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The Canadian Rockies : pioneers, legends and true tales
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13636
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Patillo, Roger
- Call Number
- 08.3 P27c c.1
- 08.3 P27c c.2
- Author
- Patillo, Roger
- Physical Description
- 456p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Mountaineers
- Outfitters, trail guides, packers
- Wilson, Tom
- ISBN
- 978-1-4120-5627-4
- Accession Number
- wmcr shop donation - copy 2 09-02-04
- 40500 08-03-04
- Call Number
- 08.3 P27c c.1
- 08.3 P27c c.2
- Collection
- Archives 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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A family for the outfit : Harrisons and the general mountaineering camp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14089
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 02.7 R55a Pam
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Responsibility
- by Zac Robinson
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2008
- Series
- Summit Series #10
- ISBN
- 0920330622
- Accession Number
- 8218
- Call Number
- 02.7 R55a Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A family for the outfit : Harrisons and the general mountaineering camp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14810
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 H37 Pam
- G512 H37 Copy 2
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Responsibility
- by Zac Robinson
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2008
- Series
- Summit Series #10
- ISBN
- 0920330622
- Call Number
- G512 H37 Pam
- G512 H37 Copy 2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Helen Sovdat : guide, mentor, friend
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15190
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01.4 S8g Pam
- R 01.4 S8g Pam
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 32 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #21
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330616
- Accession Number
- 2017.8637
- Call Number
- 01.4 S8g Pam
- R 01.4 S8g Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Helen Sovdat : guide, mentor, friend
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14913
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 S68 Pam
- Author
- Robinson, Zac
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 32 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #21
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330616
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 S68 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Himalaya - the tribulations of mick & vic
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25045
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Saunders, Victor
- Publisher
- LULU.COM
- Call Number
- G512 H56 F69
1 website
- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Saunders, Victor
- Publisher
- LULU.COM
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 267 pages : ill.
- 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
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John Clarke : explorer of the Coast Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15201
- 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
- 01.4 C55e
- 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
- 2016.8602
- Call Number
- 01.4 C55e
- Collection
- Archives 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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Lake Louise at its best
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11399
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Patillo, Roger
- Call Number
- 08.5 P27
- Author
- Patillo, Roger
- Subjects
- Biography
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Call Number
- 08.5 P27
- Collection
- Archives Library
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