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Pushing the limits : the story of Canadian mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21282
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- F1008 S3
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 440p. : ill. (some col.)
- Notes
- Signed by the author
- ISBN
- 0921102593
- Call Number
- F1008 S3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Bugaboos : an alpine history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20178
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Garden, J. F.
- Publisher
- Revelstoke : Footprint Publishing
- Call Number
- F1089 B8 G3 reference
- Author
- Garden, J. F.
- Responsibility
- J.F. Garden (author)
- Fred Becky (introduction)
- Publisher
- Revelstoke : Footprint Publishing
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 156 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Bugaboos
- Mountaineering
- History
- Kain, Conrad
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Harmon, Byron
- Rock climbing
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Conrad Kain -- 1. The Nunataks -- 2. A veritable Bugaboo -- 3. The outfitter -- Pt. II. The hard men -- 4. A Bugaboo no longer -- 5. The last Bugaboo -- 6. Fred Beckey arrives -- 7. High angle climbing -- 8. An exceptional summer, 1959 -- 9. Cooper's east faces -- 10. Patagonia -- 11. Beckey returns -- 12. Traverse -- Pt. III. New standards -- 13. Old and new faces -- 14. Pushing the limits -- 15. What's next? -- Winter ascent: south Howser Tower -- 17. Granite.
- Notes
- Includes photographs by Glen Boles, Ed Cooper, Scott Flavelle, J.F. Garden, Byron Harmon (Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library), Daryl Hatten, Roger W. Laurilla, James B. Maitre, Rob Rohn, John Simpson, Uldis Veideman, Jim Weston
- Signed by author - addressed to Margaret and Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0-9691621-1-1
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- F1089 B8 G3 reference
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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TIDES : a climber's voyage
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25044
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Bullock, Nick
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified] : VERTEBRATE Publishing
- Call Number
- G512 T53 B85
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- Author
- Bullock, Nick
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified] : VERTEBRATE Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 1 volume : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Autobiography
- Travel
- Abstract
- Nick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. Tides, Nick’s second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Echoes. Now retired from the strain of work as a prison officer, Nick is free to climb. A lot. Tides is a treasury of his antics and adventures with some of the world’s leading climbers, including Steve House, Kenton Cool, Nico Favresse, Andy Houseman and James McHaffie. Follow Nick and his partners as they push the limits on some of the world’s most serious routes: The Bells! The Bells! on Gogarth’s North Stack Wall; the Slovak Direct on Denali; Guerdon Grooves on Buachaille Etive Mor; and the north faces of Chang Himal and Mount Alberta, among countless others. Nick’s life can be equated to the rhythm of the sea. At high tide, he climbs, he loves it, he is good at it; he laughs and jokes, scares himself, falls, gets back up and climbs some more. Then the tide goes out and he finds himself alone, exposed, all questions and no answers. Self-doubt, grieving for friends or family, fearful, sometimes opinionated, occasionally angry – his writing more honest and exposed than in any account of a climb. Only when the tide turns is he able to forget once more. Tides is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one’s life to climbing. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- Prologue - living scared
- love and hate
- immortal?
- nothing more
- the cutting lap
- the rain
- the emotional tightrope
- bad shit
- deception
- the web
- cravings
- death or glory
- slave to the rhythm?
- bittersweet desire
- strange eden
- how soon is now
- you only live twice
- the cathedral
- trapped
- evening redness in the west
- into the shadow
- similar to a scottish quarry
- best before
- death of paradise
- the pitfalls of a peroni supermodel
- what were his dreams?
- balloons
- that's rowdy, dude
- over the top
- flames
- dreams and screams
- just beneath the surface
- the light of the moon
- the mountain soundtrack
- please queue here
- dawn to dusk to dawn
- threshold shift
- postscript
- acknowledgements
- Notes
- Signed by author
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival winner for Mountain Literature (non-fiction) Jon Whyte award
- ISBN
- 9781911342533
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G512 T53 B85
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
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Hangdog days : conflict, change, and the race for 5.14
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25038
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Smoot, Jeff
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- G513 H35 S66
1 website
- Author
- Smoot, Jeff
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 302 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- History
- Abstract
- Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. This contentious, often entertaining period gave rise to sport climbing, climbing gyms, and competitive climbing--indelibly transforming the sport. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing "rules," enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late '70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including "hangdogging," hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable. In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Smoot focuses on the climbing achievements of three of the era's superstars: John Bachar, Todd Skinner, and Alan Watts, while not neglecting the likes of Ray Jardine, Lynn Hill, Mark Hudon, Tony Yaniro, and Peter Croft. He deftly brings to life the characters and events of this raucous, revolutionary time in rock climbing, exploring, as he says, "what happened and why it mattered, not only to me but to the people involved and those who have followed" (from Mountaineers Books website)
- Contents
- Part One. The hangdog days -- Part Two. If not now, when? -- Part Three. The renegade -- Part Four. The godforsaken rock -- Part Five. That accursed crack -- Part Six. Churning in the wake.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781680512328
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G513 H35 S66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Mountaineers Books website
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Extreme conditions : courageous climbers push beyond the limits of breath
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3172
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Torrey, Lee
- Call Number
- RC103 A4 T6 Pam
- Author
- Torrey, Lee
- Physical Description
- p.54-58, 76-77 : ill
- Notes
- In Science Digest, February 1986
- Call Number
- RC103 A4 T6 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The push: a climbers's journey of endurance, risk, and going beyond limits
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19900
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Caldwell, Tommy
- Publisher
- New York : Viking
- Call Number
- G513 C35 P87
1 website
- Author
- Caldwell, Tommy
- Responsibility
- Tommy Caldwell
- Publisher
- New York : Viking
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 341 p. ; illus.
- Abstract
- Pertains the the the nineteen day free climb on Yosemite's Dawn Wall, successfully executed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson in 2014.
- ISBN
- 9780399562709
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G513 C35 P87
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- American Alpine Club article
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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
1 website
- 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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