topic:"mountaineering" found 268 records - Research Collections

Cloud walkers : six climbs on major Canadain peaks

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

Published Date: 1965

Author: Sherman, Paddy Hall, John A

Publisher: Toronto, Canada : Macmillan

Call Number: 01.4 Cl62s

Author: Sherman, Paddy Hall, John A

Responsibility: Maps by John A. Hall

Publisher: Toronto, Canada : Macmillan

Published Date: 1965

Physical Description: 161 p. : ill., maps.

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

Subjects: Mountaineering--Yukon Territory; Mountaineering--Alaska; Mountaineering--British Columbia; Bibliography; Mountaineers

ISBN: 65025069

Accession Number: 201.8385

Call Number: 01.4 Cl62s

Collection: Archives Library

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Capturing the summit : Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan expedition of 1925

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

Published Date: 2023

Author: Hughes, Trevor Marc

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Ronsdale Press

Call Number: 01.4 H87c

Author: Hughes, Trevor Marc

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Ronsdale Press

Published Date: 2023

Physical Description: 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Mount Logan Expedition (1925); Mount Logan, Alaska; Mountaineering; Mountaineering--Yukon Territory; Hamilton Mack Laing

Abstract: A remarkable account of the grueling journey to the summit of Mount Logan. Naturalist and cinematographer, Hamilton Mack Laing, marched into the Alaskan wilderness alongside weathered guides and hardened, experienced mountaineers. From Laing's diaries, we learn how capturing the summit pits the daring adventurers in a struggle with nature, changing them irrevocably as they became part of the environment that tested them. -- Provided by publisher.

Notes: Whyte Museum related research materials utilized.; Dedication to Whyte Museum staff from author inside.

ISBN: 9781553806806

Accession Number: 2024.02

Call Number: 01.4 H87c

Collection: Archives Library

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In the western mountains : early mountaineering in British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Leslie, Susan. (ed.)

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Aural History Program

Call Number: F1089 L47; F1089 L47 Copy 2

Author: Leslie, Susan. (ed.)

Responsibility: compiled and edited by Susan Leslie

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Aural History Program

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: iv, 76p. : ill. , map

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

Series: Vol 8, No. 4 of Sound Heritage

Subjects: Mountaineering; British Columbia; Robson, Mount; Mountaineers, Women; Munday, Phyllis; McQueen, Kate; Kain, Conrad; Alpine Club of Canada; British Columbia Mountaineering Club

Accession Number: AC598

Call Number: F1089 L47; F1089 L47 Copy 2

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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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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Trail to the charmed land

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

Published Date: 1950

Author: Edwards, Ralph

Publisher: Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson

Call Number: 01.4 Ed9t

Author: Edwards, Ralph

Responsibility: Ralph Edwards

Publisher: Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson

Published Date: 1950

Physical Description: viii, 135 pages illustrations, map 23 cm

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineering--British Columbia; Yoho National Park; Banff; Rocky Mountains

Abstract: Pertains to the stories of Ralph Edwards, a former mountain guide. While not a history, the publication serves as a way to commemorate a life well lived in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written similar to a diary, the author tells of his personal experiences and lessons learned while in the mountains. Readers are granted a highly personal account of mountaineering from a man who lived among the shadows of the Canadian Rockies himself.

Contents: Introduction -- The Discovery of Yoho -- First Crossing of the Dolomite Pass -- The Conquest of Balfour -- A Millionaire Goes A-Hunting -- Anything Can Happen, And Does -- Cayuses I Have Met.