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Legacy : Austria's influence on American skiing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14415
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Publisher
- United States : Culture Films LLC
- Call Number
- 01.5 L4 DVD vol.1
- Responsibility
- produced by Culture Films LLC
- Publisher
- United States : Culture Films LLC
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 2 digital video discs : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
- Series
- Legacy ; part 1
- Notes
- Hannes Schneider & his disciples: Disc 1, 1890-1940 ; Disc 2, 1940-
- Summary: Hannes Schnieder and his disciples brought Austrian alpine culture to the Americas, developed some of America's premier destination ski resorts, and taught thousands of Americans how to ski.
- Call Number
- 01.5 L4 DVD vol.1
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Winter cragging in the Canadian Rockies : a select guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25688
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Baggaley, Nick
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB : Frozen Limestone Publications
- Call Number
- 01.5 B15w
- Author
- Baggaley, Nick
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB : Frozen Limestone Publications
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 325 pages
- Subjects
- Ice climbing
- Guide
- Guidebook
- Abstract
- The Bow Valley, Icefields Parkway and Radium Highway contain many world-class ice and mixed climbs. This guide covers 14 crags with over 200 climbs graded from WI3 to M14+.
- Contents
- 1. Exshaw and Kananaskis -- 2. Grotto Mountain -- 3. Canmore -- 4. Banff -- 5. Kootenay -- 6. The Icefields Parkway -- 7. David Thompson Corridor.
- ISBN
- 9781738679102
- Accession Number
- P2023.06
- Call Number
- 01.5 B15w
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The art of Shralpinism : lessons from the mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26194
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Jones, Jeremy
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- 01.5 J71t
- Author
- Jones, Jeremy
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Abstract
- Not a technical guide on snowboarding but, rather, a very personal approach to how to think about mountains, snow, and adventure, The Art of Shralpinism reflects the remarkable journey of snowboarding superstar Jeremy Jones. Drawing on the hundreds of journals he has kept over the years, Jones offers intriguing snapshots of time and place that include his own on-the-slope stories and white-out moments, as well as those of other prominent adventurers such as Jimmy Chin, Zahan Billimoria, and Christina Lusti. Shralpinism is a compendium of lessons hard won: quick tips, sound advice, and impactful stories. Learn which aspects of avalanche training are most crucial to absorb, ways to anticipate slope behavior or recognize clean lines, how to cut a cornice or develop safety protocols, how to build a fitness routine, the art of the turn, and keys to developing terrain and skills progression. Jones discusses the importance of mentors, the necessity and intensity of practice, the nature of risk, and the shape of failure. But at its heart, The Art of Shralpinism revels in the power of experience, the impact of stoke, and the beauty that underscores all outdoor adventure. -- From Publisher
- Contents
- Building a foundation -- The resort and progression -- Mistakes, goals, mentors, and partners -- Risk -- Mountains -- Avalanche safety -- Health and fitness -- Gear and backcountry travel -- Life of glide -- Alaska and the birth of TGR -- Raising shredders -- The mountains are changing.
- ISBN
- 9781680513301
- Accession Number
- P2023.17
- Call Number
- 01.5 J71t
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- Archives Library
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Overexposure : a story about a skier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25735
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.5 S9o
- Variant Title
- Sayers, Chad
- Responsibility
- Leslie Anthony and Taylor Godber
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 288 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 35 cm
- Subjects
- Skiing
- Ski mountaineering
- Biography
- Photography
- Abstract
- At the age of 18, Chad Sayers chooses to pursue a perilous existence in the world of professional freeskiing. Immediately successful, he rides high on a train of celebrity, sponsorship, travel, and freedom. But "living the dream" is, in reality, a tiring treadmill of daily risk that eventually sets him adrift from family, friends, lovers -- even himself. As injuries and emotional traumas pile up, his identity fractures into a hall of mirrors -- the flickering images of athlete, son, brother, traveller, and seeker veiling the reality of a man running blindly from heartbreak and physical debilitation. Then one day, in the mountains of France, hanging by a finger above certain death, he sees the one reflection that finally scares him straight: a man who doesn't care. To heal this severed connection to reality and the constant pain he lives with, Sayers quits skiing and turns to his other passions of travel, surfing, and photography. In Overexposure, some of the world's greatest outdoor photographers contribute to this engaging story in order to parse not only the high-stakes gambits required for a pro skier to stay in the spotlight, but also the grandeur of the stage on which these play out. The international roster of renowned photographers included in this stunning work are: Oskar Enander, Mattias Fredriksson, Jordan Manley, Paul Morrison, Steve Ogle, Daniel Ronnback, Chad Sayers, Jason Thompson, Eric Berger, David Carlier, Guy Fattal, Garrett Grove, Guillaume Le Guillou, Bruno Long, Kari Medig, Bruce Rowles, Ben Thouard, and Don Weixl. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- An epiphany -- Whistler days -- The Alps -- A skier's journey -- La Grave -- Broken -- Traveller -- Shadows in the snow
- ISBN
- 9781771605199
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 01.5 S9o
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The story of modern skiing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25260
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Fry, John
- Publisher
- Hanover : University Press of New England
- Call Number
- 01.5 F84t
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- Author
- Fry, John
- Responsibility
- John Fry
- Publisher
- Hanover : University Press of New England
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- xxii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport’s development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of Modern Skiing is laced with revelations from the author’s personal relationships with skiing greats such as triple Olympic gold medalists Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy, double gold medalist and environmental champion Andrea Mead Lawrence, first women’s World Cup winner Nancy Greene, World Alpine champion Billy Kidd, Sarajevo gold and silver medalists Phil and Steve Mahre, and industry pioneers such as Vail founder Pete Seibert, metal ski designer Howard Head, and plastic boot inventor Bob Lange. Fry writes authoritatively of alpine skiing in North America and Europe, of Nordic skiing, and of newer variations in the sport: freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and extreme skiing. He looks closely at skiing’s relationship to the environment, its portrayal in the media, and its response to social and economic change. Maps locating major resorts, records of ski champions, and a timeline, bibliography, glossary, and index of names and places make this the definitive work on modern skiing. Skiers of all ages and abilities will revel in this lively tale of their sport’s heritage. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- People and place -- Genesis -- A way of life -- From rope tow to resort -- Technique and equipment: partners in progress -- A revolution in equipment -- Technique: from stem to carve -- New ways to learn -- The story of alpine competition -- The world of alpine racing -- How skiing changed the Olympics -- Racing in America -- Diversity: new disciplines, old ones restored -- Cross-country -- Extremities -- Freestyle -- Snowboarding -- The culture and business of skiing -- "The industry" -- In print -- In movies, on television -- The new ski country.
- ISBN
- 9781584654896
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 01.5 F84t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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