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The big walls : history, routes, experiences
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1748
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward; New York : Oxford University Press
- Call Number
- G510 M47
- G510 M47 Copy 2
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Publisher
- London : Kaye & Ward; New York : Oxford University Press
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 143 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- Messner, Reinhold
- Biography
- ISBN
- 0 7182 1191
- Accession Number
- AC619
- Call Number
- G510 M47
- G510 M47 Copy 2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Diari delle montagne: testimonianza d'alpinismo
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14083
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Brunati, Paolo
- Publisher
- Scarmagno (Torino) : Priuli & Verlucca
- Call Number
- 06 Au2d
- Author
- Brunati, Paolo
- Responsibility
- a cura di Paolo Brunati
- Publisher
- Scarmagno (Torino) : Priuli & Verlucca
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 207 pp
- Series
- Babelis turris
- Notes
- At head of title: Raccolte di documentazione del Museo nazionale della montagna.
- Text in Italian and English.
- The fourth book in the series is devoted to the registers kept by mountain huts and hotels, and to the Fuhrerbuchs, or 'testimonials', kept by mountain guides, diaries written in a spontaneous and informal hand that conserve the tales of great mountaineers, simple hikers or day-trippers and that stand witness to a climb or holiday. (from back cover)
- ISBN
- 9788880685371
- Accession Number
- 8216
- Call Number
- 06 Au2d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Lonely victory : Mt Everest '78
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1212
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979, 1978
- Author
- Habeler, Peter
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 H32
- Author
- Habeler, Peter
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster
- Published Date
- 1979, 1978
- Subjects
- Altitude(s)
- Messner, Reinhold
- Call Number
- DS486 E8 H32
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Mountaineers : great tales of bravery and conquest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14078
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Douglas, Ed
- Publisher
- UK: Dorling Kindersley Ltd. in association with Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and The Alpine Club
- Call Number
- 01 M86 uk
- Author
- Douglas, Ed
- Responsibility
- written by Ed Douglas ; additional writing, Richard Gilbert, Philip Parker, Alasdair Macleod
- Publisher
- UK: Dorling Kindersley Ltd. in association with Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and The Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 360 p. : chiefly col. ill., ports
- Notes
- British edition
- The early mountaineers. Climbing for survival ; What mountains mean ; Mountains and Christianity -- Climbing for science and art. A new frontier ; The cultural heights ; The first summiteers -- The Golden Age of alpinism. A fashion for climbing ; The price of adventure ; "An easy day for a lady" ; Birth of modern alpinism -- Beyond the Alps. The greater ranges ; Climbing in the New World ; Alpinism in Japan -- Slaying the giants. The greatest show on Earth ; Back of an envelope ; The Himalayan Golden Age -- The age of extremes. The North faces ; The unwritten rules ; Women mountaineers ; Fast and light -- Mountain directory. "Celebrating a rich tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, Mountaineers tells the stories of the pioneers who first scaled the heights of this planet."--P. [2] of jacket
- ISBN
- 9781405365598
- Accession Number
- 8206
- Call Number
- 01 M86 uk
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Nanga Parbat 1970 : tragedy and controversy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14901
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Sale, Richard
- Publisher
- Herefordshire, U.K. : Carreg Limited
- Call Number
- DS485 S35
- Author
- Sale, Richard
- Responsibility
- Richard Sale and Jochen Hemmleb
- Publisher
- Herefordshire, U.K. : Carreg Limited
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 208 pages, col. ill., maps
- ISBN
- 9780956316325
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- DS485 S35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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