topic:"Biography" found 53 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

All that glitters : a climber's journey through addiction and depression

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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.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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

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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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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

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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.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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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Alpine odyssey : the mountaineering life of Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2007

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: G512 G35 Pam

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Responsibility: by R.W. Sandford

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2007

Physical Description: 28p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Summit Series #9

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineers, Canadian

ISBN: 0920330568

Call Number: G512 G35 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountaineers, Polish; Biography

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