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

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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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Date
1942 – 1947
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.09.1111 a-d
Description
Four athletic patches from Banff. (a) Horseshoe shape, white background with a band of red and inside a nicely drawn head of a bison. The red is a piece of fabric sewn on separately. (b) Yellow with black "labor omnia vincit knowledge BHS" (c) Shield shape dark blue with red trim "Banff J.H.C. …
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Title
Athletic Patch
Date
1942 – 1947
Material
fibre
Description
Four athletic patches from Banff. (a) Horseshoe shape, white background with a band of red and inside a nicely drawn head of a bison. The red is a piece of fabric sewn on separately. (b) Yellow with black "labor omnia vincit knowledge BHS" (c) Shield shape dark blue with red trim "Banff J.H.C. 42 43" (d) Irregularly shaped "Banff Alta. Int'mte Champions '46 '47 Mountaineers"
Subject
sports
hockey
Banff Junior High School
Banff Mountaineers
Bob Edwards
Credit
Gift of Bob Edwards, Banff, 1988
Catalogue Number
103.09.1111 a-d
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Date
1945 – 1946
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.09.1029
Description
Yellow felt ice hockey player, red "M" on sweater appliqued against background of mountains and trees, contained in large, round patch. "Banff" in red arced behind player's head. "Mountaineers" in white on red motto banner flowing across bottom of patch. Details accented by machine stitching.
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Title
Athletic Patch
Date
1945 – 1946
Material
fibre
Dimensions
16.5 x 14.2 cm
Description
Yellow felt ice hockey player, red "M" on sweater appliqued against background of mountains and trees, contained in large, round patch. "Banff" in red arced behind player's head. "Mountaineers" in white on red motto banner flowing across bottom of patch. Details accented by machine stitching.
Subject
sports
winter
hockey
Banff Mountaineers
Credit
Gift of Hilda Stuckert, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
103.09.1029
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Display photographs

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Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Display photographs consists of photographs selected and numbered by the ACC for display in clubhouses, huts and other locations. Photographic subjects include mountain peaks, landscapes and scenery, both regional and international; mountaineering and alpine recreation; camps and expeditions; flor…
Date Range
1890-1958
Reference Code
V14 / AC 00P / 001-444
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
I.A.1 Administration: series I, predom. dates 1906-1949
Sous-Fonds
V14
Sub-Series
j.ii. Photography : Display photographs
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
V14 / AC 00P / 001-444
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
Date Range
1890-1958
Physical Description
ca.400 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
Display photographs consists of photographs selected and numbered by the ACC for display in clubhouses, huts and other locations. Photographic subjects include mountain peaks, landscapes and scenery, both regional and international; mountaineering and alpine recreation; camps and expeditions; flora and fauna; clubhouse views; and portraits of mountaineers, alpine club members, executive officers and prominent personalities. Also includes a group photograph of the 1906 founding meeting of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg (ACOOP/77)
Included are ca.180 photographs which were submitted to the ACC though various photographic competitions (AC 00P / 11, 21, 29, 30, 32, 36, 41, 55 - 57, 63, 76, 109, 111, 202, 223, 230, 240, 244, 284 - 443).
Notes
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHERS :
George Ashley Abraham AC00P/107,209;
Ansel Adams AC00P/119,120,254;
M. Alford AC00P/45-54,59-60;
L. S. Amery AC00P/229,333-337;
Associated Screen News AC00P/206;
Jack Atkinson AC00P/417,434;
M. P. Bridgland AC00P/292,294;
Clair Brown AC00P/44;
H. E. Bulyea AC00P/41,284,291;
Lucy Byrd AC00P/431,432;
Carleton Studio AC00P/89;
J. Norman Collie AC00P/151;
B. Conrad AC00P/42;
Florence Parker Davoll AC00P/368-370,390,391,401,408;
Winnie Dennison AC00P/423;
Mrs. H. B. Dixon AC00P/227;
Mary (Winstone) Enoch AC00P/412,427;
Mary Fallis AC00P/418;
Bob Francis AC00P/106;
Nelly Fraser AC00P/439;
Tom Fyles AC00P/321,322,346-348;
J. M. Garrison AC00P/201;
Gay-Coutlett AC00P/33;
E. Gee AC00P/351;
Herman Genschorek AC00P/63,410,411,413-416;
Lillian Gest AC00P/338-345;
E. R. (Rex) Gibson AC00P/429;
A. Gully AC00P/238,239;
Roy Gunn AC00P/443;
H. S. Hall Jr. AC00P/295;
Byron Harmon AC00P/131;
Jimmie Hendrie AC00P/433;
Julia W. Henshaw AC00P/26,27;
Charles F. Hogeboom Jr. AC00P/293;
Roy Howard AC00P/437;
Mary L. Jobe AC00P/129;
H. F. Lambart AC00P/218;
Miss Lymburn AC00P/313;
F. A. MacFadden AC00P/310-312;
Leonard H. Marvin AC00P/110,116;
A. A. McCoubrey AC00P/11,285-289,330,331;
D. J. M. McGeary AC00P/57;
?. Mills AC00P/240;
C. H. Mitchell AC00P/249;
Stanley H. Mitchell AC00P/84,235;
Don Munday AC00P/14,352,425;
Phyl Munday AC00P/28,332,350,389,392-395,398,402,403,406,424,426,440-442;
George Noble AC00P/236;
Notman & Son AC00P/86;
Edward C. Porter AC00P/266,267,268,269;
Polly Prescott AC00P/421;
Pringle and Booth AC00P/246;
R.B.R. AC00P/419;
Marguerita Schnellbachen AC00P/65;
W. E. Stone AC00P/30,290;
G. Morris Taylor AC00P/233;
J. Monroe Thorington AC00P/301-303;
Vandyk, London AC00P/222;
M. Von Zuben AC00P/76;
W. A. Wakefield AC00P/305;
Charles Walcott AC00P/270-274;
A. G. Wehrli AC00P/444;
T. O. A. West AC00P/297,304,316;
Jack Whellams AC00P/409;
A. T. Wiebrecht AC00P/223,353-366,373-379,382-387,397,400;
Walter Wilcox AC00P/20,130,136,154,255-257;
A. O. Wheeler AC00P/207,208,212,213;
LIST OF SUBJECTS :
Philip Stanley Abbot AC00P/245;
L. S. Amery AC00P/206,222;
F. C. Bell AC00P/87;
Cora Johnstone Best AC00P/104;
John F. Brett AC00P/96;
A. P. Coleman AC00P/82;
J. H. Cuntz AC00P/116;
Edward VII AC00P/203;
Charles E. Fay AC00P/69;
Sandford Fleming AC00P/250;
W. W. Foster AC00P/76,89;
Rex Gibson AC00P/75,90;
H. A. V. Green AC00P/92;
C. Hasler AC00P/134;
James Hector AC00P/93;
J. W. A. Hickson AC00P/86;
John Hunter AC00P/264;
Judas Hunter AC00P/238;
Enos Hunter AC00P/239;
Stanley L. Jones AC00P/242;
Lino Lacedelli AC00P/268;
Ben Lomond AC00P/411;
C. H. Mitchell AC00P/79;
John Muir AC00P/66;
A. H. MacCarthy AC00P/70,76;
Leonard H. Marvin;
S. H. Mitchell AC00P/84,235;
T. B. Moffat AC00P/83;
Don Munday AC00P/74;
Phyl Munday AC00P/418;
Tenzing Norgay AC00P/72;
James Outram AC00P/80;
J. D. Patterson AC00P/98;
Elfreda Pigou AC00P/418;
H. E. Sampson AC00P/97;
Benjamin Frank Seaver AC00P/110,115?,116,243;
A. S. Sibbald AC00P/95;
W. E. Stone AC00P/73;
W. R. Tweedy AC00P/81;
Sidney R. Vallance AC00P/91;
Frank N. Waterman AC00P/237;
C. G. Wates AC00P/94;
A. O. Wheeler AC00P/206;
E. O. Wheeler AC00P/71,85;
Hector Wheeler AC00P/247;
Edward Whymper AC00P/93,251;
Walter Wilcox AC00P/264;
Tom Wilson AC00P/236,264;
T. Fraser, L.O. Armstrong, Tom Martin, W. H. Bedford, Alex Gordon; Jean Parker, Stanley Wills, Stanley Mitchell, L. Q. Coleman; J. W. Kelly, W. J. Taylor, A. O. Wheeler, Elizabeth Parker, E. A. Haggan, J. C. Herdman, A. P. Coleman, Dean Paget, William Brewster ACOOP/77
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Abbot Pass Hut
Activities
Administration
Advertising
Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club House
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Camps
Club
Competition
Discovery and exploration
Environment
Environment and Nature
Exploration
Guide
Guides
Hiking
Huts
Mountain
Mountain guides
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
National parks and reserves
Organizations
Photography
Scenery
Sports and recreation
Summit
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Related Material
Competition photographs are related to other competition photographs in the ACC fonds.
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Edward Feuz Jr. : a story of enchantment

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Stephen, D. L.
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
08.3 Stem4e
Author
Stephen, D. L.
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
318 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Feuz, Edward
Mountaineering
Mountaineers, Swiss
Guide
Swiss Guides Village, Edelweiss, B.C.
Tourism
History-Canada
Rocky Mountains
Abstract
As a young Swiss boy, Edward Feuz Jr. (1884–1981) developed an insatiable passion for climbing. In time, he traded his Lausbub reputation for that of a responsible Swiss guide and was eventually drawn to Canada in the footsteps of his father, Edward Feuz Sr. (1859–1944), who was one of the first Swiss guides hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1898 to develop the alpinism in western Canada. Handsome and charismatic, Edward (while still in training for his trade) was instantly smitten with the Canadian landscape — and so were his guests. They raved about the young man who showed such exceptional skills. He guided them all — professors, women of independent means, students, newspaper people, a Hindu holy man, and even “Sherlock Holmes” — through untrailed forests, across roaring streams, up icy glaciers, and to the tops of rocky summits. Young and old, they were all enchanted, and so they returned time and again — to the mountains and to their friend Edward. -- From back cover
Contents
Pilgrims ; Edward ; How it All Began ; How we came to Share the Enchantment ; Feuz Haus ; How They Did It ; Reading the Signs ; Snapshots ; Life with Edward ; Edward's Girls
ISBN
9781771605090
Accession Number
2021.41
Call Number
08.3 Stem4e
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1940
Author
Smythe, Francis Sydney
Publisher
London : Hodder and Stoughton
Call Number
01 W62s
Author
Smythe, Francis Sydney
Publisher
London : Hodder and Stoughton
Published Date
1940
Physical Description
330p. : ill., maps (fold.)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineers, British
Accession Number
3000
5891 - weed
Call Number
01 W62s
Collection
Archives Library
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Edwin W. Mills photographs

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Photographs pertain to Columbia Icefield ACC camp, 1938, and Bugaboo Creek ACC camp, 1946. Includes series of views of Rex Gibson cutting snowsteps.
Date Range
1938, 1946
Reference Code
V14 / AC 020P / 01-15
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
III. Personal papers and photographs
Sous-Fonds
V14
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
V14 / AC 020P / 01-15
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
Date Range
1938, 1946
Physical Description
15 photographs : prints
Scope & Content
Photographs pertain to Columbia Icefield ACC camp, 1938, and Bugaboo Creek ACC camp, 1946. Includes series of views of Rex Gibson cutting snowsteps.
Name Access
Mills, Edwin W.
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Abbot Pass Hut
Activities
Administration
Advertising
Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club House
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Camps
Club
Competition
Discovery and exploration
Environment
Environment and Nature
Exploration
Guide
Guides
Hiking
Huts
Mountain
Mountain guides
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
National parks and reserves
Organizations
Photography
Scenery
Sports and recreation
Summit
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on material
Processing Status
Processed
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False summit : gender in mountaineering nonfiction

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Rak, Julie
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Call Number
01.1 R14f
Author
Rak, Julie
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
xii, 268 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers Women
Gender
Expeditions
Himalaya Mountains
Sexism
Feminism
Abstract
Exploring the role of gender politics in narratives about high-altitude mountaineering in the Himalayas and the Karakoram. The race to climb Everest catapulted mountain climbing, with its accompanying images of conquest and sport, into the public sphere on a global scale. But as a metaphor for the pinnacle of human achievement, mountaineering remains the preserve of traditional white male heroism. False Summit unpacks gender politics in the expedition narratives and memoirs of mountaineers in the Himalayas and the Karakoram. Why are women still a minority in the world's highest places? Julie Rak proposes that the genre has itself reached a "false summit"--a peak that proves not to be the pinnacle--and that mountaineering is not ready to welcome other ways of climbing or other kinds of climbers. For more than two centuries mountaineering, as an activity and as an ideal, has helped shape how the self is understood within the context of conquest, adventure, and proximity to risk. As climbing shows signs of becoming more diverse, Rak asks why change is so hard to achieve and why gender bias and other inequities exist in climbing at all. Exploring classic and lesser-known expedition accounts from Everest, K2, and Annapurna, False Summit helps us understand why mountaineering remains one of the most important ways to articulate gender identities and politics. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Leadership and Gender on Annapurna -- K2: The Gendered Rope -- Everest and Authenticity -- Everest: Gender Politics and the 1996 Disaster.
ISBN
9780228006268
Accession Number
P2024.01
Call Number
01.1 R14f
Collection
Archives Library
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Geoffrey B. Capes papers and photographs

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Textual items are diaries pertaining to ACC summer camps and Maligne Lake ski camp. Photographs pertain to Glacier ACC camp, 1947; Peyto Lake camp, 1948; Freshfield Glacier camp, 1949; Mount Assiniboine camp, 1952; Scott Glacier [Hooker Icefield], 1953; Glacier camp 1956; and Maligne Lake ski camp…
Date Range
1947-1957
Reference Code
M200 / AC 372M
V14 / AC 343P / 1-5
V14 / AC 372P / 1-2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Series
III. Personal papers and photographs
Sous-Fonds
V14
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
M200 / AC 372M
V14 / AC 343P / 1-5
V14 / AC 372P / 1-2
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Print
Date Range
1947-1957
Physical Description
4 textual records. -- 271 photographs (130 prints, 129 negatives, 12 transparencies)
Scope & Content
Textual items are diaries pertaining to ACC summer camps and Maligne Lake ski camp. Photographs pertain to Glacier ACC camp, 1947; Peyto Lake camp, 1948; Freshfield Glacier camp, 1949; Mount Assiniboine camp, 1952; Scott Glacier [Hooker Icefield], 1953; Glacier camp 1956; and Maligne Lake ski camp, 1957. Prints have identifications on reverse.
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Capes, Geoffrey B.
Subject Access
Abbot Pass Hut
Activities
Administration
Advertising
Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club House
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Camps
Club
Competition
Discovery and exploration
Environment
Environment and Nature
Exploration
Guide
Guides
Hiking
Huts
Mountain
Mountain guides
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
National parks and reserves
Organizations
Photography
Scenery
Sports and recreation
Summit
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Access Restrictions
Access to negatives is by appointment only
Language
English
Title Source
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Hamish MacInnes : the fox of Glencoe

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
MacInnes, Hamish
Publisher
Scotland : Scottish Mountaineering Press
Call Number
01.2 M26h
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Author
MacInnes, Hamish
Responsibility
Edited by Deziree Wilson
Publisher
Scotland : Scottish Mountaineering Press
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
367 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Scotland
Biographies
Abstract
From a youthful solo of the Matterhorn, through historic first ascents, hunting for treasure, inventing equipment and pioneering mountain rescue, Hamish MacInnes recalls a lifetime of epic adventures in this eclectic selection of tales. His restless curiosity and pragmatic approach to risk and loss are vivdly rendered with wry, elegant style, offering unique insight into the mind of one of the greatest mountaineers of our time. -- From back cover
ISBN
9781907233395
Accession Number
P2022.14
Call Number
01.2 M26h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Mountain Literature (Non Fiction) The Jon Whyte Award 2022 Winner
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