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Chic Scott fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…
Date Range
1982-2021
Reference Code
M57 / S47 / V40
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Machine-readable data file
Digital image
Motion picture
Video
Photograph
Photograph print
Sound recording
Cassette
Reel to reel
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Chic Scott fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M57 / S47 / V40
Sous-Fonds
M57
S47
V40
Accession Number
6499
6772
7330
8110
8123
2014.8295
2014.8311
2014.8374
2015.8559
2019.57
2021.15 (unproc)
Reference Code
M57 / S47 / V40
GMD
Machine-readable data file
Digital image
Motion picture
Video
Photograph
Photograph print
Sound recording
Cassette
Reel to reel
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1982-2021
Physical Description
Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records
History / Biographical
Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.
Notes
Fonds consists of 15 series: Series I : Pushing the Limits Series II : Mountain Romantics Series III : Summits and Icefields Series IV : Powder Pioneers Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation Series IX : The Book of Mortimer Series X : Tommy and Lawrence Series XI : The Yam Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club Series XIII : Young at Heart Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.
Name Access
Scott, Charles (Chic)
Scott, Chic
Subject Access
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Publication
Research
Personal and Professional Life
Mountaineering
Interview
Organizations
Biography
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings
Finding aids and reference tools series and file description
Creator
Scott, Chic
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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All that glitters : a climber's journey through addiction and depression

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14094
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Talbot, Margo
Publisher
Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
Call Number
01.4 T14a c.1
01.4 T14a c.2
Author
Talbot, Margo
Responsibility
Margo Talbot
Publisher
Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
191 p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Talbot, Margo
ISBN
9781550391824
Accession Number
70,000 12-07-16
P2015-03-31
Call Number
01.4 T14a c.1
01.4 T14a c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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All that glitters : a climber's journey through addiction and depression

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14894
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Talbot, Margo
Publisher
Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
Call Number
G512 T35
Author
Talbot, Margo
Responsibility
Margo Talbot
Publisher
Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
191 p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Talbot, Margo
Ice
Arctic
ISBN
9781550391824
Accession Number
AC609
Call Number
G512 T35
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine artistry : the mountain life of Glen Boles

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15192
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 B63a Pam
R 01.4 B63a Pam
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2014
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #19
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
Photography
Art
ISBN
9780920330531
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 B63a Pam
R 01.4 B63a Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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 journey : Ferdl Taxbock's life on the edge

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15196
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 T21a Pam
R 01.4 T21a Pam
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
24 pages, col. ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #15
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330494
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 T21a Pam
R 01.4 T21a Pam
Collection
Archives 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.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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Always an adventure : an autobiography

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14101
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Dempsey, Hugh A
Publisher
Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Call Number
08.2 D39a
Author
Dempsey, Hugh A
Responsibility
Hugh A. Dempsey
Publisher
Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
vii, 405 p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
The West, 1922-6519 ; 3
Subjects
Harvie Eric
Glenbow Museum
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede
First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
Biography
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781552385227
Accession Number
70,000 12-08-15
Call Number
08.2 D39a
Collection
Archives Library
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An orogenous life: memoir and reader

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19846
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Gadd, Ben
Publisher
Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
Call Number
02.6 G11a
  1 website  
Author
Gadd, Ben
Responsibility
Ben Gadd
Publisher
Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
655 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Naturalists
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains Canada
Biography
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.
Contents
Introduction
Benny
Ben
Cia and Ben
Willy, Cia and Ben
Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben
Index
Other books by Ben Gadd
Notes
Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).
ISBN
9780969263142
Accession Number
2019.47
Call Number
02.6 G11a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
URL pertains to an online website dedicated to Ben Gadd and his continued achievements
Websites
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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountaineers, Polish
Biography
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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Art of Freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2157
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01 Mc14a
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Responsibility
Bernadette McDonald
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountaineers, Polish
Biography
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
2019.11
Call Number
01 Mc14a
Collection
Archives Library
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Artistry revealed : Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and their contemporaries

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3243
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Ewen, Anne and Monique Westra and Lisa Christensen
Publisher
Banff, Alberta, Canada : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Call Number
06.1 Ew3a copy 1
06.1 Ew3a copy 2
06.1 Ew3a copy 3
Author
Ewen, Anne and Monique Westra and Lisa Christensen
Responsibility
essays by Anne Ewen, Monique Westra and Lisa Christensen
Publisher
Banff, Alberta, Canada : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 x 28 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Artists
Biography
Exhibitions
Whyte, Peter
Whyte, Catharine Robb
Abstract
Artistry Revealed celebrates Peter and Catharine Whyte whose work reflected their connection to the mountain landscapes of the Canadian Rockies and their love of the Bow Valley community. The book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, founded by Peter and Catharine. Bursting with stunning reproductions of Peter’s and Catharine’s paintings and sketches, the publication includes essays in which Anne Ewen, Lisa Christensen and Monique Westra discuss the couple’s creative talent, accomplishments and legacy.
Contents
Foreword / by Vincent J. Varga -- Introduction /essay by Anne Ewen -- Looking closely at the art of Peter and Catharine Whyte / essay by Monique Westra -- Paint and philanthropy: the artistic legacy of Peter and Catharine Whyte / essay by Lisa Christensen. Pre´face / par Vincent J. Varga -- Introduction / essai par Anne Ewen -- Profond regard sur les oeuvres de Peter et Catharine Whyte / essai par Monique Westra -- Peinture et philanthropie: le legs artistique de Peter et Catharine Whyte / essai par Lisa Christensen.
Notes
Copy 1 (hardcover)
Copy 2 (hardcover)
Copy 3 (softcover)
ISBN
978-0-920608-62-3
Accession Number
2019.14
Call Number
06.1 Ew3a copy 1
06.1 Ew3a copy 2
06.1 Ew3a copy 3
Collection
Archives Library
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The bear's embrace : a true story of a grizzly bear attack

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14085
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Van Tighem, Patricia
Publisher
Vancouver : Greystone Books
Call Number
02.7 V36b 2012
Author
Van Tighem, Patricia
Responsibility
Patricia Van Tighem
Publisher
Vancouver : Greystone Books
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
278 p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Waterton Lakes National Park
Biography
Medicine
Notes
afterword by Margaret Van Tighem
ISBN
9781553655947
Accession Number
70,000
Call Number
02.7 V36b 2012
Collection
Archives Library
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The book of Mortimer : celebrating a life of volunteerism

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15191
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Scott, Chic
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 M84b Pam
R 01.4 M84b Pam
Author
Scott, Chic
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
40 pages, col. ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #20
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330593
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 M84b Pam
R 01.4 M84b Pam
Collection
Archives 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.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #20
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330593
Accession Number
AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
Call Number
G512 M67 S86
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bowling along: early travel adventures of Mary Morris Vaux

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14650
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Jones, Marjorie G
Call Number
02.3 V46j Pam
Author
Jones, Marjorie G
Responsibility
Marjorie G. Jones
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
p.22-39 : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Vaux family
Walcott, Mary Vaux
Notes
In Quaker History: the bulletin of Friends Historical Association, vol 100, no. 1 (Spring 2011).
Contains bibliographic references
Manuscript of the article to be in Quaker History sent to the Whyte Museum requestin permission to use a photograph of Mary Vaux Walcott
Actual article in 02.3 V46j
Call Number
02.3 V46j Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Con bravura : the remarkable mountaineering life of Peter Fuhrmann

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15193
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 F95c Pam
R 01.4 F95c Pam
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2014
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #18
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330555
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 F95c Pam
R 01.4 F95c Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Con bravura : the remarkable mountaineering life of Peter Fuhrmann

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14915
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 F84 Pam
Author
Sandford, Robert William
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2014
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #18
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
ISBN
9780920330555
Accession Number
AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
Call Number
G512 F84 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14535
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Kain, Conrad
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
Call Number
01 K12c
01 K12c c.2
01 K12c c.3
Author
Kain, Conrad
Responsibility
edited with an introduction by Zac Robinson ; translated by Maria and John Koch
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
468 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission
Alpine Club of Canada
Biography
Kain, Conrad
Malek, Amelie
Mountaineering
Mountain guides
Pistor, Dr. Erich
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Notes
Partial contents: Foreword : Conrad Kain, guide and mountaineer / Chic Scott; Epilogue: The Kain-Malek correspondence: provenance, 1934-2005 / Don Bourdon
ISBN
9781772120042
Accession Number
2015-8404
P2015.06.30
P2015-06-30
Call Number
01 K12c
01 K12c c.2
01 K12c c.3
Collection
Archives Library
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End of the rope : mountains, marriage, and motherhood

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25047
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Redford, Jan
Publisher
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press
Call Number
G512 E53 R43
  1 website  
Author
Redford, Jan
Publisher
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
x, 303 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Mountaineering
Women
Biography
Abstract
In this funny and gritty debut memoir, praised by Outside, Sierra, Alpinist, and more, Jan Redford grows from a reckless rock climber to a mother who fights to win back her future. As a teenager, she sets her sights on the improbable dream of climbing mountains. By age twenty, she’s a climber with a magnetic attraction to misadventures and the wrong men. Redford finally finds the love of her life, an affable Rockies climber. When he is killed in an avalanche in Alaska, a grieving Redford finds comfort in the arms of another extreme alpinist. Before long, they are married, with a baby on the way. While her husband works as a logger, Redford tackles the traditional role of wife and mother. But soon, she pursues her own dream, one that pits her against her husband. End of the Rope is Redford’s telling of heart-stopping adventures, from being rescued off El Capitan to leading a group of bumbling cadets across a glacier. It is her laughter-filled memoir of friendships with women in that masculine world. Most moving, this is the story of her struggle to make her own way in the mountains and in life. To lead, not follow. (from Counterpoint Press website)
Contents
First climb -- On the rocks -- Lion's layback -- The rescue -- Speed ruts -- Learning to roll -- Bugaboo -- World's toughest milkman -- Fragile ice -- We're gathered here today -- Aberdeen -- Show no fear -- Climbing girlfriend -- The final last straw -- The memo -- In the arms of a mountain -- The underwear drawer -- Teetering on the edge -- Pink wedding dress -- The waiting -- Miracles -- Into the shadows -- Back on the sharp end -- Yodel village -- You lead, I'll follow -- Carsick -- Die young, stay pretty -- Grant's lunch -- Fractured -- Playing dead -- Mama spiders -- Remember the lilac -- Power surge -- Leaving Chaba -- Only four years -- One little "non" -- Second chances.
ISBN
9780345812315
Accession Number
AC639
Call Number
G512 E53 R43
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
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