Narrow Results By
Dangerous river
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26303
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1989
- Author
- Patterson, R.M.
- Publisher
- Toronto Canada : Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited
- Call Number
- 02 P27d
- Author
- Patterson, R.M.
- Publisher
- Toronto Canada : Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited
- Published Date
- 1989
- Subjects
- Biographies
- Travel
- Canada
- Canada - After 1914
- Abstract
- Biographical adventure account from the author of his time exploring Nahinni country in the 1920s.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- We have earlier editions in the library but this copy has dedication to Ben
- ISBN
- 0773723080
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 02 P27d
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Exploring the southern Selkirks: including the Valhallas and Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25090
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Carter, John
- Leighton, Doug
- Publisher
- Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre
- Call Number
- 02.6 C24e
- Author
- Carter, John
- Leighton, Doug
- Responsibility
- John Carter
- Doug Leighton
- Publisher
- Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 119 pages: illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- Guidebook for exploring the Southern Selkirk mountains, including photographs, maps and trail descriptions
- Contents
- Preface Introduction The Land The Plant Communities Mammals Birds Fish Man in the Southern Selkirks Winter Activities Wilderness Ethics Trail Descriptions: Kokanee Region Valhalla Region Lardeau Region Bonnington Region The Valhalla Park Proposal Equipment Checklist Information Sources and Resource Agencies Reading List
- ISBN
- 0888942737
- Accession Number
- 2018.9003
- Call Number
- 02.6 C24e
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
The great backpacking adventure
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26306
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Townsend, Chris
- Publisher
- Somerset : The Oxford Illustrated Press
- Call Number
- 02.2 T66t
- Author
- Townsend, Chris
- Publisher
- Somerset : The Oxford Illustrated Press
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 225 pages, 22cm
- Subjects
- Travel
- United Kingdom
- Backpacking
- Abstract
- The author shares his experiences of solo travel through various countries from climbing Munros to hiking through the Canadian Rockies.
- Contents
- England -- Britain -- Scotland -- France & Spain -- USA -- Iceland
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0946609292
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 02.2 T66t
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Quest for adventure
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20157
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Responsibility
- Chris Bonington
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 448 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color)
- Subjects
- Travel
- History
- Sailing
- Mountaineering
- Hiking
- Abstract
- Pertains to the travels of Thor Heyerdahl, John Ridgeway, Chay Blyth, John Fairfax, Sylvia Cook, Francis Chichester, Robin Knox-Johnston, David Lewis, Wilfred Thesiger, John Blashford-Snell, Mike Jones, Maurice Herzog, John Hunt, Herbert Tichy, Walter Bonatti, Hermann Buhl, Reinhold Messner, Vivian Fuchs, Edmund Hillary, Wally Herbert, Naomie Uemura, Max Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Neil Armstrong, Geoff Yeadon, Oliver Statham
- Contents
- Introduction
- Oceans:
- 1) Kon-tiki
- 2) Rowing the Atlantic
- 3) Across Two Oceans
- 4) The Man Who Raced Himself
- 5) Golden Globe
- 6) Ice Bird
- Deserts:
- 7) The Empty Quarter
- Rivers:
- 8) The Blue Nile
- Mountains:
- 9) Annapurna, the First 1800
- 10) The Challenge of Everest
- 11) Cho Oyu
- 12) The Bonatti Pillar
- 13) Board Peak
- 14) Annapurna, South Face
- 15) Diamir - Messner on Nanga Parbat
- The Poles:
- 16) The Crossing of Antarctica
- 17) The Last Great Polar Journey
- 18) Solo to the Pole
- Air:
- 19) Double Eagle
- Space:
- 20) First on the Moon
- Beneath the Earth:
- 21) Dead Man's Handshake
- Facets of Adventure
- A Chronology of Adventure since 1945
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Notes
- Addressed to Hans Gmoser from Philippe Delesalle - dated 1983
- ISBN
- 0517546965
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Sitting in the club car and drinking rum and karma-kola
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3023
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Jiles, Paulette
- Publisher
- Winlaw (B.C.) : Polestar Press
- Call Number
- 05.2 J56
- Author
- Jiles, Paulette
- Publisher
- Winlaw (B.C.) : Polestar Press
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 105p. : plan
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Travel
- Notes
- Plan of CPR dome car, p. 3
- ISBN
- 0-919591-13-2
- Accession Number
- 6964
- Call Number
- 05.2 J56
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Tales from the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26299
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Toronto ON : Hurtig Publishers Ltd.
- Call Number
- 05 P27t
- Responsibility
- Edited by Patton, Brian
- Publisher
- Toronto ON : Hurtig Publishers Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 303 pages, 22.7cm
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains
- Storytelling
- Travel
- History
- Abstract
- An anthology of regional works of literature from the Rockie Mountains from factual travel accounts to fanciful stories inspired by mythology.
- Contents
- Prologue: the land of spirits -- the great lone land: the first explorers and travellers, 1793 - 1885 -- The railway years: the tourists and settlers, 1885 - 1918 -- Legends from a new era: the Rockies, post - 1918
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0771069480
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 05 P27t
- Collection
- Archives Library
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
