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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
- URL Notes
- 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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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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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
1 website
- 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
- URL Notes
- Kenora Rock Climbs website
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Ski touring around Narvik : 82 mountains and six traverses in Norway and Sweden
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25027
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- af Ekenstam, Mikael
- Publisher
- Oslo : Fri Flyt AS
- Call Number
- DL S55 E54
1 website
- Author
- af Ekenstam, Mikael
- Publisher
- Oslo : Fri Flyt AS
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 387 p. : ill.
- Scale
- 1:500,000
- Abstract
- You might know about the oppurtunities for skiing in and around the Narvik and Ofoten area. This is the home of Narvik, Riksgränsen, Björkliden and Abisko. The ski resort of Narvik has the best lift-accessed skiing in Scandinavia, while Riksgränsen, right at the border is an international favourite for spring skiing. Around these ski resorts there is a fantastic mountain landscape with a lot of variation in the character of the ski terrain. Many spectacular mountains are only accessible by ski touring, and this is the definitive guide to those. Ski Touring Around Narvik covers 82 mountains and six traverses in Narvik, Skjomen, Ballangen, Efjorden-Tysfjorden, Bogen-Grovfjorden, Gratangen-Lavangen, Hunddalen, Riksgränsen, Björkliden and Abisko. This comprehensive guidebook is written by Mikael Af Ekenstam, resident of Narvik and experienced mountaineer. When Powder Magazine visited Narvik to write this piece about Scandinavia's most spectacular powder paradise, Mikael served as their guide. Several world class photographers have contributed to the book. Ski Touring Around Narvik describes a wealth of routes in a spectacular landscape for ski enthusiasts on both sides of the Norwegian-Swedish border in Northern Scandinavia.The first edition of this guide book was originally published in 2004 in norwegian as Toppturer rundt Narvik - see the norwegian version here. This new and updated version includes aerial photos and customised maps to supplement the route descriptions. (from Fri Flyt website).
- Contents
- Overview map 1:500.000
- Foreward
- Practical information
- Safety
- How to read the route descriptions
- Narvik
- Skjomen
- Ballangen
- Efjord - Tysfjorden
- Bogen - Grovfjord
- Gratangen - Lavangen
- Huddalen
- Riksgransen
- Bjorkliden
- Abisko
- Traverses
- Skiing history
- Thanks for the company
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9788293090717
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- DL S55 E54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Fri Flyt website
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Quest into the unknown : my life as a climbing nomad
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25028
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Howard, Tony
- Publisher
- Sheffield (England) : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- G512 Qu47 H69
1 website
- Author
- Howard, Tony
- Publisher
- Sheffield (England) : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- x, 425 pages : color illustrations
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Abstract
- Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe Brown as, ‘One of the greatest ever achievements by British rock climbers’. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now used universally by every climber in the world. He founded the company Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown is his story. Tony has dedicated his life to travelling the world in search of unclimbed rock faces and remote trekking adventures. The scale of his travels is vast: he has visited all of the North African countries, much of the Arab land of the Middle East, the mountainous regions of Scandinavia, Canada and the rocky spine of the Americas, the Himalaya, remote Indian provinces, South East Asia, Madagascar, South Georgia and Antarctica. This book, the last word in adventure travel, takes the reader from Tony’s youth spent developing the crags of the English Peak District, via whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, thousand-mile canoe trips in the Canadian Arctic, living amongst the Bedouin in the rocky mountains of Jordan, to the isolated opium tribes of Thailand. Tony Howard’s Quest into the Unknown is the jaw-dropping account of a life of adventure that is the very definition of true exploration. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- Precis
- Part One
- Part Two
- Postscript
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781911342830
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- G512 Qu47 H69
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
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Some stories : lessons from the edge of business and sport
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25029
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Chouinard, Yvon
- Publisher
- Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
- Call Number
- SK S66 C46
1 website
- Author
- Chouinard, Yvon
- Publisher
- Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 464 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Subjects
- Autobiography
- Essays
- Environment
- Environmental conservation
- Equipment
- Businesses
- Rock climbing
- Abstract
- This collection of stories, articles, reflections and more offers insight into the life of an iconoclastic business leader and itinerant adventurer. Like sitting around the campfire, sharing a bottle of wine while telling stories, Some Stories is an eclectic portrait of a unique life well lived. (from Patagonia website)
- Contents
- North America Wall, Yosemite Valley -- Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley -- Yosemite Valley, California -- Patagonia -- Doug Tompkins -- Flamingos, Patagonia -- Sandhill cranes, Nebraska -- Fiordo de las Montan~as, Chile -- Headwaters of Lago Inexplorado, Chile -- Bonefishing in the Bahamas -- Hatchery fish being released into San Francisco Bay -- Coastal wolves, British Columbia -- 12,000 young voters, Washington, DC.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781938340826
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- SK S66 C46
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Patagonia 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
1 website
- 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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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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Alpenglow : the finest climbs on the 4000m peaks of the Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25035
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Tibbetts, Ben
- Publisher
- [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts
- Call Number
- DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.
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- Author
- Tibbetts, Ben
- Publisher
- [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 320 pages : illustrations (color)
- Subjects
- Photography
- Alps
- Mountaineering
- Switzerland
- Italy
- France
- Art
- Abstract
- Is an inspiring book of photographs, stories and drawings describing The Finest Climbs on the 4000m Peaks of the Alps (from Ben Tibbetts website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Practicalities
- Endnotes
- Bernina Alps
- Bernese Alps
- Pennine Alps
- Mont Blanc Massif
- Gran Paradiso
- Ecrins
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Image
- Photographs, drawings and text by Ben Tibbetts
- ISBN
- 9781916123106
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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Training for the uphill athlete : a manual for mountain runners and ski mountaineers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25036
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Jornet, Kilian
- House, Steve
- Johnston, Scott
- Publisher
- Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
- Call Number
- GV T73 J67
1 website
- Publisher
- Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 375 pages : color illustrations
- Subjects
- Training
- Sports
- Running
- Skiing
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Training for the Uphill Athleete translates theory into methodolgoy to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourslef to your endurance goals. This is the only book that presents training principles for athletes who regularly partipate in distance running, ski mountaineering, skimo, and other sports that require optimum fitness and customized strength....This book collectes the scientically backed and athelete-tested wisdom and experience of the best uphill athletes and educates outdoor athletes to develop plans to perform their best. (from back cover)
- Contents
- The physiological basis of endurance training -- The methodological basis of endurance training -- Strength and the uphill athlete -- How to train.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Guidebooks
- ISBN
- 9781938340840
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- GV T73 J67
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Uphill Athlete website with training plans and book summary
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Hangdog days : conflict, change, and the race for 5.14
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25038
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Smoot, Jeff
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- G513 H35 S66
1 website
- Author
- Smoot, Jeff
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 302 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- History
- Abstract
- Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. This contentious, often entertaining period gave rise to sport climbing, climbing gyms, and competitive climbing--indelibly transforming the sport. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing "rules," enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late '70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including "hangdogging," hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable. In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Smoot focuses on the climbing achievements of three of the era's superstars: John Bachar, Todd Skinner, and Alan Watts, while not neglecting the likes of Ray Jardine, Lynn Hill, Mark Hudon, Tony Yaniro, and Peter Croft. He deftly brings to life the characters and events of this raucous, revolutionary time in rock climbing, exploring, as he says, "what happened and why it mattered, not only to me but to the people involved and those who have followed" (from Mountaineers Books website)
- Contents
- Part One. The hangdog days -- Part Two. If not now, when? -- Part Three. The renegade -- Part Four. The godforsaken rock -- Part Five. That accursed crack -- Part Six. Churning in the wake.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781680512328
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G513 H35 S66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Mountaineers Books website
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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
- 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
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- Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website
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Paul Preuss, lord of the abyss : life and death at the birth of free-climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25054
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Smart, David
- Publisher
- Toronto : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G513 P38 S63
1 website
- Author
- Smart, David
- Publisher
- Toronto : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 248 pages : illus.
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- History
- Biography
- Abstract
- In the months before his death in 1913, from falling more than 300 metres during an attempt to make the first free solo ascent of the North Ridge of the Mandlkogel, Paul Preuss’s public presentations on his climbing adventures filled concert halls in Austria, Italy, and Germany. George Mallory, the famed English mountaineer who died on Mount Everest in 1924, said “no one will ever equal Preuss.“ Reinhold Messner, the first climber to ascend all fourteen 8000 metre peaks, was so impressed by the young Austrian’s achievements that he built a mountaineering museum around Preuss’s piton hammer, wrote two books (in German) about him and instituted a foundation in Preuss’s name. Alex Honnold, the first and only person to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, has thought about Preuss’ untimely and surprising death and imagined it to have likely been “the worst four seconds” of Preuss’ life. Although he died at only 27 years old, modern climbing may never have developed the ethical, existential core that it has today if not for Preuss’s bold style. Even the most trenchant traditionalists remain unsure about whether to add him to their pantheon or dismiss him as at worst a lunatic or at best an indelicate subject better left ignored. Smart’s biography is the first English language volume to be published and is certain to bring the remarkable story of Paul Preuss to a whole new generation of climbers. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Introduction : Paul Preuss
- The boy who loved flowers and mountains
- The student mountaineer : Vienna, 1907-1910
- Schneid : Planspitze, Matterhorn, 1908
- Jesus of the Dorotheergasse, 1909
- Dolomites : the Devil's Lair, Summer 1910
- In Munich, the city of climbers
- Allein : five days that changed climbing, summer 1911
- A crazy notion : the great dispute, 1911-12
- Doctor Preuss presents
- Life as a trifle : the Kaisergebirge, Northern Limestone and the Western Alps, 1912-13
- Valhalla : Mandlkogel North Face, October 1913
- The sleeper of Altaussee
- Acknowledgements
- Selected bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 shortlist for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781771603232
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G513 P38 S63
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books website
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Summits of my life : daring adventures on the world's greatest peaks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25020
- 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
- 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
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Southern Pisgah rock & ice : a climber's guide to North Carolina's Looking Glass Rock, Cedar Rock, John Rock and more
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25026
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Reardon, Mike
- Publisher
- Asheville, N.C. : Ground Up Publishing
- Call Number
- F254 R43 S68
1 website
- Author
- Reardon, Mike
- Responsibility
- Harrison Shull
- Laura Boggess
- Anthony Love
- Marci Spencer
- Heath Alexander
- Publisher
- Asheville, N.C. : Ground Up Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 408 pages : color illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- United States
- Abstract
- Southern Pisgah Rock & Ice takes you to several classic and obscure climbing destinations throughout Pisgah National Forest's Pisgah Ranger District. The climbs outlined comprise one of the most diverse climbing regions in Eastern America. In Southern Pisgah you will find an endless concentration of moderate multi-pitch options, several ice routes when conditions yield, high end grade IV aid routes, endless traditional routes from 5.2-5.13, roadside crags and backcountry hidden gems, overhung sport routes, dead vertical bullet hard granite, cracks, water grooves, slabs, eye brows, roofs, flakes, dihedrals, and far more. In addition to getting you to the base of the routes, we hope the pages within this guide reveal the color and character of nearly sic decades of NC climbing (from book flap)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Looking Glass Rock
- John Rock
- Cedar Rock
- Cathey's Creek Crag
- Area
- Pilot Cove / Slate Rock
- Big Ivy Region
- People and Stories
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
- 850 routes included ; 5.2-5.13 ; 60 ice climbs from WI2-WI4+ ; Trad, sport, aid, ice, alpine style routes ; Single pitch, multi-pitch up to 8 pitches ; Hand drawn, detailed topos and maps, GPS coordinates ; Historic accounts, historic photos ; Hundreds of route and action photos ; Access and stewardship information
- ISBN
- 9781618501301
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F254 R43 S68
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Ground Up Publishing website
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The white cliff : epic tales of life and death on the world's best sea cliff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25030
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Farquhar, Grant (editor)
- Publisher
- Dundee : Atlantis Publishing
- Call Number
- DA T44 F37
1 website
- Author
- Farquhar, Grant (editor)
- Publisher
- Dundee : Atlantis Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- vi, 390 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- England
- Essays
- Abstract
- The White Cliff is a collection of writings about the best sea cliff in the world: Gogarth. This book has a historical narrative into which are embedded essays by various protagonists. The book is not just about the place, though. The climbers who have been drawn to touch the stone of Gogarth have often been the best of their generation and have pioneered amazing routes elsewhere. The book is also about their personal stories of life and death. It details the history of the exploration of the cliff in the context of the time period, climbing standards and the development of equipment and techniques. In the process, it touches on a myriad of related issues. The chapters are structured by area. Most of the essays and images are previously unpublished but some have appeared before in books, magazines, or journals. Grant Farquhar has been climbing for over 35 years. Currently resident (and climbing) in Bermuda, he was highly active on Gogarth in the 90s and despite living faraway has retained his affection for the place. The book includes contributions from over 100 Gogarth pioneers including Martin Boysen, Joe Brown, Pete Crew, Henry Barber, Arnis Strapcans, Dave Durkan, Geoff Birtles, John Cleare, Leo Dickinson, Ed Drummond, Richard McHardy, Doug Scott, Smiler Cuthbertson, Mick Fowler, Pat Littlejohn, Ron Fawcett, Geoff Milburn, Jim Moran, John Redhead, Dave Towse, Glenda Huxter, Johnny Dawes, Paul Pritchard, Stevie Haston, Andy Pollitt, Steve Andrews, Twid Turner, Adam Wainwright, George Smith, Glenn Robbins, Tim Emmett, Neil Dickson, Jules Lines, Nick Bullock, Alex Mason, Emma Twyford, James McHaffie and Tom Livingstone. (from Cordee website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: The White Cliff
- Part 2: The Psychedelic Cliff
- Part 3: Aqua-Alpinism
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
- ISBN
- 9781999960001
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- DA T44 F37
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Cordee website
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Snoqualmie rock
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25033
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Hicks, Kurt
- Publisher
- [Leavenworth, Washington] : Obvious Gully
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- F41 S66 W45
1 website
- Author
- Hicks, Kurt
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- [Leavenworth, Washington] : Obvious Gully
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- xiii, 319 pages : color illustrations, color maps
- Abstract
- Featuring over 700 rock climbs in the Snoqualmie Valley, this comprehensive guidebook includes the most popular crags in Washington's Cascade Mountains. Each crag has full-color phots, approach and cliff maps, and detailed route information. (from Mountain Project website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Little Si
- Middle Fork
- Mount Washington
- Deception Crags
- The Far Side
- Snoqualmie Pass
- Outlying Crags
- Resources
- Routes by grade
- Photography credits
- Index
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9780692879276
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- F41 S66 W45
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Publication website including preview
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Waymaking : an anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25037
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Barnard, Camilla (editor)
- Carter, Claire (editor)
- Dawe, Heather (editor)
- Mort, Helen (editor)
- Publisher
- Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- P W39 M67
1 website
- Author
- Barnard, Camilla (editor)
- Carter, Claire (editor)
- Dawe, Heather (editor)
- Mort, Helen (editor)
- Publisher
- Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 280 pages : illustrations (some colour)
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Writing
- Art
- Literature
- Women
- Abstract
- Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape.Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat's Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilderness that isn't about conquering landscapes, reaching higher, harder or faster, but instead about living and breathing alongside them, becoming part of a larger adventure. The artists in this inspired collection continue Gwen and Nan's legacies, redressing the balance of gender in outdoor adventure literature. Their creativity urges us to stop and engage our senses: the smell of rain-soaked heather, wind resonating through a col, the touch of cool rock against skin, and most importantly a taste of restoring mind, body and spirit to a former equanimity. With contributions from adventurers including Alpinist magazine editor Katie Ives, multi-award-winning author Bernadette McDonald, adventurers Sarah Outen and Anna McNuff, renowned filmmaker Jen Randall and many more, Waymaking is an inspiring and pivotal work published in an era when wilderness conservation and gender equality are at the fore. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- A note from the editors -- Introduction / by Melissa Harrison -- VICINITY. Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake; Lost in the light / Tara Karmer; Iceberg / Deziree Wilson; Steinbock / Anja Konig; [untitled 1] / Krystle Wright; Enchantment larches / Nikki Fumkin; Mountains of the Mourne / Penelope Shuttle; Fairfield from Wansfell / Paula Dunn; Eglwyseg Day / Jean Atkin; Affric / Alison Grant; Walking Moses Trod / Pam Williamson; Murmuration / Dr. Judy Kendall; Signs / Geraldine Green; Brimmerhead farmhouse / Paula Dunn; Last night I dream we walk up to the point again / Imogen Cassels; To reach green before dark / Lilace Mellin Guignard; Excerpts from 'La Fuente', an essay / Kari Nielsen; Titcomb basin / Lizzy Dalton; Cerro Torre / Caroline Eustace; Mountain-guide dog / Tami Knight; She collects wild islands in the wild wild sea / Paula Flach; Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake-- HEART & SOUL. A child in these hills / Solana Joy; Rewilding / Lee Craigie; Squamish / Jen Randall; Leaving for the edge of the world / Kathleen Jones; This ocean sings / To follow / Claire Carter; Caton Bay / Genevieve Carver; Leaving protection / Maria Coffey; Running by the Quay in Exeter / Evelyn O'Malley; Straggle / Allison Williams; Falling / Joanna Croston; Climber / Hazel Findlay; First peak: a response to climber / Camilla Barnard; No-self / Hazel Findlay; Memory ten / Libby Peter; By the way / Sarah Outen; There is no substance but light / Heather Dawe; When I lived in a small / Alyson Hallett; Ken the cross-dresser / Tami Knight; Oh / Paula Flach -- WATER. Snow / Bernadette McDonald; [untitled 2] / Krystale Wright; Through the snow (Winter 2010) / Judith Brown; Ski tracks / Tami Knight; Counterflow / Jen Benson; Ystradfellte tree reflections / Nick Davies; Aqueous / Mab Jones; [untitled 3] / Krystale Wright; Taking the plunge / Anna Fleming; Waterfall series no.5 / Nick Davies; Diabaig / Jen Randall; Thirsty / Tami Knight; Do you remember me turkey blue? / Sandy Bennett-Haber; She collects the puddles and lakes she swims each year / Paula Flach; Llanerch Wake / Nick Davies; Emergence / Claire Giordano -- UNION. Running on the roof of the world / Lily Dyu; Out there / Ruth Wiggins; She collects all the trees she climbed that summer / Paula Flach; Bouldering / Kathryn Hummel; Bouldering at Ardmair Beach / Deziree Wilson; Snails / Tami Knight; The Grampians / Jen Randall; K'e yil yal tx'i': saying something / Leslie Hsu Oh; [untitled 4] / Krystle Wright; The climb / Helen Mort; Mad hatter's gully in winter / Deziree Wilson; Unmapping / Katie Ives; Unshod to meet the flints / Polly Atkin; She always collects her starter number in stones along the way / Paula Flach; A pattern-maker for memories / Alice Maddicott; The wilderness / Anna McNuff.
- Notes
- Jon Whyte Award winner 2019
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781910240755
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- P W39 M67
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website with book preview
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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
- URL Notes
- Kate Harris' website including publication information
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