topic:"Mountaineers" found 5 records - Research Collections

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

Websites

https://www.banffcentre.ca/2022-banff-mountain-book-competition-awards

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Hobnails and hemp rope

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24993

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Author: Grandsen, Greg (director)

Call Number: 06.3 H65 DVD

1 website

Author: Grandsen, Greg (director)

Responsibility: Greg Grandsen (director); Bryan Thompson; Robert Le Blanc; Garry Reiss; Natalia Danalanchi; David Arcus (music); Ivan Petrov (photography); David Ray (photography); Small Leaks Sink Ships (music)

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Kain, Conrad; Films; Film making; History; Bugaboos; Purcell Mountains; Purcell Range

Abstract: In 1916 Conrad Kain cemented his reputation as one of the greatest mountaineers of his era by reaching the summit of Bugaboo Spire in BC's Purcell Mountains, considered one of the most difficult climbs at the time. One hundred years later, four Canadian mountaineers set out to re-enact Kain's extraordinary feat, climbing the 3,204m Bugaboo Spire with the same equipment that was used in 1916 - and bringing to life one of the great outdoor adventures of the Canadian frontier. The film "Hobnails and Hemp Rope" tells their story (from DVD)

Notes: Sponsor / Partnership with the Alpine Club of Canada and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Contains archival materials from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Official Selection for the Fernie Mountain Film Festival 2017; Best Director at the Moscow Film Festival "Vertical" 2017

Accession Number: 2019.105

Call Number: 06.3 H65 DVD

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Article about project and film on Crowfoot Media

Websites

https://crowfootmedia.com/2016/11/24/hobnails-and-hemp-rope/

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Sharon Wood : the Canadian mountain climber talks about her new book and life after summiting Mount Everest

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24944

Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 2019

Author: Rosano, Michela

Publisher: Canadian Geographic

Call Number: P

1 website

Author: Rosano, Michela

Responsibility: Michela Rosano

Publisher: Canadian Geographic

Published Date: 2019

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Mountaineers; Mountaineers Canadian; Mountaineers Women; Everest, Mount; Authors; Wood, Sharon

Abstract: Pertains to mountain climber and author Sharon Wood and her experience as the first North American woman to summit Mount Everest in 1986 as interviewed by Michela Rosano

Notes: In Canadian Geographic, Volume 139, No. 5, September-October 2019, p. 15-16

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: October/November 2019 Canadian Geographic magazine

Websites

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/so19

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