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Alpine rising : Sherpas, Baltis, and the triumph of local climbers in the great ranges

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26251
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2024
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
01.1 M14a
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2024
Physical Description
269 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Climbing
Himalaya Mountains
Sherpa
Sherpa-history
Nepal
Abstract
The story of the often unheralded and unrecognized stars of climbing in the Himalaya and the Karakoram: the local inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Pakistan, Tibet, India, and Nepal who have been support staff--porters, cooks, sirdars, and unacknowledged guides--for Western climbers for generations. ALPINE RISING focuses on the experiences and accomplishments of these Sherpas, Baltis, Ladakhis, Hunzas, Astoris, Magars, Bhotias, Rais, and Gurangs. Highlighted climbers range from Raghubir Thapa and Goman Singh who climbed with Albert Mummery in 1895, Ang Tharkay who climbed with Eric Shipton and Maurice Herzog, and Tenzing Norgay who, along with Edmund Hillary, was the first to summit Everest, to today's superstars, Ali Sadpara, Mingma G, Kama Rita, and others -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9781680515787
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
01.1 M14a
Collection
Archives Library
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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15189
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
40 pages, illustrations [colour]
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Mountaineering
Rock climbing
Skiing
Notes
Copies two and three are signed by Chic Scott
ISBN
9780920330654
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
Collection
Archives Library
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Climber's paradise : making Canada's mountain parks, 1906-1974

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14538
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Reichwein, PearlAnn
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
Call Number
08.3 R27c
Author
Reichwein, PearlAnn
Responsibility
PearlAnn Reichwein
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
402 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Mountain cairns
Subjects
Alpine Club of Canada
Mountaineering
National parks
Recreation
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Sport climbing
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN
9780888646743
Accession Number
2015-8405
Call Number
08.3 R27c
Collection
Archives Library
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Climbing the Chamonix Aiguilles : some difficult ascents in the shadow of Mount Blanc

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6804
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1906
Author
Abraham, George Dixon
Call Number
04.2 H39
Author
Abraham, George Dixon
Published Date
1906
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Mountaineering
Rock climbing
Notes
In Canadian magazine, v.XXVII, no.3, July 1906
Call Number
04.2 H39
Collection
Archives Library
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The legacy of Lloyd MacKay

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue639
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2018
Author
Scott, Chic
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
Call Number
P
Author
Scott, Chic
Editor
Ward, Meghan J.
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
p.24-25
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Rock climbing
Mountaineering
Banff (residents)
Abstract
It's been 42 years since Lloyd MacKay's death left a great void in the mountain community. But for Chic Scott, it's never too late to pay tribute to his friend, whose positive presence made as much of an impact as his pioneering climbs
Language
English
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Mount assiniboine : the story

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25540
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Scott, Chic
Publisher
Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
Edition
First
Call Number
08.3 Sco3m
Author
Scott, Chic
Edition
First
Publisher
Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
336 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 32 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Assiniboine, Mount
Tourism
History-Canada
Mountaineering
Climbing
Hiking
Camping
Backcountry
Travel
Abstract
This book tells the story of the history of Mount Assiniboine and the surrounding area. Mount Assiniboine is a beautiful mountain located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in south eastern British Columbia. -- Provided by publisher
Contents
First Nations History at Mount Assiniboine ; Part One: The Discovery of Mount Assiniboine (1800-1910) ; Part Two: The Wheeler Years (1913-1927) ; Part Three: Strom's Half-century: Part I (1928-1950) ; Part Four: Strom's Half-century: Part 2 (1950-1983) ; Part Five: The Renner Years (1983-2010) ; Part Six: A New Generation Takes Over
ISBN
9780981105932
Accession Number
P2022.06
Call Number
08.3 Sco3m
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1897
Publisher
London : Charles Scribner's Sons
Call Number
01 W69m
Responsibility
Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch
Publisher
London : Charles Scribner's Sons
Published Date
1897
Physical Description
358 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
St. Elias
Alps
Climbing
Glaciers
Contents
I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01 W69m
Collection
Archives Library
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1960
Author
The Mountaineers, Seattle
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers
Edition
1st ed.
Call Number
01 M86 1963
Author
The Mountaineers, Seattle
Responsibility
planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers
Published Date
1960
Physical Description
x, 430p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Manuals
Equipment
Camping
Travel
Rock climbing
Snow
Ice
Ice climbing
First aid
Geology
Abstract
Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
Contents
Preface
Part One - Approaching the Peaks
Equipment
Camping and Sleeping
Alpine Cuisine
Wilderness Travel
Navigation in the Hills
Part Two - Rock Climbing
Routefinding on Rock
Balance
Counterforce
Roped Climbing
Belaying
Pitoncraft and Rappels
Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
Snow
Ice
Glaciers
Arrests and Belays
Part Four - Safe Climbing
The Climbing Party and its Leadership
Climbing Dangers
First Aid
Alpine Rescue
Part Five - The Climbing Environment
Mountain Geology
The Cycle of Snow
Mountain Weather
Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
ISBN
0916890015
Accession Number
2019.43
Call Number
01 M86 1963
Collection
Archives Library
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Mountains and desire : climbing vs. the end of the world

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Grebowicz, Margaret
Publisher
London, U.K. : Repeater Books
Call Number
02.8 G81m
Author
Grebowicz, Margaret
Publisher
London, U.K. : Repeater Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
113 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climbing
Sport
Sport climbing
Mountaineering
Abstract
In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. "Because it's there." Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story of interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily on the rise, from commerical mountaineering and climbing walls in university gyms to corporate workplaces to the flood of spectacular climbing imagery in advertising, cinema, and social media. [...] Taking the degradation of Everest and the success of Free Solo as its starting point, Mountains and Desire chases after what remains of this pursuit -- marred by its colonial history, coopted by national chauvinism, ableism, and the capitalist compulsion to unlimited growth -- for both climbers and their fans. -- From back cover
Contents
1. The ends of desire -- 2. Who will marry you now? -- 3. Just because someone has done it doesn't mean it's humanly possible -- 4. Everest traffic and the economy of walking -- 5. Climbing technotopia, or: Did free solo really happen? -- 6. Gestures of climbing -- 7. The last problem of the Himalaya.
ISBN
9781913462239
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
02.8 G81m
Collection
Archives Library
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No map could show them

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Mort, Helen
Publisher
London : Chatto & Windus
Call Number
05.1 M84n
Author
Mort, Helen
Publisher
London : Chatto & Windus
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
70 pages ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Women
Poetry
Women's History
Travel
Adventure
Mountaineering
Climbing
Abstract
A Poetry Book Society Recommendation 2016. 'When we climb alone en cordee feminine, we are magicians of the Alps - we make the routes we follow disappear'. The poems of Helen Mort's second collection offer an unforgettable perspective on the heights we scale and the distances we run, the routes we follow and the paths we make for ourselves. Here are odes to the women who dared to break new ground - from Miss Jemima Morrell, a young Victorian woman from Yorkshire who hiked the Swiss Peaks in her skirts and petticoats, to the modern British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, who died descending from the summit of K2. Distinctive and courageous, these are poems of passion and precipices, of edges and extremes. No Map Could Show Them confirms Helen Mort's position as one of the finest young poets at work today.
Contents
An Easy Day for a Lady ; How to Dress ; Miss Jemima's Swiss Journal ; Ode to Bob ; Height ; The Fear ; Scale ; Beryl the Peril ; My Diet ; Difficult ; The Old Dungeon Ghyll ; Hill ; Black Rocks ; Descent ; Prayer ; Kiss ; Solo ; Nordwand ; Home ; At Night ; Above Cromford ; Route ; Dear Alison ; Engineer ; Lethal Roy ; Bloodhound ; Skirt ; Rachel in Attercliffe ; King's Cross ; Ink ; What Will Happen ; Ablation ; Hathersage ; Kalymnos ; Loutro ; Alport Castles ; Eagle Owl ; Royal Mile ; Kinder Scout ; Murmuration ; Big Lil ; Lil's dream ; What the papers said ; Lil's answer ; Lil's last word ; Tom Hulatt's Mile ; Heinrich Harrer's Motorbike ; How Much Can You Carry? ; Everest ; Oxygen ; Beck Weathers ; Sherpa ; Lene Gamelgaard ; First ; Rope
ISBN
9781784740641
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
05.1 M84n
Collection
Archives Library
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