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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1747
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1988
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- Seattle : Cloudcap
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 M4
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- Seattle : Cloudcap
- Published Date
- 1988
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 M4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The big walls : history, routes, experiences
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1748
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward; New York : Oxford University Press
- Call Number
- G510 M47
- G510 M47 Copy 2
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward; New York : Oxford University Press
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 143 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- Messner, Reinhold
- Biography
- ISBN
- 0 7182 1191
- Accession Number
- AC619
- Call Number
- G510 M47
- G510 M47 Copy 2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The challenge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1749
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward
- Call Number
- DS486 H53 M4
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward
- Published Date
- 1977
- Call Number
- DS486 H53 M4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Crystal horizon : Everest, the first solo ascent
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1750
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1989
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 M4 C7
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1989
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 M4 C7
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Everest : expedition to the ultimate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1751
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 M4
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward
- Published Date
- 1979
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 M4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Fall of heaven : Whymper's tragic Matterhorn climb
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25031
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold (author)
- Bierling, Billi (translator)
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- G512 F35 M47
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- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 206 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Whymper, Edward
- Biography
- Matterhorn
- Abstract
- As Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhorn—one of the most famous and iconic peaks in the Alps. Is it the “Devil’s mountain,” as the locals call it? Should he heed the village priest who warned that its summit was not meant to be climbed? Carrel is undeterred, he just needs capable climbers to join him. Enter Edward Whymper, who in 1861 at the age of 21 decided—unbeknownst to Carrel—that he would be the first to climb the Matterhorn. So the storyline is set, except that where Carrel is captivating, Whymper is utterly unsympathetic as an adventurer. He is mean and disdainful of guides, describing them as little more than porters who eat and drink too much. Despite this attitude, Whymper’s quest leads him inexorably into partnership with Carrel. The story follows their many attempts to find a route to the top of the Matterhorn, but then fate pulls them apart just as Whymper finds the line. His successful summit on July 14, 1865, in which Carrel did not take part, shocked the Victorian world with both awe and revulsion as four members of Whymper’s party died in frightening falls. Famed climber and author Reinhold Messner acknowledges that Whymper was the first man to summit the Matterhorn, the last of the great Alpine peaks to be climbed and representing the beginning of an age of alpinism based on difficulty rather than conquest. But rather than leaving a hero’s legacy, Whymper is revealed as the Captain Ahab of alpinism, a team leader who accepted no responsibility for the deaths of his teammates. Fall of Heaven is an exciting tale and an examination of the different types of men who were caught up in the adventuring spirit of the Victorian age, and the ironic fates that can follow success or failure. (from Mountaineers Books website)
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
- ISBN
- 9781680510850
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- G512 F35 M47
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Mountaineers Books website
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Free spirit : a climber's life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1752
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1991
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London; Toronto : Hodder & Stoughton
- Call Number
- G512 M4 F7
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Responsibility
- trans. by Jill Neate
- Publisher
- London; Toronto : Hodder & Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1991
- Call Number
- G512 M4 F7
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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K2 : montagne des montagnes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1753
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- Paris?: Arthaud/Altitudes
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 M4
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- Paris?: Arthaud/Altitudes
- Published Date
- 1981
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 M4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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K2 : mountain of mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1754
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward; New York : Oxford University Press
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 M42
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward; New York : Oxford University Press
- Published Date
- 1981
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 M42
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Mountains : mapping the earth's extremes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19921
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Dech, Stefan
- Messner, Reinhold
- Sparwasser, Nils
- Publisher
- London, England : Thames and Hudson
- Call Number
- GA D43 M68
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- Responsibility
- Stefan Dech, Reinhold Messner, Nils Sparwasser
- Publisher
- London, England : Thames and Hudson
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 240 p. illus. (colour)
- Subjects
- Mountains
- Maps
- Cartography
- Photography, Aerial
- Abstract
- Mountains marks a new milestone in Earth observation and Alpine exploration. For the first time, a special recording process and a technique developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) allow the satellite recording of three-dimensional views from 300 miles above with a resolution in the range of a few meters. Photorealistic images are created in this manner from perspectives denied even to mountaineers and helicopter pilots. In addition to highly accurate detailed models of individual regions, the DLR generates a global three-dimensional elevation model of Earth in unprecedented quality. For this purpose, two German satellites are currently circling the earth at a speed of more than 15,000 miles per hour—separated by a mere 500 feet. Taken together, both techniques offer a detailed view of a world that still pushes human beings to their limits—the mountainous regions of our planet. For this book Reinhold Messner has selected thirteen peaks and routes to feature, as they’ve never been seen before. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Trailblazers
- Mountains: the fourth dimension
- Of scientists and mountaineers : the making of this book
- Kailash
- Mont Blanc
- Matterhorn
- Ushba
- Denali
- Aconcagua
- Nanda Devi
- Mount Everest
- K2
- Dhaulagiri
- Annapurna
- Masherbrum
- Histories
- Profiles
- From data to images
- Editors, authors and project partners
- Index
- ISBN
- 9780500518892
- Accession Number
- AC635
- Call Number
- GA D43 M68
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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