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Albert Smith : the spectacle of Mont Blanc and other adventures for sale

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19910
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Audisio, Aldo and Veronica Lisino
Publisher
Torino, Italy : Museon Nazionale Della Montagna
Call Number
01.2 A2a
Author
Audisio, Aldo and Veronica Lisino
Responsibility
Aldo Audision and Veronica Lisino
Publisher
Torino, Italy : Museon Nazionale Della Montagna
Published Date
2018
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mont Blanc
Abstract
Pertains to the story of Albert Smith, a climber and mountaineer. Passionate about the Alpine Mountains, Smith pursued extravagant adventures only to return to Britain and share his experience with large crowds. He ignited a love of mountaineering, curiosity and adventure in those who heard of his extravagant climbs and visits to Mount Blanc. It is through books as such, that readers are better able to conceptualize mountaineering and adventuring on an international scale. The book offers readers a chance to learn about mountaineering in Britain, thus allowing them to relate it to the experience of mountaineers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Additionally, the book helps express the vastness of mountaineering and the ways in which it influenced daily life, internationally.
Notes
The book is written in French, Italian and English
ISBN
9788873760702
Accession Number
2019.65
Call Number
01.2 A2a
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Author
Livingstone, Roxanne
Call Number
01.4 L82l Pam
Author
Livingstone, Roxanne
Physical Description
p.8-9 : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Logan, Mount
Mountaineers
Sudrich, Rudy
Notes
In Western People, August 24, 2000.
Call Number
01.4 L82l Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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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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Les alpinistes celebres

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue829
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1956
Publisher
Paris : Mazenod
Call Number
G510 A46
Responsibility
publie sous la direction de Henry de Segogne [et al.]
Publisher
Paris : Mazenod
Published Date
1956
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineers
Call Number
G510 A46
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19901
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
G512 M16 A78
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Responsibility
Bernadette McDonald
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountaineers, Polish
Biography
Abstract
"A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction
Rock Animal
Alpinist in Training
Hindu Kush - Unleashed
Troll Wall
Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
Hungry for Hunger
Dancing in the Moment
Enfant Terrible
Line against the Sky
The Shining Wall
Fork in the Road
Trango Tower
Night Naked
Dance of the Underclings
Chinese Maharaja
Metaphysical Think Tank
The Crux
Chronology of Selected Climbs
Acknowledgements
Notes
Sources
Index
ISBN
9781771602129
Accession Number
AC634
Call Number
G512 M16 A78
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art of Freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2157
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01 Mc14a
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Responsibility
Bernadette McDonald
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountaineers, Polish
Biography
Abstract
"A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction
Rock Animal
Alpinist in Training
Hindu Kush - Unleashed
Troll Wall
Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
Hungry for Hunger
Dancing in the Moment
Enfant Terrible
Line against the Sky
The Shining Wall
Fork in the Road
Trango Tower
Night Naked
Dance of the Underclings
Chinese Maharaja
Metaphysical Think Tank
The Crux
Chronology of Selected Climbs
Acknowledgements
Notes
Sources
Index
ISBN
9781771602129
Accession Number
2019.11
Call Number
01 Mc14a
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian Rockies : pioneers, legends and true tales

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13636
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Author
Patillo, Roger
Call Number
08.3 P27c c.1
08.3 P27c c.2
Author
Patillo, Roger
Physical Description
456p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Accidents
Alpine Club of Canada
Biography
Mountaineers
Outfitters, trail guides, packers
Wilson, Tom
ISBN
978-1-4120-5627-4
Accession Number
wmcr shop donation - copy 2 09-02-04
40500 08-03-04
Call Number
08.3 P27c c.1
08.3 P27c c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Herrington, Jim
Child, Greg
Honnold, Alex
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
TR H47 C55 OS
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Author
Herrington, Jim
Child, Greg
Honnold, Alex
Responsibility
Jim Herrington (photographs), Greg Child (essay), Alex Honnold (foreward)
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
191 p.; illus (some colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photography
Mountaineers
Mountaineers Women
Abstract
Pertains to climbers including portraits of Glen Dawson, Hamish McInnes, Dinko Bertoncelj, Gwen Moffat, Francois Guillot, Minoru Higeta, Thomas Hornbein, Joe Brown, Bradford Washburn, Robert Gabriel, Sonia Livanos, Martin Boysen, Doug Robinson, Chuck Pratt, Jim Wickwire, Louis Reichardt, Armando Aste, Peter Haan, Serge Coupe, Dee Molenaar, Glen Denny, Royal Robbins, Joe Fitschen, Mark Powell, Junko Tabei, Jim Whittaker, Sir Christian Bonington, Doug Scott, Pertemba Sherpa, Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger, Huntley Ingalls, George Hurley, Layton Kor, Cesare Maestri, Jim Bridwell, John Long, Yvon Chouinard, Tom Frost, Allen Steck, Steve Roper, Don Claunch Gordon, Fred Beckey, David Brower, Pierre Mazeaud, Kim Schmitz, John Roskelley, Bonnie Prudden, Henry Barber, Don Lauria, Robert Paragot, Reinhold Messner, Kancha Sherpa, Riccardo Cassin, Glen Exum, John Gill, Dave Rearick, Jules Eichorn, Pat Ament, Jeff Lowe
Contents
Foreward
Preface
Reflections on the golden age of climbing
Photographs
Climber biographies
Acknowledgements
Notes
Grand Prize - 2017 Banff Book Awards
Mountaineering History Award - 2017 Banff Book Awards
ISBN
9781680510836
Accession Number
AC634
Call Number
TR H47 C55 OS
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Website for book with author and publisher information, ordering information, images of inside of publication, reviews, etc.
Websites
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Cloud walkers : six climbs on major Canadain peaks

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15439
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1965
Author
Sherman, Paddy Hall, John A
Publisher
Toronto, Canada : Macmillan
Call Number
01.4 Cl62s
Author
Sherman, Paddy Hall, John A
Responsibility
Maps by John A. Hall
Publisher
Toronto, Canada : Macmillan
Published Date
1965
Physical Description
161 p. : ill., maps.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering--Yukon Territory
Mountaineering--Alaska
Mountaineering--British Columbia
Bibliography
Mountaineers
ISBN
65025069
Accession Number
201.8385
Call Number
01.4 Cl62s
Collection
Archives Library
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Craig Richards : un fotografo all riscoperta delle montagne rocciose

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14125
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1994
Publisher
Torino : Museo Nazionale Della Montagna in association with Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Call Number
06.4 R39
Responsibility
organizzione: Museo Nazionale della Montagna "Duca degli Abruzzi", Torino; Director: Aldo Audisio
Publisher
Torino : Museo Nazionale Della Montagna in association with Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Published Date
1994
Physical Description
30p. : ill., port
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineers
Photography
Notes
Exhibition catalogue
ISBN
88-85903-46-0
Accession Number
7465
Call Number
06.4 R39
Collection
Archives Library
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