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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir

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

Published Date: 2019

Author: Wood, Sharon

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Edition: 1st

Call Number: 01.1 W85r

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Author: Wood, Sharon

Edition: 1st

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Women; Everest, Mount

Abstract: In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)

Contents: Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)

ISBN: 9781771622257

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 01.1 W85r

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website

Websites

http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/book/rising

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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25043

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

Published Date: 2019

Author: Wood, Sharon

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Edition: 1st

Call Number: G512 R57 W66

1 website

Author: Wood, Sharon

Edition: 1st

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Women; Everest, Mount

Abstract: In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)

Contents: Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)

ISBN: 9781771622257

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: G512 R57 W66

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website

Websites

http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/book/rising

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Summits of my life : daring adventures on the world's greatest peaks

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Jornet, Kilian

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress

Call Number: G512 J67 S86

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Author: Jornet, Kilian

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 201 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Travel; Mountaineering; Mont Blanc; Matterhorn; Elbruz, Mount; Denali; Everest, Mount; Running; Skiing; Biography

Abstract: Summits of My Life is the personal project of Kilian Jornet, in which for five years he has traveled to some of the most important peaks of the planet to try to establish FKT (fastest known time) of ascent and descent of some of the most emblematic mountains of the world. The project is closely linked to values and a way of understanding the purist and minimalist mountain. The experiences lived in each challenge have been captured in different films. (from author's website)

Contents: The project of my life; The Challenges; The Mont Blanc Traverse; Mont Blanc; The Matterhorn; Mount Elbrus; Denali; Aconcagua; Mount Everest; Forged in dreams and emotions

Notes: Kilian Jornet ; translated from Catalan by Nathan Douglas.; Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019

ISBN: 9781937715908

Accession Number: AC638

Call Number: G512 J67 S86

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Author's project website including films related to the ascents and decents in book

Websites

https://everest.summitsofmylife.com/

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Karakoram : climbing through the Kashmir conflict

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Swenson, Steve

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Call Number: DS485 S94 K37

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Author: Swenson, Steve

Responsibility: Steven Swenson

Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 315 p. : illustrations (some colour)

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

Subjects: Kashmir; Mountaineering; Karakoram Range; Karakorum Mountains; Pakistan; Everest, Mount; Biography

Abstract: Pertains to the climbs attempted by Steven Swenson from 1980 to 2015 in the Karakoram range as they related to the Kashmir conflict

Contents: Foreward by Greg Child; Author's note; Preface; Map legend; Map of the Karakoram region; Chapter 1 - to Pakistan; Chapter 2 - elusive summits; Chapter 3 - K2 at last; Chapter 4 - life and death; Chapter 5 - Everest; Chapter 6 - one more try; Chapter 7 - after 9/11; Chapter 8 - the killer mountain; Chapter 9 - the world's hardest mountains; Chapter 10 - the risk of regret; Chapter 11 - attack; Chapter 12 - passing the torch; Sources; Acknoledgements; Index

ISBN: 9780594859731

Accession Number: AC634

Call Number: DS485 S94 K37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: American Alpine Club article

Websites

http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201214590/Karakoram-Climbing-Through-the-Kashmir-Conflict

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Norton of Everest : the biography of E.F. Norton, soldier and mountaineer

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Norton, Hugh

Publisher: Sheffield, England : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: G512 N67 N67

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Author: Norton, Hugh

Publisher: Sheffield, England : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 208 p.

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineering; World War I; Everest, Mount

Abstract: E.F. Norton lived a life of distinction in the declining years of the British Empire. Born into an accomplished, well-travelled family, he followed his heart and enlisted for a professional career as a soldier. A distinguished military career followed, punctuated with indulgences in his passion for exploration and mountaineering. The British Empire was starting to crumble, and Norton would be called upon more than once to rise to a variety of challenges.Norton’s gift for leadership was first demonstrated via his rapid progression through the ranks in the First World War, which paved the way for future leadership appointments, having earned the confidence and respect of those under his command. Events in the Second World War followed suit, when Norton was abruptly assigned the post of acting governor of Hong Kong, entrusted to save the civilian population from imminent Japanese invasion. The 1924 Everest expedition also exemplifies the pattern of having had leadership thrust upon him – in this case when General Charles Bruce was struck down by malaria on the approach march. Leading from the front, Norton set an altitude record for climbing on Everest without supplementary oxygen – a record only bettered in 1978 when Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen. Yet tragedy would follow Norton’s achievement, when George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared high on the mountain. In Norton of Everest, Hugh Norton has written sensitively and knowledgably about his father’s remarkable life as mountaineer, soldier, naturalist, artist and family man. As on Everest, the real story is not only the death of the gallant, but also the heroics of the quiet survivors like E.F. Norton. (from publisher's website)

Contents: Foreward by Wade Davis; Preface; Chapter 1 - The early years; Chapter 2 - Soldiering; Chapter 3 - A pen portrait; Chapter 4 - Mountaineering; Chapter 5 - The middle years; Chapter 6 - Acting governor of Hong Kong; Chapter 7 - Retirement; Appendices; Acknowledgements

ISBN: 9781910240922

Accession Number: AC635

Call Number: G512 N67 N67

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

Websites

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/categories/biographies/norton-of-everest.html

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Going up is easy : the first woman to ascend Everest without oxygen

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Bradey, Lydia

Publisher: New Zealand : Penguin Random House

Call Number: G512 B73 G65

Author: Bradey, Lydia

Responsibility: Lydia Bradey with Laurence Fearnley

Publisher: New Zealand : Penguin Random House

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 272 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Everest, Mount

ISBN: 9780143573234

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 B73 G65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Higher love : skiing the seven summits

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Deslauriers, Kit

Publisher: New York : Archer Publication

Call Number: G512 D47

Author: Deslauriers, Kit

Publisher: New York : Archer Publication

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 479 pages, colour plates

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Skiing; Everest, Mount; Kilimanjaro, Mount; Denali

ISBN: 9781941729014

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 D47

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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One man's Everest

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Cool, Kenton

Publisher: London : Preface

Call Number: G512 C66 O54

Author: Cool, Kenton

Publisher: London : Preface

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 264 pages, illustrations (16 pages of unnumbered, coloured plates)

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

Subjects: Accidents; Biography; Everest, Mount; Mountaineering; Nepal

ISBN: 9781848094499

Accession Number: AC633

Call Number: G512 C66 O54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The calling : a life rocked by mountains

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Blanchard, Barry

Publisher: Ventura, California : Patagonia

Call Number: G512 B53

Author: Blanchard, Barry

Publisher: Ventura, California : Patagonia

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 439 pages : illustrations (some color), plates

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Music; Everest, Mount

ISBN: 9781938340314

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 B53

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Lure of the mountains : the life of Bentley Beetham, 1924 Everest expedition mountaineer

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Lowes, Michael D.

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: G512 B44

Author: Lowes, Michael D.

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 155 pages, ill.

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

Subjects: Everest, Mount; Mountaineering; Great Britain; Mount Everest Expedition (1924)

Notes: Bentley Beetham Collection online: http://www.bentleybeetham.org/

ISBN: 9781906148942

Accession Number: AC610

Call Number: G512 B44

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The call of the ice : climbing 8000 meter peaks in winter

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Moro, Simone

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers Books

Call Number: G512 M67 C35

Author: Moro, Simone

Responsibility: Simone Moro ; foreword by Ed Viesturs ; translated by Monica Meneghetti

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers Books

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 220 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Everest, Mount; Nanga Parbat

Notes: Originally published in Milan, 2012

ISBN: 9781594859038

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: G512 M67 C35

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada 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