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1990 Everest Environmental Expedition : post-expedition report
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13083
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Everest Environmental Expedition
- Publisher
- Colorado Springs : Everest Environmental Expedition
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 E5
- Publisher
- Colorado Springs : Everest Environmental Expedition
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Garbage
- Mountaineering
- Pollution
- Notes
- Bob McConnell and Liz Nichol, Expedition Co-Leaders
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 E5
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Above all : Mount Whitney and California's highest peaks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14843
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berkeley : Heyday Books
- Call Number
- F856-870 W55
- Responsibility
- photographs by David Stark Wilson, text by Steve Roper, foreward by Kenneth Brower
- Publisher
- Berkeley : Heyday Books
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill.
- Subjects
- Whitney, Mount
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- ISBN
- 9781597141079
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- F856-870 W55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Achttausend druber und drunter : mit den Tagebuchern von Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak und Chogolisa
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13667
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Buhl, Hermann
- Publisher
- Munich, Germany : Piper Verlag GmbH
- Call Number
- G512 B84
- Author
- Buhl, Hermann
- Responsibility
- Hermann Buhl
- Publisher
- Munich, Germany : Piper Verlag GmbH
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 360p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Buhl, Hermann
- Nanga Parbat
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- English translation of title : Nanga Parbat pilgrimage : the lonely challenge
- ISBN
- 978-3-89029-303-5
- Accession Number
- AC602
- Call Number
- G512 B84
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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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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Alpine artistry : the mountain life of Glen Boles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14914
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 B65 Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Series
- Summit Series #19
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Photography
- Art
- ISBN
- 9780920330531
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 B65 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine exposures
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14844
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Griffith, Jon
- Publisher
- Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- TR G75 Oversize I
- Author
- Griffith, Jon
- Publisher
- Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 280 pages, ill.
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Rock climbing
- Skiing
- Photography
- ISBN
- 9781910240137
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- TR G75 Oversize I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine journey : Ferdl Taxbock's life on the edge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14918
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 T39 Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 24 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #15
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330494
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 T39 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine warriors
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14794
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 M16
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits
- Subjects
- Slovenia
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- Winner of Banff Mountain Book Competition Mountaineering History Award in 2015.
- ISBN
- 9781771601092
- Accession Number
- AC609
- AC616 copy 2 transferred to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 M16
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpinism in the Canadian Rockies : the state of the art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13303
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Owens, Rob
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Owens, Rob
- Physical Description
- p.40-46 : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- In Gripped, vol.9, no.2 (April / May 2007). Article pertains to first ascents from the 1970s to 2000s
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Among the great hills : three generations of Wheelers & their contribution to the mapping of mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13704
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Sandford, R. W
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 W44 Pam Copy 1
- G512 W44 Copy 2
- G512 W44 Copy 3
- Author
- Sandford, R. W
- Responsibility
- by R.W. Sandford
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 32p. : ill. , map
- Series
- Summit Series #8
- Subjects
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Mountaineering
- Geological Survey of Canada
- Selkirk Mountains
- Everest, Mount
- Maps
- ISBN
- 0-920330-54-1
- Call Number
- G512 W44 Pam Copy 1
- G512 W44 Copy 2
- G512 W44 Copy 3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19901
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Responsibility
- Bernadette McDonald
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- "A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Rock Animal
- Alpinist in Training
- Hindu Kush - Unleashed
- Troll Wall
- Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
- Hungry for Hunger
- Dancing in the Moment
- Enfant Terrible
- Line against the Sky
- The Shining Wall
- Fork in the Road
- Trango Tower
- Night Naked
- Dance of the Underclings
- Chinese Maharaja
- Metaphysical Think Tank
- The Crux
- Chronology of Selected Climbs
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781771602129
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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As above, so below : a climbing story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25049
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Kalman, Christ (author)
- Muderlak, Craig (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Herndon, VA : Mascot Books
- Call Number
- P A83 K35
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- Publisher
- Herndon, VA : Mascot Books
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- vii, 103 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Mountaineering
- Patagonia
- Abstract
- As Above, So Below is a 103 page fictional climbing story set in Argentine Patagonia. When something goes wrong high up a mountain, one man is forced to face his inner demons along the way to the summit. This beautiful hardbound book was published in 2018 as a limited edition of 1000 copies. The story was illustrated by the immensely talented Craig Muderlak, and edited and revised at the The Banff Centre’s prestigious Mountain and Wilderness Writing Workshop. As Above, So Below has been described as "Jack London's To Build a Fire for climbing", and reminiscent of James Salter's Solo Faces. In September of 2018, it was nominated for the Mountain Fiction Award at the Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival in Banff, Canada. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Day One
- Day Two
- Day Three
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2018 finalist for Mountain Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781684019694
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- P A83 K35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on author's website
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Ascent : the mountaineering experience in word and image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2503
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Steck, Allen (ed)
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Call Number
- G510 A83 1980
- Author
- Steck, Allen (ed)
- Responsibility
- edited by Allen Steck, Steve Roper and David Harris
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Sierra Club
- Published Date
- 1980
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Fiction
- Art
- ISBN
- 0-87156-240-5
- Call Number
- G510 A83 1980
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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At home in nature : a life of unknown mountains and deep wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25052
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
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- Author
- Wood, Robert Julian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Abstract
- Rob Wood grew up in a village on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, where he eventually developed a preoccupation with rock climbing. After studying architecture for five years at the Architectural Association School in London, England, he made his way to Montreal and ended up in Calgary. During his time in Calgary, Rob became a pioneer of ice climbing and posted numerous first ascents in the Rockies during the early 1970’s. Eventually, life in corporate Alberta proved unfulfilling and Rob realized that he needed to find a place where he could reconnect with nature, which brought him to the remote reaches of Canada’s West Coast. Settling on Maurelle Island, he and his wife built an off-the-grid homestead and focussed on alternative communities and developing a small house-design practice specializing in organic and wholesome building techniques. At Home in Nature is a gentle and philosophical memoir that focuses on living a life deeply rooted in the natural world, where citizens are connected to the planet and individuals work together to help, enhance and make the world a better — and sustainable — place. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Leaving the old country
- Allegiance to nature
- Settling down
- Cosmic shack
- Back to the land community
- Island schooling
- Domestic animals
- Wild animals
- Fiordland boat
- Mystery mountain
- Deep wilderness
- Cancer
- Aorta attack
- Outer islands community
- Off-grib homestead
- Organic house
- Heavy weather
- Flight of the imagination
- Legend of Kayak Bill
- Whirlpools in the tide
- ISBN
- 9781771602501
- Accession Number
- A639
- Call Number
- G512 A84 W66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books
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Bold beyond belief : Bill Denz, New Zealand's mountain warrior
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14871
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Maxim, Paul
- Publisher
- Wellington, N.Z. : Maxim Books
- Call Number
- G512 D46
- Author
- Maxim, Paul
- Publisher
- Wellington, N.Z. : Maxim Books
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 303 p. : ill.
- ISBN
- 9780473195595
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G512 D46
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The book of Mortimer : celebrating a life of volunteerism
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14920
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 M67 S86
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #20
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330593
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 M67 S86
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15199
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 S36 B74 Pam
- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, illustrations [colour]
- Subjects
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Skiing
- ISBN
- 9780920330654
- Accession Number
- AC631
- Call Number
- G512 S36 B74 Pam
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20168
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 S36 B74 Pam copy 2 (reference room)
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- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Responsibility
- Joanna Croston
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, illustrations [colour]
- Series
- Summit Series #22
- Subjects
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Skiing
- Abstract
- Chic Scott is a man of unconventional firsts. The first Canadian to summit a Himalayan peak, the first Canadian to guide in the European Alps, and he was part of the first team to climb Mount Assiniboine in winter. He is also a local mentor, historian and ski pioneer who has spent his whole life touching the lives of all those who call the Rockies home. Chic is perhaps known best for the ambitious grand ski traverses he achieved; in essence he has broken the trail for an entire generation of adventure skiers who follow. His writing and books have reached mountain communities further afield, spreading the rich history of Canadian mountaineering to outdoor enthusiasts across Canada and around the globe. This booklet celebrates the life of Chic Scott with his most memorable contributions to mountain life and tales told by his close friends. (from Alpine Club of Canada website)
- Contents
- A Man of Many Firsts
- Early Years
- The Grand Ski Traverse
- The Alps
- Bigger, Higher, Colder
- The Stars Align
- Love Affari with the Yukon
- The Alpine Club of Canada
- The Calgary Climbers Festival
- Legacy
- On the World Stage
- Golden Years in Banff
- References & Bibliography
- Notes
- Signed by Chic Scott - addressed to Margaret Gmoser
- ISBN
- 9780920330654
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- G512 S36 B74 Pam copy 2 (reference room)
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Link to Alpine Club of Canada's website re: Summit Series
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The Bugaboos : an alpine history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20178
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Garden, J. F.
- Publisher
- Revelstoke : Footprint Publishing
- Call Number
- F1089 B8 G3 reference
- Author
- Garden, J. F.
- Responsibility
- J.F. Garden (author)
- Fred Becky (introduction)
- Publisher
- Revelstoke : Footprint Publishing
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 156 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Bugaboos
- Mountaineering
- History
- Kain, Conrad
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Harmon, Byron
- Rock climbing
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Conrad Kain -- 1. The Nunataks -- 2. A veritable Bugaboo -- 3. The outfitter -- Pt. II. The hard men -- 4. A Bugaboo no longer -- 5. The last Bugaboo -- 6. Fred Beckey arrives -- 7. High angle climbing -- 8. An exceptional summer, 1959 -- 9. Cooper's east faces -- 10. Patagonia -- 11. Beckey returns -- 12. Traverse -- Pt. III. New standards -- 13. Old and new faces -- 14. Pushing the limits -- 15. What's next? -- Winter ascent: south Howser Tower -- 17. Granite.
- Notes
- Includes photographs by Glen Boles, Ed Cooper, Scott Flavelle, J.F. Garden, Byron Harmon (Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library), Daryl Hatten, Roger W. Laurilla, James B. Maitre, Rob Rohn, John Simpson, Uldis Veideman, Jim Weston
- Signed by author - addressed to Margaret and Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0-9691621-1-1
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- F1089 B8 G3 reference
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The call of the ice : climbing 8000 meter peaks in winter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14878
- 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
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Everest, Mount
- Nanga Parbat
- Notes
- Originally published in Milan, 2012
- ISBN
- 9781594859038
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 M67 C35
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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