topic:"Biography" found 16 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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 Wicks

Call Number: G510 F69 O4

Author: Fowler, Mick

Responsibility: Mick Fowler; foreword by Chris Bonington

Publisher: London : Baton Wicks

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 223 p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Biography

Notes: Winner of 2005 Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature

ISBN: 1-898573-58-1

Call Number: G510 F69 O4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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No easy way : the challenging life of the climbing taxman

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Fowler, Mick

Publisher: Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: G512 N64 F69

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Author: Fowler, Mick

Publisher: Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: ix, 241 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineering; Travel

Abstract: In No Easy Way, his third volume of climbing memoirs following Vertical Pleasure and On Thin Ice, Fowler recounts a series of expeditions to stunning mountains in China, India, Nepal and Tibet. Alongside partners including Paul Ramsden, Dave Turnbull, Andy Cave and Victor Saunders, he attempts striking, technically challenging unclimbed lines on Shiva, Gave Ding and Mugu Chuli – with a number of ascents winning prestigious Piolets d’Or, the Oscars of the mountaineering world. Written with his customary dry wit and understatement, he manages challenges away – the art of securing a permit for Tibet – and at home – his duties as Alpine Club president – all the while pursuing his passion for exploratory mountaineering. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)

Contents: The competing priorities of life -- Grosvenor: The dangers of cupping -- Kalaqiao: Hands drawn together in prayer -- The Goody Cash: Scottish sea cliffs at their best -- Manamcho: I've never seen a white man before -- Nottingham Castle 1: Challenges close to the office -- Vasuki Parbat: The judgement game -- Fell running: A new mildly eccentric form of exercise? -- Jura success: A passion is born -- Sulamar: The hottest bathtub ever -- The Xiate Trail: Trade routes can be challenging too -- Alpine Club: The establishment beckons -- Mugu Chuli: The bureaucrats go climbing -- Nottingham Castle 2: A brush with the constabulary -- The Prow of Shiva: Are we good enough to do it? -- Kishtwar Kailash: A very special drive and a 12.5-million-view video clip -- Talking about it... -- Hagshu: The bear, the tension, and the climb -- Gave Ding: True adventure -- Sersank: Never too old -- The challenges never end.

ISBN: 9781911342755

Accession Number: AC693

Call Number: G512 N64 F69

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website

Websites

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/narratives/no-easy-way/

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Himalaya - the tribulations of mick & vic

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Fowler, Mick; Saunders, Victor

Publisher: LULU.COM

Call Number: G512 H56 F69

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Author: Fowler, Mick; Saunders, Victor

Publisher: LULU.COM

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 267 pages : ill.

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers, British; Himalaya Mountains; Biography

Abstract: Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders, famed British alpinists learned to know each other while winter climbing in Scotland, in all kind of weather, mostly bad: an ideal stepping stone for great Himalayan adventures. They shared three expeditions in Pakistan: The ascents of Bojohagur (7329m), Spantik (7027m) and Ultar (7388m). The tales of these selected adventures, published separately over three of their books (rewarded several times - Banff festival, Boardman Tasker), have been assembled in a new book: HIMALAYA - Mick and Vic' Tribulations. The two pals' tales are intertwined and offer two visions sometimes similar, sometimes different of the same events, with a caustic humour at the turn of every single line. This refreshing, compelling text full of funny and uncommon anecdotes is also the story of their strong friendship. Besides the amateurs of mountaineering tales, this book should please the amateurs of unconventional atmospheres. (from Lulu website)

Contents: Forward; Prelude; Part One - in Great-Britain; Part Two - Bojohaghur, 1984; Part Three - Spantik, 1987; Part Four - Ultar, 1991; Apologue; Twenty Nine Years After

ISBN: 9781326804817

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: G512 H56 F69

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on LULU website

Websites

http://www.lulu.com/ca/en/shop/mick-fowler-and-victor-saunders/himalaya-the-tribulations-of-mick-vic/paperback/product-23368656.html

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Home is where the mountains are : the remarkable life of Sharon Wood

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

Published Date: 2004

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 01.4 M36h Pam

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2004

Physical Description: 24 p. : ill

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

Series: Summit Series #6

Subjects: Biography; Everest, Mount; Mountaineers, Canadian; Mountain Gate Community School

ISBN: 0-920330-48-7

Accession Number: 7806

Call Number: 01.4 M36h Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Expedition to the edge : stories of worldwide adventure

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

Published Date: 2008

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 01 M36e

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2008

Physical Description: 345 p. : ill. (some col.), ports

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineers, Canadian

Notes: Includes:Sonnie Trotter, Sean Isaac, Raphael Slawinski, Steph Davis, Carolos Buhler, Marko Prezelj, Barry Blanchard, Will Gadd, Kit Deslauriers, Karsten Heuer, Leanne Allison and Colin Angus