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Up, at work - Chris Perry deson't mind that you've never heard of him, but you should. Geoff Powter profiles one of the Rockies' most prolific routebuilders and discovers what motivates him to set the path for others to follow

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25148
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Powter, Geoff
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Powter, Geoff
Responsibility
Geoff Powter
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.80 - 85
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Rock climbing
Abstract
Pertains to routes built by Chris Perry
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Crack climbing : the definitive guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25207
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Whittaker, Pete
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Edition
First
Call Number
02.8 W58c
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Author
Whittaker, Pete
Responsibility
Pete Whittaker
Edition
First
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
302 pages : illustrations (some color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Travel
Guidebook
Abstract
Crack climbing is a highly technical form of movement in which climbers position their hands, feet, and even their entire body in cracks to make upward progress on rock. An advocate for the sport’s aesthetic lines, physicality, and technical know-how, author Pete Whittaker teaches more than sixty Crack School Masterclasses each year and was featured in the popular climbing film Wide Boyz. This detailed and comprehensive guide teaches step-by-step techniques and tips, including for: Jamming (finger, hand, fist, foot, arm, leg, body) Crack types (chimneys, liebacks, underclings, roof cracks) How to safely lead and place protection Efficient positioning and movement Strength recovery while climbing (From Mountaineers Books website)
Contents
Preface
A Note
Before We Begin: Key Terms
Key to Illustrations
Chapter 1 - Five Rules of Crack Climbing
Chapter 2 - Finger Cracks
Chapter 3 - Hand Cracks
Chater 4 - Fist Cracks
Chapter 5 - Offwidth Cracks
Chapter 6 - Squeeze Chimneys
Chapter 7 - Chimneys
Chapter 8 - Stemming
Chapter 9 - Roof Cracks
Chapter 10 - Placing Gear
Chapter 11 - Equipment
Chapter 12 - Taping
Acknowledgements
Index
Notes
2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Winner - Guidebook 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards Honorable Mention - Instructional
ISBN
9781680512151
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
02.8 W58c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Mountaineers Books website
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The 1978 climber's guide to the Banff Townsite

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25236
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
van Schaik, Bob
Burgess, C.L.
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta
Edition
Second
Call Number
02.8 Sc1t
Author
van Schaik, Bob
Burgess, C.L.
Responsibility
Bob van Schaik (concept and photography)
C.L. Burgess (design and layout)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
16 pages ; b&w illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff
Banff (townsite)
Rock climbing
Abstract
Pertains to sites to climb within the Banff townsite
Contents
Southwest wall of Donald Cameron Hall
The spectrum traverse
Book & Art Den
Cascade Tavern
Bud depot
King Edward Hotel
Credit Union
Liquor Store
Banff Park Lodge
Post Office
Bridge on Banff Avenue
Banff Springs Hotel
Notes
About the climber
Notes
First Limited edition Banff, Alberta 1978
Second edition, Edmonton, Alberta 2020
Accession Number
2021.08
Call Number
02.8 Sc1t
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Kenora rock climbs

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25025
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Brown, Mike
Munro, Ryan
Publisher
Kenora, Ontario : Kenora Rock Climbs
Edition
2nd
Call Number
F1059 B76 K46
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Author
Brown, Mike
Munro, Ryan
Edition
2nd
Publisher
Kenora, Ontario : Kenora Rock Climbs
Published Date
2019
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Ontario
Abstract
Northwestern Ontario hosts some of the oldest and hardest granite cliffs in North America, surrounded by beautiful clean lakes. KENORA ROCK CLIMBS is the most complete guide to this pristine region stretching from the Whiteshell Provincial Park to just east of Kenora, Ontario. Most of the climbing is located less than three hours from Winnipeg and is frequented by climbers for day trips and weekend adventures.This book covers eight main popular areas, over 400 sport, trad, aid, and bouldering routes, useful tips (and less useful tips), original writing, drawings, and maps, sweet photos of a few people who love this as much as we do. This one’s for the gear heads, the noobs, the pebble wrestlers, the crushers, and the dirtbags. (Kenora Rock Climbs website)
Contents
Introduction
Local beta:
Kenora
The weather
Choosing a cliff
Camping
Enjoying the great outdoors
Route development and ethics
How to use this book
Rock climbs:
Lily Pond
Roadside
Gooseneck
Cave Cliff
South Cliff
Jones
Jones Bouldering
Echo
Panorama
Whiskeyjacks
Route index
Rest day material:
So many stories / game changer
Berry picking
Climbing timeline
Eagle's nest
Wildlife
Rebolting initiative
Profits over people
Notes
Banff Mountail Film and Book Festival 2019
ISBN
978199954170
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
F1059 B76 K46
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Kenora Rock Climbs website
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Some stories : lessons from the edge of business and sport

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25029
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Chouinard, Yvon
Publisher
Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
Call Number
SK S66 C46
  1 website  
Author
Chouinard, Yvon
Publisher
Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
464 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Autobiography
Essays
Environment
Environmental conservation
Equipment
Businesses
Rock climbing
Abstract
This collection of stories, articles, reflections and more offers insight into the life of an iconoclastic business leader and itinerant adventurer. Like sitting around the campfire, sharing a bottle of wine while telling stories, Some Stories is an eclectic portrait of a unique life well lived. (from Patagonia website)
Contents
North America Wall, Yosemite Valley -- Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley -- Yosemite Valley, California -- Patagonia -- Doug Tompkins -- Flamingos, Patagonia -- Sandhill cranes, Nebraska -- Fiordo de las Montan~as, Chile -- Headwaters of Lago Inexplorado, Chile -- Bonefishing in the Bahamas -- Hatchery fish being released into San Francisco Bay -- Coastal wolves, British Columbia -- 12,000 young voters, Washington, DC.
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
ISBN
9781938340826
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
SK S66 C46
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Patagonia website
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Okanagan bouldering guidebook

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25032
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
White, Andy
Publisher
Gniess Guy Publishing
Call Number
F1087 O53 W45
  1 website  
Author
White, Andy
Publisher
Gniess Guy Publishing
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
544 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Okanagan, British Columbia
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Abstract
Okanagan Bouldering is the comprehensive bouldering guidebook to 1800 problems in 9 locations throughout BC's beautiful Okanagan Valley. From lakeside granite to high elevation gneiss boulder fields, this book is loaded with quality problems to blow the lid off the bouldering in the Okanagan. (from Gneiss Guy Publishing website)
Contents
Introduction
Central Okanagan bouldering:
The Boulderfields:
The Southwest fields
The East fields
The Central fields
The North fields
The Ruins
Pebble Beach
North Okanagan bouldering:
Cougar Canyon
Ellision Provincial Park
South Okanagan bouldering:
The Slayers
The Sunstone
Skaha Provincial Park
The Winter Pig Hotel
In memorial
Index of problems by nature
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
ISBN
9781775371908
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
F1087 O53 W45
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Gneiss Guy Publishing website
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Mo' beta : rock climbs of Missouri

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25034
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Collins, Jeremy
Publisher
Jefferson City, MO : Modern Litho.
Call Number
A17 M63 C65
  1 website  
Author
Collins, Jeremy
Publisher
Jefferson City, MO : Modern Litho.
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
272 pages : color illustrations, color maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Rock climbing
Abstract
Comprehensive guide to climbing in Missouri with over 500 routes
Contents
Acknowledgements
Forward
Preface
How to use this guide
How to be a climber
Map of Contents
Chapter 1 - Kansas City
Chapter 2 - Truman Lake
Chapter 3 - Boone County
Chapter 4 - Somo
Chater 5 - Elephant Rocks
Chapter 6 - Capital Crags
Route Index
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
A17 M63 C65
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publication website with interactive map showing climb locations
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Hangdog days : conflict, change, and the race for 5.14

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25038
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Smoot, Jeff
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
G513 H35 S66
  1 website  
Author
Smoot, Jeff
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
302 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
History
Abstract
Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. This contentious, often entertaining period gave rise to sport climbing, climbing gyms, and competitive climbing--indelibly transforming the sport. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing "rules," enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late '70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including "hangdogging," hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable. In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Smoot focuses on the climbing achievements of three of the era's superstars: John Bachar, Todd Skinner, and Alan Watts, while not neglecting the likes of Ray Jardine, Lynn Hill, Mark Hudon, Tony Yaniro, and Peter Croft. He deftly brings to life the characters and events of this raucous, revolutionary time in rock climbing, exploring, as he says, "what happened and why it mattered, not only to me but to the people involved and those who have followed" (from Mountaineers Books website)
Contents
Part One. The hangdog days -- Part Two. If not now, when? -- Part Three. The renegade -- Part Four. The godforsaken rock -- Part Five. That accursed crack -- Part Six. Churning in the wake.
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature
ISBN
9781680512328
Accession Number
AC639
Call Number
G513 H35 S66
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Mountaineers Books website
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Paul Preuss, lord of the abyss : life and death at the birth of free-climbing

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25054
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Smart, David
Publisher
Toronto : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
G513 P38 S63
  1 website  
Author
Smart, David
Publisher
Toronto : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
248 pages : illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
History
Biography
Abstract
In the months before his death in 1913, from falling more than 300 metres during an attempt to make the first free solo ascent of the North Ridge of the Mandlkogel, Paul Preuss’s public presentations on his climbing adventures filled concert halls in Austria, Italy, and Germany. George Mallory, the famed English mountaineer who died on Mount Everest in 1924, said “no one will ever equal Preuss.“ Reinhold Messner, the first climber to ascend all fourteen 8000 metre peaks, was so impressed by the young Austrian’s achievements that he built a mountaineering museum around Preuss’s piton hammer, wrote two books (in German) about him and instituted a foundation in Preuss’s name. Alex Honnold, the first and only person to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, has thought about Preuss’ untimely and surprising death and imagined it to have likely been “the worst four seconds” of Preuss’ life. Although he died at only 27 years old, modern climbing may never have developed the ethical, existential core that it has today if not for Preuss’s bold style. Even the most trenchant traditionalists remain unsure about whether to add him to their pantheon or dismiss him as at worst a lunatic or at best an indelicate subject better left ignored. Smart’s biography is the first English language volume to be published and is certain to bring the remarkable story of Paul Preuss to a whole new generation of climbers. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
Contents
Introduction : Paul Preuss
The boy who loved flowers and mountains
The student mountaineer : Vienna, 1907-1910
Schneid : Planspitze, Matterhorn, 1908
Jesus of the Dorotheergasse, 1909
Dolomites : the Devil's Lair, Summer 1910
In Munich, the city of climbers
Allein : five days that changed climbing, summer 1911
A crazy notion : the great dispute, 1911-12
Doctor Preuss presents
Life as a trifle : the Kaisergebirge, Northern Limestone and the Western Alps, 1912-13
Valhalla : Mandlkogel North Face, October 1913
The sleeper of Altaussee
Acknowledgements
Selected bibliography
Notes
Index
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 shortlist for Mountain Literature
ISBN
9781771603232
Accession Number
AC639
Call Number
G513 P38 S63
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Rocky Mountain Books website
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Southern Pisgah rock & ice : a climber's guide to North Carolina's Looking Glass Rock, Cedar Rock, John Rock and more

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25026
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Reardon, Mike
Publisher
Asheville, N.C. : Ground Up Publishing
Call Number
F254 R43 S68
  1 website  
Author
Reardon, Mike
Responsibility
Harrison Shull
Laura Boggess
Anthony Love
Marci Spencer
Heath Alexander
Publisher
Asheville, N.C. : Ground Up Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
408 pages : color illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Guidebook
Guidebooks
United States
Abstract
Southern Pisgah Rock & Ice takes you to several classic and obscure climbing destinations throughout Pisgah National Forest's Pisgah Ranger District. The climbs outlined comprise one of the most diverse climbing regions in Eastern America. In Southern Pisgah you will find an endless concentration of moderate multi-pitch options, several ice routes when conditions yield, high end grade IV aid routes, endless traditional routes from 5.2-5.13, roadside crags and backcountry hidden gems, overhung sport routes, dead vertical bullet hard granite, cracks, water grooves, slabs, eye brows, roofs, flakes, dihedrals, and far more. In addition to getting you to the base of the routes, we hope the pages within this guide reveal the color and character of nearly sic decades of NC climbing (from book flap)
Contents
Introduction
Looking Glass Rock
John Rock
Cedar Rock
Cathey's Creek Crag
Area
Pilot Cove / Slate Rock
Big Ivy Region
People and Stories
Index
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
850 routes included ; 5.2-5.13 ; 60 ice climbs from WI2-WI4+ ; Trad, sport, aid, ice, alpine style routes ; Single pitch, multi-pitch up to 8 pitches ; Hand drawn, detailed topos and maps, GPS coordinates ; Historic accounts, historic photos ; Hundreds of route and action photos ; Access and stewardship information
ISBN
9781618501301
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
F254 R43 S68
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Ground Up Publishing website
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