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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
- 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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Collection Coin
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- Catalogue Number
- 109.03.0007
- Description
- coin collection Canadian: 1 Canadian $1 Bill 1967 - Centennial of Canadian Confederation20 cents - 1858 - silver 25 cents - 1938, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1969, 1973, 1975, 197510 cents - 1938, 1947, 1958, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1975, 19775 cents - 1942, 1942 (tombac nickels), 1944, 1949, 195…
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- Description
- coin collection Canadian: 1 Canadian $1 Bill 1967 - Centennial of Canadian Confederation20 cents - 1858 - silver 25 cents - 1938, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1969, 1973, 1975, 197510 cents - 1938, 1947, 1958, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1975, 19775 cents - 1942, 1942 (tombac nickels), 1944, 1949, 1950, , 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1973, 1975, 19781 cent - 1935, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1953, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1977, 1977, 1978, 1978, 1978, 1979 Newfoundland50 cents - 1908 - silver United States of America$1 coin - 1921, 1921 - silverhalf dollar - 1959 - silver25 cents - 1973, 1974 - silver5 cents - 1941, 1943, 1946, 1970 - 3 silver, 1 copperhalf dime - 1853, 1856 - silver 2 cents - 1864 - copper1 cent - “Indian Head” Penny - 1860 - brass1 cent - 2939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1951, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1978 - copperNorwegian Kroner1975 5 Kroner — round, silver1951 1 Krone — round, silver 1975 - 1 Krone — round, silver 1975 - 50 ore - round, silver1964 - 10 ore - round, silver Swiss: 1 centime - 1949 Helvetia — round, copper 5 franc - 1968 — round, silverIreland: 10 pence - 1971 — round, silverEngland/United Kingdom: 1 penny - 1921, 1937 — copper“new penny” - 1971, 1976 - copper5 pence - “new pence” 1970 - silver 1 shilling - 1953 - silver.5 penny - “new penny” 1977 - copperAustria: 1 schilling - 1959 - round, brass10 groschen - 1967 - silver USSR 1 kopek - 1976 - brass British Caribbean Territories 25 cents - 1955, 1955, 1955, 1957 - round, silver 10 cents - 1955, 1965 - round, silver 5 cents - 1955, 1955, 1955 - round, brass2 cents - 1955, 1955, 1955, 1962, 1965, 1965 - round, copperPeruun sol de oro - 1968 — round, brass5 centavos - 1956 - round brass, 1 centavo - 1954 - round, silverNew Zealand: 5 cents - 1972 - round, silver Hong Kong $1 dollar - 1960 - round, silver5 cents - 1958 - round, brassJapan5 yen - [1959-1989] - brass, hole in centre 10 yen - [1951-1958] - copper, image of temple on front, “10” on reverseNepal1 rupee - [1955-1963] silver, Envelope that reads “Gordon Hunter” Canada: 5 cents 1919, silverGermany - 5 mark, 1903 - silver Commemorative/Event coinsBanff Indian Days Dollar - 1969, 1974 — silver Southern Alberta Dollar - Jeux canada Games (1975 ananda Winter Games) - 1975 - silverCalgary Stampede Dollar - 1976 - SILVERunknown- silver round coin, looks very old and possibly Indian (sanskrit?)
- Subject
- Whyte home
- coins
- collection
- Canada
- United States
- China
- Japan
- Switzerland
- Norway
- England
- Ireland
- USSR
- Hong Kong
- Peru
- Caribbean
- Austria
- Nepal
- New Zealand.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.03.0007
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Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14842
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Isserman, Maurice
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press
- Call Number
- DS485 I87
- Author
- Isserman, Maurice
- Responsibility
- Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver with maps and peak sketches by Dee Molenaar
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- xii, 579 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Nepal
- Mountaineering
- ISBN
- 9780300164206
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- DS485 I87
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Focused on adventure : portrait of Pat Morrow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14086
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore AB : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01 M36f Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Responsibility
- Lynn Martel
- Publisher
- Canmore AB : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 32 p
- Series
- Summit Series #12
- ISBN
- 0920330665
- Accession Number
- 8218
- Call Number
- 01 M36f Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Focused on adventure : portrait of Pat Morrow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14811
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 M67 Pam
- G512 M67 Copy 2
- G512 M67 Copy 3
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Responsibility
- Lynn Martel
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 32 pages, illustrations
- Series
- Summit Series #12
- ISBN
- 0920330665
- Call Number
- G512 M67 Pam
- G512 M67 Copy 2
- G512 M67 Copy 3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Himalaya : the exploration and conquest of the greatest mountains on earth
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- London : Conway
- Call Number
- DS485 H55
- Responsibility
- General editor Philip Parker
- Publisher
- London : Conway
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 192 pages, col. ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Everest, Mount
- Tibet
- Nepal
- History
- ISBN
- 9781844862214
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- DS485 H55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Murder in the high Himalaya : loyalty, tragedy, and escape from Tibet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15264
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Green, Jonathan
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : PublicAffairs
- Call Number
- 01.1 G82m
- Author
- Green, Jonathan
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : PublicAffairs
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xv, 272 pages, illustrations
- Subjects
- China
- Cho Oyu Mountain
- Himalaya Mountains
- Nepal
- Tibet
- Notes
- Recipient of Jon Whyte Award at Banff Mountain Book Competition 2011
- ISBN
- 9781586487140
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 09
- Call Number
- 01.1 G82m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Structured chaos : the unusual life of a climber
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25689
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Saunders, Victor
- Publisher
- Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- 01.1 S8s
- Author
- Saunders, Victor
- Publisher
- Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 192 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- Structured Chaos is Victor Saunders' follow-up to Elusive Summits (winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize in 1990), No Place to Fall and Himalaya: The Tribulations of Vic & Mick. He reflects on his early childhood in Malaya and his first experiences of climbing as a student, and describes his progression from scaling canal-side walls in Camden to expeditions in the Himalaya and Karakoram. Following climbs on K2 and Nanga Parbat, he leaves his career as an architect and moves to Chamonix to become a mountain guide. He later makes the first ascent of Chamshen in the Saser Kangri massif, and reunites with old friend Mick Fowler to climb the north face of Sersank. This is not just a tale of mountaineering triumphs, but also an account of rescues, tragedies and failures. Telling his story with humour and warmth, Saunders spans the decades from youthful awkwardness to concerns about age-related forgetfulness, ranging from 'Where did I put my keys?' to 'Is this the right mountain?' Structured Chaos is a testament to the value of friendship and the things that really matter in life: being in the right place at the right time with the right people, and making the most of the view. -- Provided by Publisher
- Contents
- Pekan (1954-1961) -- Schooldays (1961-1969) -- Sex and drugs and rock climbing (1970-1972) -- Ship Ahoy! (1973) -- London calling (1973-1979) -- Reasons to be fearful (1979) -- Seconds out (1986) -- K2 (1993) -- The dark couloir (1996) -- Guiding lights (1996-2012) -- Hanging on a telephone (2013) -- Treppenwitz -- The Sersank Redemption (2016) -- Epilogue.
- Notes
- Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Festival, Mountain Literature (Non-Fiction), The Jon Whyte Award 2021.
- ISBN
- 9781912560660
- Accession Number
- P2023.05
- Call Number
- 01.1 S8s
- Collection
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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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