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Where mountains live : twelve great treks of the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20156
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Le Bon, Leo
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Call Number
- G504 W44 L43
- Author
- Le Bon, Leo
- Responsibility
- Leo Le Bon
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 144 pages : color illustrations
- Abstract
- Pertains to trekking in China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Tanzania with many photographs and expedition planners for each geographical area.
- Contents
- Foreward by Sir Edmund Hillary
- Introduction
- China:
- Chapter One - The Karakoram Trek to K2
- Chapter Two - Everest: The Kangshung Trek
- Chapter Three - The Minya Konka Trek
- Trekking in China - Expedition Planners
- Bhutan:
- Chapter Four - The Chomolhari Trek
- The Chomolhari Trek - Expedition Planner
- Nepal:
- Chapter Five - Around Annapurna
- Chapter Six - The Kanjiroba Trek
- Trekking in Nepal - Expedition Planners
- India:
- Chapter Seven - The Trans-Himalaya Trek
- Chapter Eight - From Kishtwar to Zanskar
- Trekking in India - Expedition Planners
- Peru:
- Chapter Nine - The Cordillera Blanca Traverse
- Chapter Ten - The Inca Highlands Trail
- Trekking in Peru - Expedition Planners
- Chile and Argentina:
- Chapter Eleven - Trekking in Patagonia
- Trekking in Patagonia - Expedition Planner
- Tanzania:
- Chapter Twelve - The Kilimanjaro Trek
- The Kilimanjaro Trek - Expedition Planner
- Photography Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0893812420
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- G504 W44 L43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1982
- Material
- hair, sheep; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1174
- Description
- A narrow wool belt from Nepal, woven in a split tapestry technique, in various colours; has an off-white cotton braided fringe (the warp) that is knotted on the ends.
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- Title
- Fibre Belt
- Date
- 1982
- Material
- hair, sheep; fabric
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 126.0 cm
- Description
- A narrow wool belt from Nepal, woven in a split tapestry technique, in various colours; has an off-white cotton braided fringe (the warp) that is knotted on the ends.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- households
- clothing
- Nepal
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1174
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Himalayan pathways...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1109
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4 (Eng. trans.)
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Responsibility
- drawings by Henri Heidsieck
- translation by Linda Collinge
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Published Date
- 1981
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4 (Eng. trans.)
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Sentiers de l'Himalaya
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1110
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Responsibility
- Bernard Germain, Henri Heidsieck
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Published Date
- 1981
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Untitled (Nepalese woman)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmij.05.08
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.08
- Description
- A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom…
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- Title
- Untitled (Nepalese woman)
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 57.5 x 26 cm
- Description
- A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom right corner.
- Subject
- Nepal
- woman
- Nepalese woman
- Credit
- Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.08
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- Date
- 1925 – 1970
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0581
- Description
- A small wooden bowl lined with silver, and a silver collar around its foot, lathe turned wood with flaring lip, straight sides, and sharp shoulder leading to circular foot. Very thin silver has been pressed in to line interior and folded over the lip, leaving creases along the inner upright sides o…
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1925 – 1970
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 9.1 cm
- Description
- A small wooden bowl lined with silver, and a silver collar around its foot, lathe turned wood with flaring lip, straight sides, and sharp shoulder leading to circular foot. Very thin silver has been pressed in to line interior and folded over the lip, leaving creases along the inner upright sides of the bowl. Collar which fits around foot is thin silver ring with a single row of gadrooming at bottom supporting a series of tiny silver robed figures standing around its circumference. Turning spiral can be seen on bottom of foot.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0581
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