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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
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Author
Messner, Reinhold (author)
Bierling, Billi (translator)
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
206 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #10
Subjects
Outfitters, trail guides, packers
Camps, Alpine Club of Canada
Biography
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #10
Subjects
Outfitters, trail guides, packers
Camps, Alpine Club of Canada
Biography
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.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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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)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Coast Mountains
Biography
Mountain Equipment Co-op
British Columbia
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)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Coast Mountains
Biography
Mountain Equipment Co-op
British Columbia
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Chateau Lake Louise
Call Number
08.5 P27
Collection
Archives Library
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Lake Louise at its best : an affectionate look at life at Lake Louise by one who knew it well

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13635
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Author
Patillo, Roger
Edition
2008 updated edition
Call Number
08.5 P27 2008
Author
Patillo, Roger
Edition
2008 updated edition
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Chateau Lake Louise
ISBN
978-1-55212-370-6
Call Number
08.5 P27 2008
Collection
Archives Library
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