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Believe and begin - Mt. Everest has followed Sharon Wood wherever she goes since her historic ascent of the peak in 1986. Over three decades later, her memoir Rising not only chronicles that achievement, but also culminates a writing process as challenging as the climb itself

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25145
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
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Author
Croston, Joanna
Responsibility
Joanna Croston
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.50 - 55
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Women
Wood, Sharon
Everest, Mount
Authors
Biography
Abstract
Pertains to Sharon Woods career as climber and author with focus on her new book "Rising"
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
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P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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On the West Coast of Vancouver Island : a little-known account of Charles Haick's missionary

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11874
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Manly, Jim
Call Number
P
Author
Manly, Jim
Physical Description
p. 17- : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Authors
Connor, Ralph
Notes
In British Columbia Historical News, vol. 36, no. 3 (Summer 2003)
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P
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Burke, Tyrone
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P
Author
Burke, Tyrone
Physical Description
p,. 94 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Authors
Notes
In Canadian Geographic, Volume 131, no.2 (April 2011) - special issue: Parks Canada centennial. Review article on books: Culturing wilderness in Jasper National Park / edited by I.S. MacLaren; Mapper of mountains : M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930 / I.s. MacLaren with Eric Higgs and Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux
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P
Collection
Archives Library
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Tides : a climber's voyage

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2211
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Bullock, Nick
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Call Number
01 Bu87t
Author
Bullock, Nick
Responsibility
Nick Bullock
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
1 volume : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Authors
Autobiography
Abstract
Pertains the climbing career of Nick Bullock as well as Steve House, Kenton Cool, Nico Favresse, Andy Houseman, James McHaffie on routes such as The Bells! The Bells! on Gogarth's North Stack Wall; the Slovak Direct on Denali; Guerdon Grooves on Buachaille Etive Mor; north faces of Chang Himal and Mount Alberta.
Contents
Prologue - living scared
love and hate
immortal?
nothing more
the cutting lap
the rain
the emotional tightrope
bad shit
deception
the web
cravings
death or glory
slave to the rhythm?
bittersweet desire
strange eden
how soon is now
you only live twice
the cathedral
trapped
evening redness in the west
into the shadow
similar to a scottish quarry
best before
death of paradise
the pitfalls of a peroni supermodel
what were his dreams?
balloons
that's rowdy, dude
over the top
flames
dreams and screams
just beneath the surface
the light of the moon
the mountain soundtrack
please queue here
dawn to dusk to dawn
threshold shift
postscript
acknowledgements
ISBN
978-1-911342-53-3
Accession Number
2019.12
Call Number
01 Bu87t
Collection
Archives Library
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