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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 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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Tenzing : hero of Everest, a biography of Tenzing Norgay

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

Published Date: c2003

Author: Douglas, Ed

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic

Call Number: DS486 E8 D68t

Author: Douglas, Ed

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic

Published Date: c2003

Physical Description: xix, 299 p. : ill. (some col.), maps

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

Subjects: Everest, Mount; Mountaineering; Biography; Sherpa

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 0792269837

Accession Number: AC611 copy 2 transferred to ARC

Call Number: DS486 E8 D68t

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The Yam : 50 years of climbing on Yamnuska

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

Published Date: 2003

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: F1090 Y2 S34

Author: Scott, Chic

Responsibility: Chic Scott, Dave Dornian, Ben Gadd

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2003

Physical Description: 184 p. : ill., ports., maps

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineering

ISBN: 0921102976

Call Number: F1090 Y2 S34

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The rage : reflections on risk

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

Published Date: 2005

Author: De Maio, Steve

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: BF637 D44 R57

Author: De Maio, Steve

Responsibility: Steve De Maio; with foreword by Chic Scott

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 176p : port

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Poetry

Accession Number: 1-894765-63-X

Call Number: BF637 D44 R57

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A passion for mountains : the lives of Don and Phyllis Munday

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Bridge, Kathryn

Publisher: Surrey, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G512 M86

Author: Bridge, Kathryn

Responsibility: Kathryn Bridge

Publisher: Surrey, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 240p. : ill. , maps , ports.

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Munday, Don; Munday, Phyllis; Mountaineers, Women; Coast Mountains; British Columbia; Alpine Club of Canada; Selkirk Mountains; Grouse Mountain

ISBN: 978-1-894765-69-5

Accession Number: AC615

Call Number: G512 M86

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Canadian mountain place names : the Rockies and Columbia mountains

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Boles, Glen W.

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G510 B65

Author: Boles, Glen W.

Responsibility: Glen W. Boles [artwork and photographs], Roger W. Laurilla [photographs], William L. Putnam [text]

Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 279p. : ill. , map

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

Subjects: British Columbia; Rocky Mountains, Canada; Guidebooks; Hiking; Mountaineering; Skiing

ISBN: 978-1-894765-79-4

Call Number: G510 B65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Achttausend druber und drunter : mit den Tagebuchern von Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak und Chogolisa

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

Published Date: 2005

Author: Buhl, Hermann

Publisher: Munich, Germany : Piper Verlag GmbH

Call Number: G512 B84

Author: Buhl, Hermann

Responsibility: Hermann Buhl

Publisher: Munich, Germany : Piper Verlag GmbH

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 360p. : ill.

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

Subjects: Buhl, Hermann; Nanga Parbat; Mountaineering

Notes: English translation of title : Nanga Parbat pilgrimage : the lonely challenge

ISBN: 978-3-89029-303-5

Accession Number: AC602

Call Number: G512 B84

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Among the great hills : three generations of Wheelers & their contribution to the mapping of mountains

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Sandford, R. W

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: G512 W44 Pam Copy 1; G512 W44 Copy 2; G512 W44 Copy 3

Author: Sandford, R. W

Responsibility: by R.W. Sandford

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 32p. : ill. , map

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

Series: Summit Series #8

Subjects: Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Alpine Club of Canada; Mountaineering; Geological Survey of Canada; Selkirk Mountains; Everest, Mount; Maps

ISBN: 0-920330-54-1

Call Number: G512 W44 Pam Copy 1; G512 W44 Copy 2; G512 W44 Copy 3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Tomaz Humar

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

Published Date: 2008

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Publisher: London : Hutchison

Call Number: G512 M16 H86

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Publisher: London : Hutchison

Published Date: 2008

Physical Description: xiv, 258 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Slovenia; Nanga Parbat

ISBN: 9780091795481

Call Number: G512 M16 H86

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Where the clouds can go

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

Published Date: 2009

Author: Kain, Conrad

Publisher: Surrey, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G512 K35 2009

Author: Kain, Conrad

Responsibility: Kain, Conrad, original forewords by J. Monroe Thorington & Hans Gmoser ; new foreword by Pat Morrow ; edited, with additional chapters by J. Monroe Thorington