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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
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- 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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Janet Mitchell, life and art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14142
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Armstrong, Peggy
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Hyperion Press
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ar5j
- Author
- Armstrong, Peggy
- Responsibility
- Peggy Armstrong
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Hyperion Press
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 144 p. : ill. (some col.)
- Notes
- Out of 130 copies made available to the public, this book is # 71/130 Signed by Janet Mitchell in November 1990 "Each edition is accompanied by two original prints specially drawn and signed by Janet Mitchell."
- ISBN
- 0920534910 (leather)
- Accession Number
- 7883
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ar5j
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Julia : a biography of Julia W. Henshaw
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19805
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Kluckner, Michael
- Publisher
- [Vancouver, British Columbia] : Midtown Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 Kl66j
- Author
- Kluckner, Michael
- Responsibility
- Michael Kluckner
- Publisher
- [Vancouver, British Columbia] : Midtown Press
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 131 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
- Abstract
- "A novelist, journalist, socialite, botanist, explorer, and World War I ambulance driver, Julia Henshaw was a unique and colourful personality. This graphic biography follows her extraordinary life from Montreal to Vancouver, from the Rocky Mountains to England, and from the mining towns of BC's Kootenays to the battlefields of France and Belgium. Her strongly expressed views of women's roles and voting rights, of racial and class issues, and of Canada's relationship to Great Britain and the USA are an illuminating contrast with the values of her contemporaries, and with society today."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Prelude
- Mrs. Charles Henshaw
- Julian Durham
- Julia W. Henshaw
- Gwen
- Captain Julia Henshaw
- "Gentle Julia"
- Afterword
- Key players
- Supplementary notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes
- Graphic novel with mention of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Signed copy.
- ISBN
- 978-1-988242-20-0
- Accession Number
- p2019-25
- Call Number
- 08.3 Kl66j
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountain diaries : the alpine adventures of Margaret Fleming, 1901-1999
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12596
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Fleming, Margaret
- Publisher
- Calgary : Historical Society of Alberta
- Call Number
- 01.4 R27m
- Author
- Fleming, Margaret
- Responsibility
- editors, PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Fox
- Publisher
- Calgary : Historical Society of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 206p. : ill
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Women
- Accession Number
- 7536
- Call Number
- 01.4 R27m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Our trip around the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25248
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
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- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Responsibility
- Renate Belczyk
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 208 pages
- Abstract
- A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel
- ISBN
- 9781771603775
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25250
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Wood, Sharon
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- 01.1 W85r
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- Author
- Wood, Sharon
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Women
- Everest, Mount
- Abstract
- In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)
- Contents
- Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781771622257
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 01.1 W85r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website
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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25043
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Wood, Sharon
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- G512 R57 W66
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- Author
- Wood, Sharon
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Women
- Everest, Mount
- Abstract
- In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)
- Contents
- Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781771622257
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- G512 R57 W66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website
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Silent partners : wives of national park wardens : their lives and history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4659
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Dixon, Ann
- Call Number
- 13.114 D64
- Author
- Dixon, Ann
- Responsibility
- illustrated by Peggy Dixon
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 205p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- Windy Cabin
- Women
- Ya Ha Tinda Ranch
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 0-9692189-0-7
- Accession Number
- 18000
- Call Number
- 13.114 D64
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The West and beyond : new perspectives on an imagined region
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13906
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Carter, Sarah
- Publisher
- Edmonton : AU Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 C24w
- Author
- Carter, Sarah
- Responsibility
- [edited by] Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, Peter Fortna
- Publisher
- Edmonton : AU Press
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xxv, 435 p. : ill., map, ports
- Series
- The West unbound: social and cultural studies
- Subjects
- Biography
- Ethnic groups
- First Nations
- Glenbow Museum
- Inuit
- Medicine
- Photography
- Politics
- Tourism
- Women
- Notes
- Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19-21 June, 2008. --Includes bibliographical references and index Partial contents: Cree intellectual traditions in history / Winona Wheeler, pp. 47-61; Visual space race and history in the North: photographic narratives of the Athabasca-Mackenzie River Basin / Matt Dyce and James Opp, pp.65-93. - Pertains to photographers Charles W. Mathers and Ernest Brown; The kaleidoscope of madness: perceptions of insanity in British Columbia aboriginal populations, 1872-1950 / Kathryn McKay, pp.94-111; The expectations of a queen: identity and race politics in the Calgary Stampede / Susan L. Joudrey, pp.153-155. - Pertains to controversy regarding 1954 Stampede Queen Evelyn Eagle Speaker known in the competition as "Princess Wapiti", pp.133-155 The Banff photographic exchange: albums, youth, skiing and memory making in the 1920s / Lauren Wheeler, pp.34-374. -- Pertains to photograph albums of Fulton Dunsmore, Cyril Paris, Peter Whyte and Fern Brewster Eric Harvie: without and within Robert Kroetsch's Alibi / Robyn Read, pp. 375-397
- ISBN
- 9781897425800
- Accession Number
- 8053
- Call Number
- 08.2 C24w
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- Archives Library
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