topic:"Biography" found 3 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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

Websites

https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/web//ItemDetail?iProductCode=SS1027

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No easy way : the challenging life of the climbing taxman

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Fowler, Mick

Publisher: Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: G512 N64 F69

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Author: Fowler, Mick

Publisher: Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: ix, 241 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineering; Travel

Abstract: In No Easy Way, his third volume of climbing memoirs following Vertical Pleasure and On Thin Ice, Fowler recounts a series of expeditions to stunning mountains in China, India, Nepal and Tibet. Alongside partners including Paul Ramsden, Dave Turnbull, Andy Cave and Victor Saunders, he attempts striking, technically challenging unclimbed lines on Shiva, Gave Ding and Mugu Chuli – with a number of ascents winning prestigious Piolets d’Or, the Oscars of the mountaineering world. Written with his customary dry wit and understatement, he manages challenges away – the art of securing a permit for Tibet – and at home – his duties as Alpine Club president – all the while pursuing his passion for exploratory mountaineering. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)

Contents: The competing priorities of life -- Grosvenor: The dangers of cupping -- Kalaqiao: Hands drawn together in prayer -- The Goody Cash: Scottish sea cliffs at their best -- Manamcho: I've never seen a white man before -- Nottingham Castle 1: Challenges close to the office -- Vasuki Parbat: The judgement game -- Fell running: A new mildly eccentric form of exercise? -- Jura success: A passion is born -- Sulamar: The hottest bathtub ever -- The Xiate Trail: Trade routes can be challenging too -- Alpine Club: The establishment beckons -- Mugu Chuli: The bureaucrats go climbing -- Nottingham Castle 2: A brush with the constabulary -- The Prow of Shiva: Are we good enough to do it? -- Kishtwar Kailash: A very special drive and a 12.5-million-view video clip -- Talking about it... -- Hagshu: The bear, the tension, and the climb -- Gave Ding: True adventure -- Sersank: Never too old -- The challenges never end.

ISBN: 9781911342755

Accession Number: AC693

Call Number: G512 N64 F69

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website

Websites

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/narratives/no-easy-way/

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Summits of my life : daring adventures on the world's greatest peaks

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Jornet, Kilian

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress

Call Number: G512 J67 S86

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Author: Jornet, Kilian

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : VeloPress

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 201 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Travel; Mountaineering; Mont Blanc; Matterhorn; Elbruz, Mount; Denali; Everest, Mount; Running; Skiing; Biography

Abstract: Summits of My Life is the personal project of Kilian Jornet, in which for five years he has traveled to some of the most important peaks of the planet to try to establish FKT (fastest known time) of ascent and descent of some of the most emblematic mountains of the world. The project is closely linked to values and a way of understanding the purist and minimalist mountain. The experiences lived in each challenge have been captured in different films. (from author's website)

Contents: The project of my life; The Challenges; The Mont Blanc Traverse; Mont Blanc; The Matterhorn; Mount Elbrus; Denali; Aconcagua; Mount Everest; Forged in dreams and emotions

Notes: Kilian Jornet ; translated from Catalan by Nathan Douglas.; Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019

ISBN: 9781937715908

Accession Number: AC638

Call Number: G512 J67 S86

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Author's project website including films related to the ascents and decents in book

Websites

https://everest.summitsofmylife.com/

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