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All that glitters : a climber's journey through addiction and depression
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14894
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Talbot, Margo
- Publisher
- Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
- Call Number
- G512 T35
- Author
- Talbot, Margo
- Responsibility
- Margo Talbot
- Publisher
- Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 191 p. : ill., ports.
- Subjects
- Biography
- Talbot, Margo
- Ice
- Arctic
- ISBN
- 9781550391824
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 T35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine artistry : the mountain life of Glen Boles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14914
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 B65 Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Series
- Summit Series #19
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Photography
- Art
- ISBN
- 9780920330531
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 B65 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine journey : Ferdl Taxbock's life on the edge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14918
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 T39 Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 24 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #15
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330494
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 T39 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19901
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Responsibility
- Bernadette McDonald
- Publisher
- Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- "A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Rock Animal
- Alpinist in Training
- Hindu Kush - Unleashed
- Troll Wall
- Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
- Hungry for Hunger
- Dancing in the Moment
- Enfant Terrible
- Line against the Sky
- The Shining Wall
- Fork in the Road
- Trango Tower
- Night Naked
- Dance of the Underclings
- Chinese Maharaja
- Metaphysical Think Tank
- The Crux
- Chronology of Selected Climbs
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781771602129
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G512 M16 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The book of Mortimer : celebrating a life of volunteerism
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14920
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 M67 S86
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #20
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330593
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 M67 S86
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Con bravura : the remarkable mountaineering life of Peter Fuhrmann
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14915
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Sandford, Robert William
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 F84 Pam
- Author
- Sandford, Robert William
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Series
- Summit Series #18
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330555
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 F84 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Les conquerants de l'inutile : des Alpes a l'Annapurna
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1961
- Author
- Terray, Lionel
- Publisher
- France : Gallimard
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- G512 T47 L47
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- Author
- Terray, Lionel
- Responsibility
- Lionel Terray
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- France : Gallimard
- Published Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 560 p. ; 88 illus. ; maps
- Abstract
- "All these faces that appear in close-up in the news or in the press are also men. The name of Lionel Terray, one of the most famous living mountaineers, comes back periodically in conversations, because he participated in a rescue or because he helped to conquer a great world summit like Annapurna or the Makalu. In The Conquerors of the Useless , it is the whole mountain and its secrets that it reveals to us without emphasis and especially without pretension. We see how a little boy can already sense his vocation and soon to live only for the mountain; how this passion led him from the Alps to the Himalayas, from Canada to Peru. Each story of his prodigious ascensions will fascinate those who know the mountain only through the cable car. Indeed, this book that Lionel Terray wrote entirely himself using notes and stories in which he fixed his memories throughout his career, was written for them. The Conquerors of the Useless is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the heroic fate of the last survivors of the Knights race. " (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Decouverte de la montagne
- Premieres conquetes
- La guerre des Alpes
- Je rencontre Lachenal
- La face nord de l'Eiger
- Guide de grandes courses
- L'Annapurna
- Sur les sommets du monde
- Notes
- EVE-DELACROIX PRIZE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY 1962
- French edition signed by Lionel Terray
- Newsclipping tucked inside entitled "La mort de Lionel Terray a stufefie les membres du Ski Club"
- ISBN
- 2070262146
- Accession Number
- AC636
- Call Number
- G512 T47 L47
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Publication information on publisher's website
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End of the rope : mountains, marriage, and motherhood
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25047
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Redford, Jan
- Publisher
- Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press
- Call Number
- G512 E53 R43
1 website
- Author
- Redford, Jan
- Publisher
- Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- x, 303 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Mountaineering
- Women
- Biography
- Abstract
- In this funny and gritty debut memoir, praised by Outside, Sierra, Alpinist, and more, Jan Redford grows from a reckless rock climber to a mother who fights to win back her future. As a teenager, she sets her sights on the improbable dream of climbing mountains. By age twenty, she’s a climber with a magnetic attraction to misadventures and the wrong men. Redford finally finds the love of her life, an affable Rockies climber. When he is killed in an avalanche in Alaska, a grieving Redford finds comfort in the arms of another extreme alpinist. Before long, they are married, with a baby on the way. While her husband works as a logger, Redford tackles the traditional role of wife and mother. But soon, she pursues her own dream, one that pits her against her husband. End of the Rope is Redford’s telling of heart-stopping adventures, from being rescued off El Capitan to leading a group of bumbling cadets across a glacier. It is her laughter-filled memoir of friendships with women in that masculine world. Most moving, this is the story of her struggle to make her own way in the mountains and in life. To lead, not follow. (from Counterpoint Press website)
- Contents
- First climb -- On the rocks -- Lion's layback -- The rescue -- Speed ruts -- Learning to roll -- Bugaboo -- World's toughest milkman -- Fragile ice -- We're gathered here today -- Aberdeen -- Show no fear -- Climbing girlfriend -- The final last straw -- The memo -- In the arms of a mountain -- The underwear drawer -- Teetering on the edge -- Pink wedding dress -- The waiting -- Miracles -- Into the shadows -- Back on the sharp end -- Yodel village -- You lead, I'll follow -- Carsick -- Die young, stay pretty -- Grant's lunch -- Fractured -- Playing dead -- Mama spiders -- Remember the lilac -- Power surge -- Leaving Chaba -- Only four years -- One little "non" -- Second chances.
- ISBN
- 9780345812315
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G512 E53 R43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Counterpoint Press website
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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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Focused on adventure : portrait of Pat Morrow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14811
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 M67 Pam
- G512 M67 Copy 2
- G512 M67 Copy 3
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Responsibility
- Lynn Martel
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 32 pages, illustrations
- Series
- Summit Series #12
- ISBN
- 0920330665
- Call Number
- G512 M67 Pam
- G512 M67 Copy 2
- G512 M67 Copy 3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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