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Ghost rock : Front Range rock climbs near Calgary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11163
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c. 1997
- Author
- Josephson, Joe
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.4 J77g
- Author
- Josephson, Joe
- Responsibility
- Joe Josephson, Chris Perry, Andy Genereux
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- c. 1997
- Physical Description
- 240 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 0-921102-61-5
- Call Number
- 01.4 J77g
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mixed climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11404
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Author
- Isaac, Sean
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.4 Is1
- Author
- Isaac, Sean
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 144 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Ice climbing
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Includes route index
- ISBN
- 0-921102-81-x
- Accession Number
- 33500
- Call Number
- 01.4 Is1
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Playing it safe : selected mountain leadership papers, techniques and test reports of the Alpine Club of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11858
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 02.7 T57p
- Responsibility
- edited by Murray Toft
- with artwork by Tami Knight
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 153p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Safety
- ISBN
- 092330398
- Accession Number
- 35500
- Call Number
- 02.7 T57p
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- Archives Library
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Crack climbing : the definitive guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25207
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
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- Author
- Whittaker, Pete
- Responsibility
- Pete Whittaker
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 302 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Travel
- Guidebook
- Abstract
- Crack climbing is a highly technical form of movement in which climbers position their hands, feet, and even their entire body in cracks to make upward progress on rock. An advocate for the sport’s aesthetic lines, physicality, and technical know-how, author Pete Whittaker teaches more than sixty Crack School Masterclasses each year and was featured in the popular climbing film Wide Boyz. This detailed and comprehensive guide teaches step-by-step techniques and tips, including for: Jamming (finger, hand, fist, foot, arm, leg, body) Crack types (chimneys, liebacks, underclings, roof cracks) How to safely lead and place protection Efficient positioning and movement Strength recovery while climbing (From Mountaineers Books website)
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note
- Before We Begin: Key Terms
- Key to Illustrations
- Chapter 1 - Five Rules of Crack Climbing
- Chapter 2 - Finger Cracks
- Chapter 3 - Hand Cracks
- Chater 4 - Fist Cracks
- Chapter 5 - Offwidth Cracks
- Chapter 6 - Squeeze Chimneys
- Chapter 7 - Chimneys
- Chapter 8 - Stemming
- Chapter 9 - Roof Cracks
- Chapter 10 - Placing Gear
- Chapter 11 - Equipment
- Chapter 12 - Taping
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Winner - Guidebook 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards Honorable Mention - Instructional
- ISBN
- 9781680512151
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02.8 W58c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Mountaineers Books website
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Climbing the Chamonix Aiguilles : some difficult ascents in the shadow of Mount Blanc
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6804
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1906
- Author
- Abraham, George Dixon
- Call Number
- 04.2 H39
- Author
- Abraham, George Dixon
- Published Date
- 1906
- Subjects
- Alps
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- In Canadian magazine, v.XXVII, no.3, July 1906
- Call Number
- 04.2 H39
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- Archives Library
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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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- Archives Library
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To the top of the world : alpine challenges in the Himalaya and Karakoram
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21190
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Messner, Reinold, 1944 -
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountainners
- Call Number
- TR787 M4
- Author
- Messner, Reinold, 1944 -
- Responsibility
- Reinhold Messner ; translated by Jill Neate
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountainners
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 256p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports.
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- Himalaya Mountains
- Gasherbram I, (Mountain)
- Mountaineers
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Original title : Bis ans Endeder Welt
- Contains photographs and writings of different climbing expeditions taken by Reinhold Messner
- Contains six oil painting by Jean-Georges Inca
- Call Number
- TR787 M4
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Banff rock : a guidebook to rock climbing in Banff National Park, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14540
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Perry, Chris
- Publisher
- Altona, Manitoba : Friesens
- Call Number
- 01.4 P42b
- Author
- Perry, Chris
- Responsibility
- Chris Perry
- Publisher
- Altona, Manitoba : Friesens
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Guidebooks
- Kootenay National Park
- Rock climbing
- Sport climbing
- Thompson, David
- Yoho National Park
- ISBN
- 9780987937001
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 01.4 P42b
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- Archives Library
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Espresso lessons : from the rock warrior's way
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14626
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Ilgner, Arno
- Publisher
- La Vergne, Tennesse : Desiderata Institute
- Call Number
- 01 I4e
- Author
- Ilgner, Arno
- Responsibility
- Arno Ilgner
- Publisher
- La Vergne, Tennesse : Desiderata Institute
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xix, 109 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Richards, Craig
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Signed by the author to Craig Richards
- ISBN
- 9780974011233
- Accession Number
- 2015.8547
- Call Number
- 01 I4e
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Bugaboo Rock : a climbing guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15145
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Green, Randall
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Edition
- 2ed
- Call Number
- 01.4 B86g 2003
- Author
- Green, Randall
- Responsibility
- Randall Green and Joe Bensen
- Edition
- 2ed
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 217 pages, illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Bugaboos
- Rock climbing
- ISBN
- 0898867959
- Accession Number
- AC611 copy 2 transferred to ARC
- Call Number
- 01.4 B86g 2003
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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15189
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, illustrations [colour]
- Subjects
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Skiing
- Notes
- Copies two and three are signed by Chic Scott
- ISBN
- 9780920330654
- Accession Number
- 2017.8637
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
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A youth wasted climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15220
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Chaundy-Smart, David
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.4 C39y
- Author
- Chaundy-Smart, David
- Responsibility
- foreword by John Kaandorp
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 247 pages, [8] pages of plates (colour)
- Subjects
- Biography
- Ontario
- Rock climbing
- ISBN
- 9781771600675
- Accession Number
- 2016.8602
- Call Number
- 01.4 C39y
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- Archives Library
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The tower : a chronicle of climbing and controversy on Cerro Torre
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15246
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Cordes, Kelly
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia
- Call Number
- 01.1 C81t
- Author
- Cordes, Kelly
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 399 pages, illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- Patagonia
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Recipient of Jon Whyte Award at Banff Mountain Book Competition 2015
- ISBN
- 9781938349338
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 09
- Call Number
- 01.1 C81t
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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15286
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.4 P96b
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 264 pages, colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Alberta, Mount
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Bugaboos
- Canmore
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Robson, Mount
- Rock climbing
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Yamnuska, Mount
- ISBN
- 9781771601153
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 03
- Call Number
- 01.4 P96b
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Vancouver rock climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15356
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Wheater, Rich
- Publisher
- Squamish, BC : Quickdraw Publications
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Call Number
- G513 W54
- Author
- Wheater, Rich
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Squamish, BC : Quickdraw Publications
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 280 pages, illustrations (colour), maps,
- ISBN
- 9780987779656
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G513 W54
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Climber's guide to Jogasaki
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 198?
- Publisher
- Japan : s.n
- Call Number
- DS895 J63 Pam
- Publisher
- Japan : s.n
- Published Date
- 198?
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Text in Japanese
- Call Number
- DS895 J63 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A three week trip to El Capitan
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue108
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Call Number
- F868 Y6 L5 Pam Oversize B
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- In Life magazine, vol.69, no.21, November 20, 1970
- Call Number
- F868 Y6 L5 Pam Oversize B
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Mountaineering around Montreal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue190
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Alpine Club of Canada. Montreal Section
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
- Edition
- 2d rev ed
- Call Number
- F1054 S3 A4 1966 Pam
- Edition
- 2d rev ed
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1966
- Subjects
- Laurentian Mountains
- Rock climbing
- Accession Number
- 2 copies
- Call Number
- F1054 S3 A4 1966 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Mountaineering around Montreal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue191
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1964
- Author
- Alpine Club of Canada. Montreal Section
- Publisher
- [Montreal]: Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- F1054 S3 A4
- Publisher
- [Montreal]: Montreal Section, Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1964
- Subjects
- Laurentian Mountains
- Rock climbing
- Call Number
- F1054 S3 A4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Climbing in Southern Ontario
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue192
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Alpine Club of Canada. Toronto Section
- Publisher
- Toronto : A.C.C., Toronto Section
- Call Number
- F1057 A4
- Responsibility
- edited by James Mark
- Publisher
- Toronto : A.C.C., Toronto Section
- Published Date
- 1980
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Ice climbing
- Rock climbing
- Call Number
- F1057 A4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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