topic:"Climbing" found 28 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

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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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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

Collection: Archives Library

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Artificial aids in mountaineering

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1962

Author: Sutton, Geoffrey

Publisher: London : Nicholas Kaye

Call Number: 01 Su8

Author: Sutton, Geoffrey

Publisher: London : Nicholas Kaye

Published Date: 1962

Physical Description: 64p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Equipment; Rock climbing

Accession Number: 641

Call Number: 01 Su8

Collection: Archives Library

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Basic rockcraft

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1971

Author: Robbins, Royal

Publisher: Glendale (CA) : La Siesta Press

Call Number: 01 R53

Author: Robbins, Royal

Publisher: Glendale (CA) : La Siesta Press

Published Date: 1971

Physical Description: 71p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Rock climbing

Accession Number: 2000

Call Number: 01 R53

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Rockies Climbing Report

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: June 21 1972

Call Number: F1090 J37

Responsibility: Japanese University student climbing group

Published Date: June 21 1972

Physical Description: 51 pages, ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff; British Columbia; Columbia Icefield; Japanese; Rock climbing

Notes: Report of Japanese University students of their trip to Western Canada (Alberta, BC) and their climbing expepditions in the Rocky Mountains. Includes articles written by students about their experiences, a full itinerary of their trip, diagrams of Columbia Icefield traverse, photos and cost of trip.; Article about Banff