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Once upon a mountain : the legend of the Grizzly Group
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12442
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [2002?]
- Publisher
- Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 O52 Pam
- G512 O52 Copy 2
- Responsibility
- stories by Glen Boles, Don Forest, Leon Kubbernus, Gordon Scruggs and Mike Simpson
- edited by Geoff Powter
- Publisher
- Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- [2002?]
- Physical Description
- 24 p. : ill
- Series
- Summit Series #3
- Subjects
- Biography
- Mountaineers, Canadian
- Call Number
- G512 O52 Pam
- G512 O52 Copy 2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Extraordinary leadership and vision
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12939
- Physical Description
- p.12-17 : ports
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Biography
- Notes
- In The Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, vol.21, no.1 (Winter 2006) : Centennial Gazette 1906-2005. Article pertains to Presidents of the the Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club of Canada [DVD video]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15154
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Canmore : Morrow Productions
- Call Number
- G505 P37 DVD
- Responsibility
- written and performed by Laurie Schwartz
- Heather Inglis, director
- Publisher
- Canmore : Morrow Productions
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 1 digital video disc : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Subjects
- Biography
- Stage productions
- Notes
- One-person play pertaining to Elizabeth Parker lecturing on her mountaineering experiences in the Canadian Rockies and the history of the Alpine Club of Canada.
- In celebration of the Alpine Club of Canada's centennial 1906-2006
- Call Number
- G505 P37 DVD
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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John Clarke : explorer of the Coast Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14792
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Baile, Lisa
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Edition
- Betty Keller
- Call Number
- G512 C53
- Author
- Baile, Lisa
- Responsibility
- foreward by Wade Davis
- Edition
- Betty Keller
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (1 colour), portraits (some colour)
- ISBN
- 9781550175837
- Accession Number
- AC609 copy 2 to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 C53
- 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
1 website
- 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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Ueli Steck : my life in climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25051
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Steck, Ueli (author)
- Steinback, Karin (co-author)
- Bierling, Billi (translator)
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- G512 U45 S74
1 website
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 214 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Switzerland
- Nepal
- Abstract
- A climber of incredible strength, Ueli Steck set climbing records for speed and endurance that no one had previously thought possible. This deeply personal and revealing memoir, Ueli Steck: My Life in Climbing, is the only one of his books to be published in English. In 2016, Ueli established a new speed record on Eiger’s North Face—beating his own record! That same year he climbed all 82 four-thousand-meter peaks in the Alps within 62 days (traveling between the peaks by bicycle), and summited Annapurna’s south face in 28 hours. But the dramatic events of the previous two years—the internationally reported conflict with Sherpas at Mount Everest, and the discovery of Alex Lowe’s body on Shishapangma—changed him and made him rethink his approach to the mountains. After withdrawing from the sport for a period, Ueli rediscovered his love of climbing, and in this memoir he explains how his perspective changed. While his drive to achieve in the mountains hadn’t diminished, an evaluation of his experiences helped him find a new way to process the emotional and mental challenges that shaped his athletic outlook. Structured around key climbs, Ueli Steck: My Life in Climbing provides the history of each mountain and route, Ueli’s reasons for attempting it, what happened on each climb itself, and what he learned from the experience. It also includes some fascinating insights into his training regimen. Ueli infuses his story with the joy and freedom of climbing and running. He is honest, direct and, at times, exhibits the self-absorption common to many elite athletes. Ultimately, however, his experiences brought him to a place of self-awareness and he was no longer the same climber who first set the speed record on the Eiger’s North Face. Ueli was determined that he would take only acceptable risks. Unfortunately, Ueli’s bar for risk was still very high—he died while on a training climb on the Himalayan peak Nuptse on April 30, 2017. (from Mountaineers Books website)
- Contents
- Everest : when the world suddenly changes -- Annapurna I : first the glory, then the fall from grace -- Shishapangma : a step too far -- All 4000-meter peaks in the Alps : rediscovering the joy of climbing -- Eiger : the fascination of speed -- Afterword by Steve House -- Translator's note.
- ISBN
- 9781680511321
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G512 U45 S74
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Mountaineers Books website
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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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A youth wasted climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14793
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Chaundy-Smart, David
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 C43
- Author
- Chaundy-Smart, David
- Responsibility
- foreword by John Kaandorp
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 247 pages, [8] pages of plates (colour)
- Subjects
- Biography
- Ontario
- Rock climbing
- ISBN
- 9781771600675
- Accession Number
- AC609
- AC611 copy 2 transferred to ARC
- Call Number
- G512 C43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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One man's Everest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15357
- 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)
- 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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The Kurt Diemberger omnibus : comprising his books : summits and secrets; the endless knot; spirits of the air
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13666
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1999
- Author
- Diemberger, Kurt
- Publisher
- London : Bâton Wicks
- Call Number
- G512 D54
- Author
- Diemberger, Kurt
- Responsibility
- Kurt Diemberger
- Publisher
- London : Bâton Wicks
- Published Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 864p. : ill. , map
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Collection
- Biography
- ISBN
- 1-898573-26-3
- Accession Number
- AC602
- Call Number
- G512 D54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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