topic:"Biography" found 18 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

One man's Everest

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

Published Date: 2015

Author: Cool, Kenton

Publisher: London : Preface

Call Number: G512 C66 O54

Author: Cool, Kenton

Publisher: London : Preface

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 264 pages, illustrations (16 pages of unnumbered, coloured plates)

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

Subjects: Accidents; Biography; Everest, Mount; Mountaineering; Nepal

ISBN: 9781848094499

Accession Number: AC633

Call Number: G512 C66 O54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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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: 01.1 D74t

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: 2016.8602

Call Number: 01.1 D74t

Collection: Archives Library

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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 ascent of Everest

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

Published Date: 1953

Author: Hunt, John

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Edition: The companion book club edtion

Call Number: 01.1 H91a

Author: Hunt, John

Responsibility: John Hunt

Edition: The companion book club edtion

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1953

Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

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

Subjects: Biography; Everest, Mount; Mount Everest Expedition 1953

Notes: Includes index

Accession Number: 2015.8535

Call Number: 01.1 H91a

Collection: Archives Library

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The ascent of Everest

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

Published Date: 1956

Author: Hunt, John

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Edition: The companion book club edtion

Call Number: DS486 H86

Author: Hunt, John

Responsibility: John Hunt

Edition: The companion book club edtion

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1956

Physical Description: 300 pages : illustrations ; maps

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

Subjects: Biography; Everest, Mount; Mount Everest Expedition 1953

Notes: Includes index

Accession Number: AC629

Call Number: DS486 H86

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Summits of my life : daring adventures on the world's greatest peaks

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Jornet, Kilian

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress

Call Number: G512 J67 S86

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Author: Jornet, Kilian

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 201 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Travel; Mountaineering; Mont Blanc; Matterhorn; Elbruz, Mount; Denali; Everest, Mount; Running; Skiing; Biography

Abstract: Summits of My Life is the personal project of Kilian Jornet, in which for five years he has traveled to some of the most important peaks of the planet to try to establish FKT (fastest known time) of ascent and descent of some of the most emblematic mountains of the world. The project is closely linked to values and a way of understanding the purist and minimalist mountain. The experiences lived in each challenge have been captured in different films. (from author's website)

Contents: The project of my life; The Challenges; The Mont Blanc Traverse; Mont Blanc; The Matterhorn; Mount Elbrus; Denali; Aconcagua; Mount Everest; Forged in dreams and emotions