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1990 Everest Environmental Expedition : post-expedition report
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13083
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Everest Environmental Expedition
- Publisher
- Colorado Springs : Everest Environmental Expedition
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 E5
- Publisher
- Colorado Springs : Everest Environmental Expedition
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Garbage
- Mountaineering
- Pollution
- Notes
- Bob McConnell and Liz Nichol, Expedition Co-Leaders
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 E5
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Ascent of dog : working dogs in the West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11231
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Bush, Wendy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Call Number
- 08.2 B96
- Author
- Bush, Wendy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.), map
- Subjects
- Dogsledding
- Indians
- Film making
- Mountaineering
- Postal services
- Schaffer, Mary
- Search and rescue
- Thompson David
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Signed by author and dog Bart Muldoon
- Tipped in photograph of author and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies' librarian Mary Andrews
- ISBN
- 1-55059-174-6
- Accession Number
- 7144
- Call Number
- 08.2 B96
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Beyond Nootka : a historical perspective of Vancouver Island mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15203
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1996
- Author
- Elms, Lindsay J
- Publisher
- Courtenay (B.C.) : Misthorn Press
- Call Number
- 01.4 E6b
- Author
- Elms, Lindsay J
- Responsibility
- by Lindsay J. Elms
- introduction by Sandy Briggs
- Publisher
- Courtenay (B.C.) : Misthorn Press
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 128p. : ill. (some col.), ports., maps (1 col.)
- Notes
- Bibliography : p.123
- Includes index
- ISBN
- 0-9680159-0-5
- Accession Number
- 2016.8602
- Call Number
- 01.4 E6b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The climb : tragic ambitions on Everest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21254
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Boukreev, Anatoli
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B65
- Author
- Boukreev, Anatoli
- Responsibility
- Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- xi, 255p. : col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- ISBN
- 0312168144
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 B65
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A climber’s guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25079
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1953
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
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- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Responsibility
- J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- xx, 323 pages
- Abstract
- A guide for mountaineers for the Canadian Rocky Mountains arranged geographically including map references.
- Contents
- Introduction Preface Part One - International Boundary to Kicking Horse Pass Part Two - Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Pass to Jarvis Pass List of authorites Principle maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains Huts of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada
- Notes
- First ed., by Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington, published in 1921.
- Accession Number
- 8062
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publication information on the American Alpine Club website
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Climbs and exploration in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11169
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Stutfield, Hugh Edward Millington
- Publisher
- Calgary : Aquila Books
- Call Number
- 02.6 St9 1998
- Responsibility
- by Hugh E. M. Stutfield and J. Norman Collie
- introduction by Robert Sandford
- Publisher
- Calgary : Aquila Books
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- [8], 343 p. : ill., map
- Series
- Canadian Mountaineering Classics #1
- Notes
- Facsimile reprint of: London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1903
- Includes index
- Folded map glued to end paper
- ISBN
- 0-9683820-0-2
- Accession Number
- 9-23-98 31,000 & 8227 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 02.6 St9 1998
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19938
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Robson
- Abstract
- Pertains to the personal mountaineering experience of author, Frank S. Smythe. As a prominent English author, photographer, botanist and mountaineer, Smythe invites the reader to delve into a greater understanding of what it means to climb in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He tells of his successes, failures and lessons learned while scaling some of the most ambitious mountains in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the mountains discussed include, but are not limited to the following, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Mount Glendower and Mount Colin.
- Contents
- Part I : The Canadian Rockies
- I. The Canadian Rocky Mountains (pg. 3)
- II. Training the Lovat Scouts (pg. 19)
- III. Elysium Pass (pg. 37)
- IV. Mountaineering from Lake O'Hara (pg. 47)
- V. Mount Assiniboine (pg. 54)
- VI. Mount Alberta (pg. 67)
- VII. The Beaver (pg. 86)
- VIII. An attempt to climb Mount Brussels (pg. 96)
- IX. The first ascent of Mount Bridgland (pg. 108)
- X. Mount Robson (pg. 121)
- XI. Failure and success on Mount Colin (pg. 142)
- XII. Storm on Mount Louis (pg. 162) Part II : Unmapped and unexplored. An expedition to the LLoyd George Mountains of north-east British Columbia
- XIII. The Lloyd George Mountains (pg. 175)
- XIV. The flight to Haworth Lake (pg. 186)
- XV. The base-camp (pg. 196)
- XVI. Reconnaissance flight (pg. 206)
- XVII. The ascent of Mount Glendower (pg. 213)
- XVIII. The ascent of Mount Lloyd George (pg. 221)
- XIX. Call it a day (pg. 227)
- XX. High-level traverse (pg. 241)
- XXI. Lightning (pg. 251)
- Index (pg. 255)
- Notes
- All photographs used in the publication were taken by the author
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Everest : mountain without mercy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15140
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Coburn, Broughton
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 C63 Oversize D
- Author
- Coburn, Broughton
- Responsibility
- introduction by Tim Cahill
- afterword by David Beashears
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 256p. : col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- Photography
- Notes
- with IMAX camera images from the motion picture, Everest
- ISBN
- 0792270142
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 C63 Oversize D
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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High : stories of survival from Everest and K2
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21244
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York : Thunder's Mouth Press
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 H49
- Responsibility
- edited by Clint Willis
- Publisher
- New York : Thunder's Mouth Press
- Published Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 321p, ill
- Series
- Extreme adventure
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- ISBN
- 1560252006
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 H49
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11824
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Krakauer, Jon
- Publisher
- New York : Villard
- Call Number
- 01.1 Ev2k
- Author
- Krakauer, Jon
- Publisher
- New York : Villard
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- xx, 293p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- Winner of 1997 Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 0679457526
- Accession Number
- 7441
- Call Number
- 01.1 Ev2k
- Collection
- Archives Library
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