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Life and limb : a true story of tragedy and survival against the odds

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

Published Date: 2004

Author: Andrew, Jamie

Publisher: London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited

Call Number: 01.2 An2l

Author: Andrew, Jamie

Publisher: London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited

Published Date: 2004

Physical Description: 306 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Accidents; Survival

Abstract: The weather looked perfect when Jamie Andrew and his closest friend, Jamie Fisher set off to climb the formidable North Face of Les Droites in the French Alps in 1999. But a sudden and ferocious storm hit them 10,000 feet up the mountain. They were trapped on a narrow ridge in temperatures of -30C, battered by winds so strong the rescue helicopters could not reach them. After five nightmarish nights doggedly clinging to life, Jamie Andrew was finally rescued; but his friend Jamie Fisher had died beside him on the last night. -- From inside cover

ISBN: 0749950072

Accession Number: P2023.19

Call Number: 01.2 An2l

Collection: Archives Library

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On thin ice : alpine climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya

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

Published Date: 2005

Author: Fowler, Mick

Publisher: London : Baton Works Publications

Call Number: 01 F83o

Author: Fowler, Mick

Responsibility: Foreword by Chris Bonington

Publisher: London : Baton Works Publications

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 223 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Climbing; Travel; Sports

Abstract: Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, follows Vertical Pleasure (Hodder, 1995). Here the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990. Despite work and family commitments he has maintained a regular series of 'big trips' to challending objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes. -- From inside cover

ISBN: 1898573581

Accession Number: P2023.19

Call Number: 01 F83o

Collection: Archives Library

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Drawing from the mountain : an illustrated journey

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Perry, Lorne

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: 06.1 P41d

Author: Perry, Lorne

Responsibility: Lorne Perry

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 141 p. : ill., ports.

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

Subjects: Art; Trees; Flora; Flowers; Geology; Wildlife; Mountaineering; Equipment; Biography; Mountains; Rocky Mountains; Photography; Wilderness; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to art created by Lorne Perry during

Contents: Prologue; Beginning with trees; The limstone triangle; A fine kind of madness; "Real good" stories; Lords of the dance; The power of one; Flesh and blood; The gift; Epilogue; Acknowledgements

Notes: Signed by Lorne Perry

ISBN: 9781894765817

Accession Number: 2019.110

Call Number: 06.1 P41d

Collection: Archives Library

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A slender thread : escaping disaster in the Himalaya

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

Published Date: 2000

Author: Venables, Stephen

Publisher: London : Hutchinson

Call Number: DS485 H6 V4

Author: Venables, Stephen

Publisher: London : Hutchinson

Published Date: 2000

Physical Description: xiv, 208p. : ill. (some col.), maps

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

Subjects: Accidents; Mountaineering

ISBN: 0091801478

Call Number: DS485 H6 V4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A tale of two passes : an inquiry into certain alpine literature

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

Published Date: 2008

Author: Putnam, William Lowell

Publisher: Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology; Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies

Call Number: 08 P98 T14

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Author: Putnam, William Lowell

Responsibility: William L. Putnam

Publisher: Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology; Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies

Published Date: 2008

Physical Description: i, 219 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Alps; Alps, Italian; History; Passes; Literature

Abstract: Written by AAC Honorary President William L Putnam, "this text is devoted to that pair of passes: the Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard. Both of these mountain crossings appear to have been known and used from pre-Roman times. Both were prominently and frequently used by the Romans inestablishing and maintaining their empire; both were long adorned with hospice/shelters near their crests; and both have been by-passed by modern tunnels but are still crossed by paved highways. Despite these similiarites, their historic prominence derives from distinctly different events and factors. Herein lies the histories of these passes and stories of many travelers amongst the Alps - told as much as possible in their own words." ( from book jacket)

Contents: Introduction; Part I:; Chapter I : Early Alpine Passages; Chapter II : The Terrain; Part II:; Chapter III : Hannibal's Crossing; Chater IV : The Argument; Chapter V : The Railway; Part III:; Chater VI : The Other Route of the Ancients; Chapter VII : Hazards of the Mountain; Chapter VIII : The Great Saint Bernard in Later Literature; Chapter IX : The Early Alpinists; Chapter X : The Largest Crossing; Chapter XI : Popes and Passes; Index

Notes: Signed by author - addressed to Margaret Gmoser - dated October 19th, 2008

ISBN: 1-891824-66-X

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: 08 P98 T14

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Book available through The American Alpine Club

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A Century of American alpinism, 2002

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

Published Date: 2002

Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

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Author: Fay, Charles Ernest; Bent, Allen Herbert; Palmer, Howard; Thorington, James Monroe; Kauffman, Andrew John; Putnam, William Lowell

Responsibility: Charles Earnest Fay, Allen Herbert Bent, Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington, Andrew John Kauffman, William Lowell Putnam

Publisher: Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,

Published Date: 2002

Physical Description: ix, 196 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations, portraits

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

Subjects: American Alpine Club; History; Mountaineering; Clubs

Abstract: Pertains to a century of American alpinism from 1902 to 2002

Contents: Forward; Preface; I Earliest American Mountaineers; II Pacific Crests; III Later and Farther North; IV Tidewater Alaska; V Early Amerian Ascents in the Alps; VI Appalachian Mountain Club Roots; VII The Social Aspect of Alpinism; VIII To the Top of the Continent; IX Other Mountain Clubs of America; X Momentous Events; XI Afield and at War; XII Changing Mores; XIII Moving West; XIV Not All Sweetness and Light; XV The Study of Mountain Elevations; XVI Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness; XVII Changing Faces; Appendices; Index

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G505 F39 C46

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: American Alpine Club link to book

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Guardians of the peaks : mountain rescue in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Calvert, Kathy

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 13.114 C13g

Author: Calvert, Kathy

Responsibility: Kathy Calvert, Dale Portman

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

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

Subjects: Accidents; Avalanches; Mountaineering; Search and rescue

Notes: Bibliography and index

Accession Number: 13-978-1-894765-80-0

Call Number: 13.114 C13g

Collection: Archives Library

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In the heart of the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 2007

Author: Outram, James

Publisher: Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 02.6 Ou8 2007

Author: Outram, James

Responsibility: James Outram ; foreword by Chic Scott

Publisher: Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2007

Physical Description: x, 295 p.

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

Series: Mountain classics collection 3

Subjects: Mountaineering

Notes: Modern reprint text only (no maps or ill.) of: In the heart of the Canadian Rockies : with maps and illustrations -- New York : Macmillan. -- 1905