mountain. They were trapped on a narrow ridge in temperatures of -30C, battered by winds so strong the rescue helicopters could not reach them. After five nightmarish nights doggedly clinging to life, Jamie Andrew was finally rescued; but his friend Jamie Fisher had died beside him on the last night. -- From inside cover

ISBN: 0749950072

Accession Number: P2023.19

Call Number: 01.2 An2l

Collection: Archives Library

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On thin ice : alpine climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya

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

Published Date: 2005

Author: Fowler, Mick

Publisher: London : Baton Works Publications

Call Number: 01 F83o

Author: Fowler, Mick

Responsibility: Foreword by Chris Bonington

Publisher: London : Baton Works Publications

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 223 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Climbing; Travel; Sports

Abstract: Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, follows Vertical Pleasure (Hodder, 1995). Here the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990. Despite work and family commitments he has maintained a regular series of 'big trips' to challending objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes. -- From inside cover

ISBN: 1898573581

Accession Number: P2023.19

Call Number: 01 F83o

Collection: Archives Library

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The rage : reflections on risk

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

Published Date: 2005

Author: De Maio, Steve

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: BF637 D44 R57

Author: De Maio, Steve

Responsibility: Steve De Maio; with foreword by Chic Scott

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 176p : port

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Poetry

Accession Number: 1-894765-63-X

Call Number: BF637 D44 R57

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Achttausend druber und drunter : mit den Tagebuchern von Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak und Chogolisa

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

Published Date: 2005

Author: Buhl, Hermann

Publisher: Munich, Germany : Piper Verlag GmbH

Call Number: G512 B84

Author: Buhl, Hermann

Responsibility: Hermann Buhl

Publisher: Munich, Germany : Piper Verlag GmbH

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 360p. : ill.

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

Subjects: Buhl, Hermann; Nanga Parbat; Mountaineering

Notes: English translation of title : Nanga Parbat pilgrimage : the lonely challenge

ISBN: 978-3-89029-303-5

Accession Number: AC602

Call Number: G512 B84

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Drawing from the mountain : an illustrated journey

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Perry, Lorne

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: 06.1 P41d

Author: Perry, Lorne

Responsibility: Lorne Perry

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 141 p. : ill., ports.

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

Subjects: Art; Trees; Flora; Flowers; Geology; Wildlife; Mountaineering; Equipment; Biography; Mountains; Rocky Mountains; Photography; Wilderness; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to art created by Lorne Perry during

Contents: Prologue; Beginning with trees; The limstone triangle; A fine kind of madness; "Real good" stories; Lords of the dance; The power of one; Flesh and blood; The gift; Epilogue; Acknowledgements

Notes: Signed by Lorne Perry

ISBN: 9781894765817

Accession Number: 2019.110

Call Number: 06.1 P41d

Collection: Archives Library

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The mountaineer and the artist : the Alpine Club of Canada centennial|The mountaineer and the artist : the Alpine Club of Canada centennial exhibition (DVD)

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2006

Author: Alpine Club of Canada

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 06 W62m Pam; 06 W62m Pam Copy 2; 06 W62m DVD

Author: Alpine Club of Canada

Responsibility: Craig Richards, still photographer; Joseph Potts video photographer

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 64p. : ill., ports; 1 digital video disc (35:00) : 1 sd., col

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Subjects: Artists; Mountaineering

Notes: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies collaboration with Alpine Club of Canada. Exhibition catalogue: Barry Blanchard, Brent R. Laycock; Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher, Donna Jo Massie; Richard and Louise Guy, Mary Lynne McCuthcheon; Nancy Hansen, Michael Peterson; Brad Harrison, Leona Amann; Marj Hind, Barbara J. West; Pat Morrow, Dominik Modlinski; Mike Mortimer, Glen Boles; Robert W. Sandford, Deborah Lougheed Sinclair; Chic Scott, Ed Bamling; Don Serl, Michael Binkley; Jim Tarrant, Susan Gottselig; Sharon Wood, Alice Saltiel; DVD recording pertains to each artist and mountaineer discussing the work for the exhibition