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The 9th grade : 150 years of free climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15369
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Chambre, David
- Publisher
- Les Editions du Mont-Blanc
- Call Number
- G510 C43 N56
- Author
- Chambre, David
- Publisher
- Les Editions du Mont-Blanc
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 297 pages, illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- France
- History
- Mont Blanc
- Rock climbing
- Yosemite Valley
- ISBN
- 9782365450225
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G510 C43 N56
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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36 views of Mt. Fuji
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1450
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1959
- Author
- Katsushika, Kokusai
- Publisher
- Tokyo : Toto Shuppan
- Call Number
- DS895 F9 K3
- Author
- Katsushika, Kokusai
- Responsibility
- introduction and notes on plates by Charles S. Terry
- Publisher
- Tokyo : Toto Shuppan
- Published Date
- 1959
- Call Number
- DS895 F9 K3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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50 hikes in Mount Rainier National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2489
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1959
- Author
- Spring, Ira
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mount Rainier Natural History Association : Mountaineers
- Call Number
- F897 R2 S6
- Author
- Spring, Ira
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mount Rainier Natural History Association : Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1959
- Call Number
- F897 R2 S6
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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50 percent of mountaineering is uphill : the life of Canadian mountain rescue pioneer Willi Pfisterer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15361
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pfisterer, Susanna
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Newest Press
- Call Number
- G512 P45 F54
- Author
- Pfisterer, Susanna
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Newest Press
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 310 pages, illustrations
- Subjects
- Austria
- Jasper
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Safety
- ISBN
- 9781926455600
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G512 P45 F54
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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8000 metres : climbing the world's highest mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14862
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xii, 189 pages, col. ill., maps
- ISBN
- 9781852845483
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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...A travers les Alpes francaises; onze jours chez les grand guides
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue308
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Barbarin, Georges
- Publisher
- Paris : Ermite
- Call Number
- DC611 A556 B37
- Author
- Barbarin, Georges
- Publisher
- Paris : Ermite
- Published Date
- 1950
- Subjects
- Alps
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DC611 A556 B37
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Abode of snow : a history of Himalayan exploration and mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1698
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1955
- Author
- Mason, Kenneth
- Publisher
- London : Rupert Hart-Davis
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 M3
- Author
- Mason, Kenneth
- Publisher
- London : Rupert Hart-Davis
- Published Date
- 1955
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 M3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Accessories Box
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0213
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; paper; plastic; leather; metal; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0213
- Description
- Carboard Turtles Chocolates box with “LEICA STUFF” written on the lid in black marker. Inside the box are 11 adapter rings [made by Lecia, Kodak, and Enteco], a small rectangular Leica-Meter with a window showing a silver metal grid over a purple-blue filter [housed in a brown leather pouch], a Lei…
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- Title
- Accessories Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- cardboard; paper; plastic; leather; metal; glass;
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 15.2 x 18.1 cm
- Description
- Carboard Turtles Chocolates box with “LEICA STUFF” written on the lid in black marker. Inside the box are 11 adapter rings [made by Lecia, Kodak, and Enteco], a small rectangular Leica-Meter with a window showing a silver metal grid over a purple-blue filter [housed in a brown leather pouch], a Leica-Meter camera attachment in its original red cardboard box, instruction manuals for the Leica-Meter attachment and the Leica M5, and an empty Kodak filter box. Some of the adapter rings are housed in cardboard Enteco or Kodak boxes while others are free-floating.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0213
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Aconcagua : South face
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue989
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1956
- Author
- Ferlet, Rene
- Publisher
- London : Constable
- Call Number
- F2851 F4
- Author
- Ferlet, Rene
- Responsibility
- by Rene Ferlet and Guy Poulet
- Publisher
- London : Constable
- Published Date
- 1956
- Call Number
- F2851 F4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across the Alps : aerial views between Nice and Vienna|texts by Hans Annaheim [et al.]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2556
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1959
- Author
- Swissair
- Call Number
- DQ823 S95
- DQ823 S95 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 1
- Author
- Swissair
- Published Date
- 1959
- Call Number
- DQ823 S95
- DQ823 S95 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 1
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Advanced rock climbing : expert skills and techniques
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19916
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Seatte, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- G513 D66 A38
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Responsibility
- Topher Donahue
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seatte, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 350 p. ; illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Abstract
- Advanced Rock Climbing: Expert Skills and Technique is for good climbers who want to get even better, from training to gear, sport climbing to multi-pitch efficiency, and beyond. Each chapter has detailed advice from some of the world's best climbers and guides, Tommy Caldwell, Angela Hawse, Justen Sjong, Steph Davis, Sonny Trotter, Alex Honnold, Lynn Hill, and more. (from WorldCat).
- Contents
- Foreward
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Face climbing
- Chapter 2 - Crack climbing
- Chapter 3 - Climbing gear
- Chapter 4 - Knots and anchoring
- Chapter 5 - Traditional gear placement
- Chapter 6 - Belaying for mastery
- Chapter 7 - Sport climbing
- Chapter 8 - Traditional lead climbing
- Chapter 9 - Long route efficiency
- Chapter 10 - Big wall free climbing
- Chapter 11 - Rappelling and descents
- Chapter 12 - Bouldering
- Chapter 13 - Performance
- Chapter 14 - Improvised rescue and epic avoidance
- Contributor profiles
- Resources
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781680510126
- Accession Number
- AC635
- Call Number
- G513 D66 A38
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Advent Calendar
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0097
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0097
- Description
- A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed througho…
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- Title
- Advent Calendar
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed throughout the scene are twenty four little doors numbered from 1 - 24. Each door opens to reveal a picture printed on a luminous sheet of paper glued to the calendar. The calendar has not been used and is contained in its original envelope for mailing. Marks, printed in Western Germany.
- Subject
- households
- children
- Christmas
- Advent
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0097
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Adventure and enterprise in our time
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1947
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1952
- Author
- Odell, Noel E
- Publisher
- Wellington : Victoria University College
- Call Number
- G525 O34 Pam
- Author
- Odell, Noel E
- Publisher
- Wellington : Victoria University College
- Published Date
- 1952
- Call Number
- G525 O34 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The adventure game : a cameraman's tales from films at the edge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14886
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Partridge, Keith
- Publisher
- Dingwall, Scotland : Sandstone Press
- Call Number
- G512 P37 A38
- Author
- Partridge, Keith
- Responsibility
- Keith Partridge, foreword by Steve Backshall
- Publisher
- Dingwall, Scotland : Sandstone Press
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 223 pages, col. ill.
- Subjects
- Photography
- Films
- ISBN
- 9781910124314
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 P37 A38
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventurer's eye : the autobiography of Everest film man Tom Stobart
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2519
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1958
- Author
- Stobart, Tom
- Publisher
- London : Odhams
- Call Number
- G463 S8
- Author
- Stobart, Tom
- Publisher
- London : Odhams
- Published Date
- 1958
- Call Number
- G463 S8
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Advertising Decal
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.01.1017
- Date
- 1958
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1017
- Description
- Round paper decal, Indigenous person in headdress centered with a red band around with "Calgary Stampede July 7 to 12 1958 Calgary Alberta Canada
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- Title
- Advertising Decal
- Date
- 1958
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Round paper decal, Indigenous person in headdress centered with a red band around with "Calgary Stampede July 7 to 12 1958 Calgary Alberta Canada
- Subject
- Calgary Stampede
- souvenir
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Maxine Bishop, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1017
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Advertising Poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.01.1004%20a-c
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths …
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- Title
- Advertising Poster
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Advertising poster of the Brewster Stubby Knife. a yellow cardboard poster (35.5 x 27.5) advertising the Brewster Stubby Knife. Two leather sheaths are held by white elastic, displayed diagonally across the right 2/3 of poster, the upper sheath is tan, the lower dark brown. Surrounding the sheaths are 15 reasons to buy the knife. The price (5.95) is in large black numbers in bottom left corner.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- fishing
- F. O. (Pat) Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Karin MacAulay, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1004 a-c
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- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0074 a,b
- Description
- Pair of ladies after ski boots, black wool with embroidered red wool trim. One strip of trim is stitched from toe, over instep to ankle level and one strip is stitched around ankle. Trim is embroidered in yellow and black snowflake like floral motif. A red fabric with a low pile is stitched to uppe…
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- Title
- After Ski Boots
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 9.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of ladies after ski boots, black wool with embroidered red wool trim. One strip of trim is stitched from toe, over instep to ankle level and one strip is stitched around ankle. Trim is embroidered in yellow and black snowflake like floral motif. A red fabric with a low pile is stitched to upper edge and "V" shaped closure, the same red fabric covers platform between sole and uppers. Sole is white felt (1 cm. thick) a thick red shoe lace fits through one hole on each side of closure. Laces have a wooden piece on one end only. Boots are lined with white felt. Insoles are a heavy woven material.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- skiing
- winter
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0074 a,b
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The age of mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2703
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1954
- Author
- Ullman, James Ramsey
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Lippincott
- Call Number
- G510 U4
- Author
- Ullman, James Ramsey
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Lippincott
- Published Date
- 1954
- Call Number
- G510 U4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Al sole delle Dolomiti
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue624
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1955
- Author
- Casara, Severino
- Publisher
- Milano : U. Hoepli
- Edition
- 2d. ed. intermente riv. ed. aumn
- Call Number
- DB466 C38 1955
- Author
- Casara, Severino
- Edition
- 2d. ed. intermente riv. ed. aumn
- Publisher
- Milano : U. Hoepli
- Published Date
- 1955
- Subjects
- Dolomite Alps
- Notes
- 225 fotografie e carta
- Call Number
- DB466 C38 1955
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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