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The Alps and alpinism
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20182
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1968
- Author
- Lukan, Karl
- Publisher
- London, Thames & Hudson
- Call Number
- 01.2 L96t
- Author
- Lukan, Karl
- Responsibility
- Karl Lukan (editor)
- Hugh Merrick (translator)
- Christian Bonington (introduction)
- Publisher
- London, Thames & Hudson
- Published Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 200 pages illustrations (12 color), facsimiles, portraits
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of mountaineering the Alps
- Contents
- Foreward
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Life in the Alps
- Climbers in the Alps
- The Development of Skiing
- Sport Among the Rapids
- Building in the Alps
- Artists and the Alps
- Mountain Photography and Films
- Notes
- Originally published as Alpinismus in Bildern. Vienna, Schroll, 1967.
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 01.2 L96t
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- Archives Library
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The day the rope broke : the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn - and its strange and tragic aftermath
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14623
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965
- Author
- Clark, Ronald W
- Publisher
- New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc
- Call Number
- 01.2 C54d
- Author
- Clark, Ronald W
- Responsibility
- by Ronald W. Clark
- Publisher
- New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc
- Published Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Matterhorn
- Mountaineering
- Switzerland
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- Accession Number
- 2015.8533
- Call Number
- 01.2 C54d
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- Archives Library
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International Symposium of Problems of High Altitude, Darjeeling, India, Januaey 1962 : [papers]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4058
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Call Number
- 02.7 In8
- Published Date
- 1962
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Search and rescue
- Notes
- 1 volume
- Call Number
- 02.7 In8
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- Archives Library
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Les conquerants de l'inutile : des Alpes a l'Annapurna
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1961
- Author
- Terray, Lionel
- Publisher
- France : Gallimard
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- G512 T47 L47
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- Author
- Terray, Lionel
- Responsibility
- Lionel Terray
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- France : Gallimard
- Published Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 560 p. ; 88 illus. ; maps
- Abstract
- "All these faces that appear in close-up in the news or in the press are also men. The name of Lionel Terray, one of the most famous living mountaineers, comes back periodically in conversations, because he participated in a rescue or because he helped to conquer a great world summit like Annapurna or the Makalu. In The Conquerors of the Useless , it is the whole mountain and its secrets that it reveals to us without emphasis and especially without pretension. We see how a little boy can already sense his vocation and soon to live only for the mountain; how this passion led him from the Alps to the Himalayas, from Canada to Peru. Each story of his prodigious ascensions will fascinate those who know the mountain only through the cable car. Indeed, this book that Lionel Terray wrote entirely himself using notes and stories in which he fixed his memories throughout his career, was written for them. The Conquerors of the Useless is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the heroic fate of the last survivors of the Knights race. " (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Decouverte de la montagne
- Premieres conquetes
- La guerre des Alpes
- Je rencontre Lachenal
- La face nord de l'Eiger
- Guide de grandes courses
- L'Annapurna
- Sur les sommets du monde
- Notes
- EVE-DELACROIX PRIZE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY 1962
- French edition signed by Lionel Terray
- Newsclipping tucked inside entitled "La mort de Lionel Terray a stufefie les membres du Ski Club"
- ISBN
- 2070262146
- Accession Number
- AC636
- Call Number
- G512 T47 L47
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Publication information on publisher's website
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History of Lake O'Hara in the Canadian Rockies at Hector, British Columbia, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8184
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1961
- Author
- Gest, Lillian
- Call Number
- 08.3 Oh1g Pam
- Author
- Gest, Lillian
- Published Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 38p
- Subjects
- Artists
- Mountaineering
- Names, Geographical
- Notes
- Bibliography and first ascents
- Accession Number
- 5142 (2)
- Call Number
- 08.3 Oh1g Pam
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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A climber’s guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25079
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1953
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
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- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Responsibility
- J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- xx, 323 pages
- Abstract
- A guide for mountaineers for the Canadian Rocky Mountains arranged geographically including map references.
- Contents
- Introduction Preface Part One - International Boundary to Kicking Horse Pass Part Two - Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Pass to Jarvis Pass List of authorites Principle maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains Huts of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada
- Notes
- First ed., by Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington, published in 1921.
- Accession Number
- 8062
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
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- Archives Library
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- Publication information on the American Alpine Club website
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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19938
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Robson
- Abstract
- Pertains to the personal mountaineering experience of author, Frank S. Smythe. As a prominent English author, photographer, botanist and mountaineer, Smythe invites the reader to delve into a greater understanding of what it means to climb in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He tells of his successes, failures and lessons learned while scaling some of the most ambitious mountains in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the mountains discussed include, but are not limited to the following, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Mount Glendower and Mount Colin.
- Contents
- Part I : The Canadian Rockies
- I. The Canadian Rocky Mountains (pg. 3)
- II. Training the Lovat Scouts (pg. 19)
- III. Elysium Pass (pg. 37)
- IV. Mountaineering from Lake O'Hara (pg. 47)
- V. Mount Assiniboine (pg. 54)
- VI. Mount Alberta (pg. 67)
- VII. The Beaver (pg. 86)
- VIII. An attempt to climb Mount Brussels (pg. 96)
- IX. The first ascent of Mount Bridgland (pg. 108)
- X. Mount Robson (pg. 121)
- XI. Failure and success on Mount Colin (pg. 142)
- XII. Storm on Mount Louis (pg. 162) Part II : Unmapped and unexplored. An expedition to the LLoyd George Mountains of north-east British Columbia
- XIII. The Lloyd George Mountains (pg. 175)
- XIV. The flight to Haworth Lake (pg. 186)
- XV. The base-camp (pg. 196)
- XVI. Reconnaissance flight (pg. 206)
- XVII. The ascent of Mount Glendower (pg. 213)
- XVIII. The ascent of Mount Lloyd George (pg. 221)
- XIX. Call it a day (pg. 227)
- XX. High-level traverse (pg. 241)
- XXI. Lightning (pg. 251)
- Index (pg. 255)
- Notes
- All photographs used in the publication were taken by the author
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
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Trail to the charmed land
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20072
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Edwards, Ralph
- Publisher
- Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson
- Call Number
- 01.4 Ed9t
- Author
- Edwards, Ralph
- Responsibility
- Ralph Edwards
- Publisher
- Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- viii, 135 pages illustrations, map 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the stories of Ralph Edwards, a former mountain guide. While not a history, the publication serves as a way to commemorate a life well lived in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written similar to a diary, the author tells of his personal experiences and lessons learned while in the mountains. Readers are granted a highly personal account of mountaineering from a man who lived among the shadows of the Canadian Rockies himself.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Discovery of Yoho -- First Crossing of the Dolomite Pass -- The Conquest of Balfour -- A Millionaire Goes A-Hunting -- Anything Can Happen, And Does -- Cayuses I Have Met.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 01.4 Ed9t
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Mountain climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26175
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1897
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
- Responsibility
- Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Published Date
- 1897
- Physical Description
- 358 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- St. Elias
- Alps
- Climbing
- Glaciers
- Contents
- I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
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My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26179
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1895
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Published Date
- 1895
- Physical Description
- 360 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Caucasus
- Mummery, A. F.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
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Mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14139
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1892
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Responsibility
- by C. T. Dent, Illustrations by H.G. Willink et. al.
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Published Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- xx, 439 p. illus., ports., diagrs.
- Series
- The Badminton library of sports and pastimes, ed. by his Grace the Duke of Beaufort K.G. assisted by A.E.T. Watson
- Subjects
- Women
- Mountaineering
- Whymper, Edward
- Notes
- By C. T. Dent with contributions by W. M. Conway, D. W. Freshfield, C. E. Mathews, C. Pilkington, Sir F. Pollock, H. G. Willink, and an introduction by Mr. Justice Wills
- This book was used by Walter Wilcox, Sam Allen, and other members of the Yale "Lake Louise" Club in 1893. It was printed in 1892 and considered very up-to-date.
- Includes discussion of 'Climbing outfits for ladies' p. 50-52
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
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Among the Selkirk glaciers : being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain regions of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3982
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4g
- 02.6 Se4g M'fiche
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- xv, 251p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Geology
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- Also on microfiche
- Accession Number
- 400
- 5142 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4g
- 02.6 Se4g M'fiche
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
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Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years, 1860-69
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26163
- 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.
- Subjects
- Alps
- Mountaineering
- Switzerland
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 W62s
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