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Honouring high places : the mountain life of Junko Tabei

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19852
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Tabei, Junko
Rolfe, Helen Y.
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Edition
1st ed.
Call Number
G512 T33 H66
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Author
Tabei, Junko
Rolfe, Helen Y.
Responsibility
Junko Tabei and Helen Y. Rolfe, translated by Yumiko Hiraki and Rieko Holtved
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
376 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers Women
Mountaineers, Japanese
Biography
Abstract
"A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits. Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei's stirring life that she considered important, inspiring and interesting to mountaineering culture. Until now, her works have been available only in Japanese, and RMB is honoured to be sharing these profound and moving stories with the English-speaking world for the first time. The collection opens on Mount Everest, where the first all-women's expedition is met with disaster but pushes on against all odds. The story then shifts to the early years of Tabei's life and reflects on her countryside childhood as a frail girl with no talent for sport, and cultural expectations that ignored her passion for mountains. With reminiscences of the early days of female climbers on Everest, the deaths of fellow mountaineers, Tabei's pursuit of Mount Tomur, a cancer diagnosis, and efforts to restore a love for nature in the surviving youth of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, this beautifully curated collection of essays captures the essence of a notable time and the strength of character of one of the 20th and 21st centuries' female mountaineering pioneers."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Author's note
Introduction by Setsuko Kitamura
Chapter 1 - avalanche!
Chapter 2 - the meaning of mountains
Chapter 3 - Annapurna III
Chapter 4 - Mount Everest
Chapter 5 - to the top ofthe world
Chapter 6 - the route
Chapter 7 - finalists
Chapter 8 - South Col
Chapter 9 - the summit
Chapter 10 - endgame
Chapter 11 - women on Everest
Chapter 12 - Mount Tombur, Pobeda Peak
Chapter 13 - Aconcagua
Chapter 14 - Carstensz Pyramid
Chapter 15 - mountains of later life
About Junko by Masanobu Tabei
A son's tribute by Shinya Tabei
Beyond mountains by Setsuko Kitamura
Life chronology
Glossary
Acknowledgements
References
Index
Notes
Winner of the Mountaineering History category at the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards
ISBN
9780771602167
Accession Number
AC634
Call Number
G512 T33 H66
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards website
Websites
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Margaret Shelton, block prints 1936-1984

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20013
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1984
Author
Ainslie, Patricia
Publisher
Calgary : Glenbow Museum
Call Number
06.1 Ai6m
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Author
Ainslie, Patricia
Responsibility
Patricia Ainslie
Publisher
Calgary : Glenbow Museum
Published Date
1984
Physical Description
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 X 27 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exhibition catalogue
Shelton, Margaret
Subjects
Water colorists - Canada - Biography
Abstract
Pertains to the history and art work of Margaret Shelton, organized by Patricia Anslie. Her artwork explored and revealed the vitality of the Alberta landscape. The publication was produced in an effort to celebrate and commemorate Shelton, as well as her contribution to the Alberta art landscape. Working primarily with watercolor and block prints, she was a prolific artists and contributed greatly to the printmaking industry in Alberta. The publication pertains mostly to the story and history of Margaret Shelton. Additionally, the publication includes some images of her breathtaking artwork.
Contents
Acknowledgements (pg. 5)
Margaret Shelton (pg. 7)
Technique (pg. 30)
Notes and Bibliography (pg. 35)
Chronology (pg. 36)
Catalogue Raisonne (pg. 39)
Accession Number
2019. 61
Call Number
06.1 Ai6m
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
URL is linked to the official website for Margaret Shelton
Websites
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