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The book of Mortimer : celebrating a life of volunteerism
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15191
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01.4 M84b Pam
- R 01.4 M84b Pam
- 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
- 2017.8637
- Call Number
- 01.4 M84b Pam
- R 01.4 M84b Pam
- Collection
- Archives 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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Chic Scott fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions603
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…
- Date Range
- 1982-2021
- Reference Code
- M57 / S47 / V40
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Digital image
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M57 / S47 / V40
- Sous-Fonds
- M57
- S47
- V40
- Accession Number
- 6499
- 6772
- 7330
- 8110
- 8123
- 2014.8295
- 2014.8311
- 2014.8374
- 2015.8559
- 2019.57
- 2021.15 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M57 / S47 / V40
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Digital image
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1982-2021
- Physical Description
- Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records
- History / Biographical
- Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of 15 series: Series I : Pushing the Limits Series II : Mountain Romantics Series III : Summits and Icefields Series IV : Powder Pioneers Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation Series IX : The Book of Mortimer Series X : Tommy and Lawrence Series XI : The Yam Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club Series XIII : Young at Heart Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.
- Name Access
- Scott, Charles (Chic)
- Scott, Chic
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Publication
- Research
- Personal and Professional Life
- Mountaineering
- Interview
- Organizations
- Biography
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings
- Finding aids and reference tools series and file description
- Creator
- Scott, Chic
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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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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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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A life in the wild : the story of mountain explorer John Baldwin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25238
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Edition
- Summit Series 2019
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sc3a
1 website
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Responsibility
- Chic Scott
- Edition
- Summit Series 2019
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 43 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Skiing
- Mountaineering
- Travel
- Biography
- Abstract
- Known affectionately to his friends as the King of the Coast Range, John Baldwin has spent his life in a quest to experience the west coast wilderness. Since his teenage years he has explored the rugged Coast Mountain Range, climbing 700 peaks, many of them first ascents, and making perhaps one hundred multi-week, long-distance forays across the icefields and along the ridges of what is one of the last true wilderness areas on earth. Shunning the easy path, John has forged his own way through some of the toughest geography on the planet. He is a mountaineer and explorer of the first order (from Alpine Club of Canada)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One - an idyllic childhood
- Chapter Two - the Varsity Outdoor Club
- Chapter Three - a world of snow and ice
- Chapter Four - adventures with John Clark
- Chapter Five - the mountains of the coast
- Chapter Six - soul of wilderness
- Chapter Seven - a life dedicated to mountains
- ISBN
- 9780920330777
- Accession Number
- 2021.08
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sc3a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available to order via Alpine Club of Canada
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Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering - visual
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55200
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series is comprised of digital images (copies) and interviews used for research and final publication of book "Pushing the Limits". Includes 126 individual interviews recorded on Fuji Hi-8 tapes.
- Date Range
- 1996 - 1997
- Reference Code
- V40 / I
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Digital image
- Photograph
- Film
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M57 / V40 / S47
- Series
- V40 / I : Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering
- Sous-Fonds
- V40
- Sub-Series
- V40 / I / A / PA : Photographs
- V40 / I / B / NF : Films
- Accession Number
- 7330
- Reference Code
- V40 / I
- Date Range
- 1996 - 1997
- Physical Description
- 1694 digital images and 126 films
- History / Biographical
- This is the work of a lifetime. It tells the story of Canada’s 200 year mountaineering history from the early pioneers to modern day climbing athletes. Discover the story of Canadian climbing from the crags to the gyms, from Squamish to Val David and from the Yukon to the Rockies. Read about the Swiss guides hired by Canadian Pacific Hotels who ushered in the glory years of the first ascents. Discover the British and American men of leisure who struggled with the wilderness to reach the summits and unravel the complex geography. Learn about the European immigrants of the 1950s who pushed the limits on the rock walls and the Americans who led the search for frightening new routes on the north faces. Join the British expatriates as they pioneer the exciting new sport of waterfall ice climbing. Then witness the popular growth in sport climbing both on the crags and in the gyms. Finally discover how home grown Canadian climbers, initially slow to take up the challenge of mountaineering, have become world leaders in the sport.
- Scope & Content
- Series is comprised of digital images (copies) and interviews used for research and final publication of book "Pushing the Limits". Includes 126 individual interviews recorded on Fuji Hi-8 tapes.
- Notes
- Interviews are arranged alphabetically in series by last name of interviewee [see "Content Details"].
- Name Access
- Scott, Chic
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- History
- Environment
- Biography
- Climbing
- Sports and recreation
- Winter sports
- Personal and Professional Life
- Access Restrictions
- Reference only
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restricted: copyright of all images remain with owner
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M57 / I
- S47 / I
- Biographical Source Notes
- http://chicscott.com/books.htm
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Digital images
- 981 images in JPG images are accessible for reference only
- 714 PCD images are inaccessible due to the format being obsolete. .pcd format is a proprietary format by Kodak. Interviews on films:
- V40 / I / NF - 1 Serge Angelucci 25-Apr-97
- V40 / I / NF - 2 Peter Arbic 15-Aug-97
- V40 / I / NF - 3 Tim Auger 02-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 4 Tim Auger 02-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 5 Joe Bajan 21-Sep-97
- V40 / I / NF - 6 Neil Bennett 9-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 7 Claude Berube 06-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 8 Marc Blais 03-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 9 Barry Blanchand 06-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 10 Barry Blanchand 06-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 11 James Blench 12-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 12 James Blench 12-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 13 Leon Blumer 30-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 14 Rene Boisselle 23-Apr-97
- V40 / I / NF - 15 Rene Boisselle 23-Apr-97
- V40 / I / NF - 16 Glen Boles 29-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 17 Fips Broda 18-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 18 Fips Broda 18-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 19 Eric Brooks 14-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 20 Rob Chisnall 15-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 21 John Clarke 13-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 22 Dwayne Congdon 06-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 23 Dwayne Congdon 06-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 24 Geoff Creighton 17-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 25 Allan Derbyshire 28-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 26 Franz Dopf 26-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 27 Sean Dougherty 17-Sep-97
- V40 / I / NF - 28 Sean Dougherty 17-Sep-97
- V40 / I / NF - 29 Michael Down 21-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 30 Michael Down 21-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 31 Kevin Doyle 22-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 32 Kevin Doyle 22-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 33 Bruce Fairley 25-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 34 Jack Firth 03-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 35 Jack Firth 03-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 36 Scott Flavelle 15-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 37 Don Forest 19-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 38 Greg Foweraker 13-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 39 Peter Fuhrmann 07-Aug-97
- V40 / I / NF - 40 Peter Fuhrmann 07-Aug-97
- V40 / I / NF - 41 Lloyd Gallagher 10-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 42 Don Gardener 16-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 43 Francois Garneau 07-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 44 Andy Gewereux 17-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 45 Andy Gewereux 17-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 46 Hans Gmoser 09-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 47 Hans Gmoser 09-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 48 Brian Greenwood 01-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 49 Brian Greenwood 03-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 50 Leon Grillmair 25-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 51 Jim Haberl 23-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 52 Jim Haberl 23-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 53 Dean Hart 11-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 54 Bruce Hendricks 09-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 55 Bruce Hendricks 09-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 56 Bob Hind 23-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 57 Bob Hind 23-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 58 Ralph Hutchinson 03-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 59 Ralph Hutchinson 03-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 60 Trevor Jones 01-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 61 Trevor Jones 01-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 62 Jon Jones 23-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 63 Jon Jones 23-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 64 Ken Jones 25-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 65 Dave Jones 15-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 66 Joe Josephson 06-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 67 Joe Josephson 06-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 68 Martin & Esther Kafer 08-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 69 Martin & Esther Kafer 08-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 70 Martin & Esther Kafer 08-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 71 Urs Kallen 15-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 72 Urs Kallen 15-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 73 Bruce Kay 20-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 74 Bruce Keller 24-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 75 Tami Knight 16-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 76 Tami Knight 16-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 77 Guy Lacelle 05-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 78 Paul Laperriere 26-Apr-97
- V40 / I / NF - 79 Claude Lavallee 04-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 80 Claude Lavallee 04-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 81 Charlie Locke 17-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 82 Charlie Locke 17-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 83 Dick Lofthouse 26-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 84 Don Lyon 10-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 85 Don Lyon 10-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 86 Bernard Mailhot 30-Apr-97
- V40 / I / NF - 87 Bernard Mailhot 30-Apr-97
- V40 / I / NF - 88 Jeff Marshall 08-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 89 Jeff Marshall 08-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 90 John Martin 29-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 91 John Martin 29-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 92 Pat Morrow 05-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 93 Pat Morrow 05-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 94 Chris Oates & Judy Barnes 15-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 95 Chris Perry 26-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 96 Chris Perry 26-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 97 Bernard Poisson 02-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 98 Bernard Poisson 02-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 99 Choc Quinn 27-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 100 Regis Richard 08-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 101 Karl Ricker 16-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 102 John Ricker 05-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 103 John Ricker 05-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 104 Ward Robinson 03-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 105 Rob Rohn 10-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 106 Jim & Jola Sandford 22-Jan-97
- V40 / I / NF - 107 Don Searl 06-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 108 Don Searl 06-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 109 Paddy Sherman 13-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 110 Laurie Skreslet 20-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 111 Laurie Skreslet 20-Sep-96
- V40 / I / NF - 112 Gordie Smaill 20-Sep-97
- V40 / I / NF - 113 Dave & Reg Smart 14-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 114 Dave & Reg Smart 14-May-97
- V40 / I / NF - 115 Albi Sole 28-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 116 Albi Sole 28-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 117 Francois Thivieroe 24-Apr-97
- V40 / I / NF - 118 Murray Toft 24-Oct-96
- V40 / I / NF - 119 Don Vockeroth 28-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 120 Don Vockeroth 28-Dec-96
- V40 / I / NF - 121 Mills Winram 17-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 122 Rob Wood 02-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 123 Sharon Wood 12-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 124 Sharon Wood 12-Nov-96
- V40 / I / NF - 125 Glenn Woodsworth 15-Aug-96
- V40 / I / NF - 126 Glenn Woodsworth 15-Aug-96
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Tommy and Lawrence: The Ways and the Trails of Lake O'Hara - visual
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55204
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of images pertaining to the creation of the book Tommy and Lawrence [later edition].
- Date Range
- 2011 - 2019
- Reference Code
- V40 / X
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Digital image
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M57 / V40 / S47
- Series
- V40 / X : Tommy and Lawrence: The Ways and the Trails of Lake O'Hara
- Sous-Fonds
- V40
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V40 / X
- Date Range
- 2011 - 2019
- Physical Description
- photographs
- History / Biographical
- In 2010 Assiniboine Publishing undertook to reissue, on behalf of the Lake O'Hara Trails Club, Tommy and Lawrence, the Ways and the Trails of Lake O'Hara. Published originally in 1983, this book tells the story of George K. K. 'Tommy' Link and Lorenzo 'Lawrence' Grassi, the two colourful individuals who designed and built the majority of the trails at Lake O'Hara. No digital material was available from the first edition so it was necessary to completely rebuild the book adding many new photographs and a map of the Lake O'Hara region.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of images pertaining to the creation of the book Tommy and Lawrence [later edition].
- Name Access
- Scott, Chic
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Subject Access
- Trails
- Trail making
- Biography
- Environment
- History
- Publication
- Research
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Lake O'Hara
- Access Restrictions
- Reference only
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restricted: copyright remains with owner
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- http://chicscott.com/books.htm
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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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
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