Skip header and navigation

Narrow Results By

18 records – page 1 of 2.

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
  1 website  
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
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

TIDES : a climber's voyage

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25044
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Bullock, Nick
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : VERTEBRATE Publishing
Call Number
G512 T53 B85
  1 website  
Author
Bullock, Nick
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : VERTEBRATE Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
1 volume : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Autobiography
Travel
Abstract
Nick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. Tides, Nick’s second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Echoes. Now retired from the strain of work as a prison officer, Nick is free to climb. A lot. Tides is a treasury of his antics and adventures with some of the world’s leading climbers, including Steve House, Kenton Cool, Nico Favresse, Andy Houseman and James McHaffie. Follow Nick and his partners as they push the limits on some of the world’s most serious routes: The Bells! The Bells! on Gogarth’s North Stack Wall; the Slovak Direct on Denali; Guerdon Grooves on Buachaille Etive Mor; and the north faces of Chang Himal and Mount Alberta, among countless others. Nick’s life can be equated to the rhythm of the sea. At high tide, he climbs, he loves it, he is good at it; he laughs and jokes, scares himself, falls, gets back up and climbs some more. Then the tide goes out and he finds himself alone, exposed, all questions and no answers. Self-doubt, grieving for friends or family, fearful, sometimes opinionated, occasionally angry – his writing more honest and exposed than in any account of a climb. Only when the tide turns is he able to forget once more. Tides is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one’s life to climbing. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
Contents
Prologue - living scared
love and hate
immortal?
nothing more
the cutting lap
the rain
the emotional tightrope
bad shit
deception
the web
cravings
death or glory
slave to the rhythm?
bittersweet desire
strange eden
how soon is now
you only live twice
the cathedral
trapped
evening redness in the west
into the shadow
similar to a scottish quarry
best before
death of paradise
the pitfalls of a peroni supermodel
what were his dreams?
balloons
that's rowdy, dude
over the top
flames
dreams and screams
just beneath the surface
the light of the moon
the mountain soundtrack
please queue here
dawn to dusk to dawn
threshold shift
postscript
acknowledgements
Notes
Signed by author
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival winner for Mountain Literature (non-fiction) Jon Whyte award
ISBN
9781911342533
Accession Number
AC639
Call Number
G512 T53 B85
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

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
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

"Nowt but a Fleein' Thing" : a history of climbing on Scafell

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19922
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Phizacklea, Al
Cocker, Mike
Publisher
Lancashire, England : The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District Limited
Call Number
DA P45 N69
  1 website  
Author
Phizacklea, Al
Cocker, Mike
Responsibility
Al Phizacklea and Mike Cocker
Publisher
Lancashire, England : The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District Limited
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
398 p. : illus. (colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Maps
Clubs
History
Rock climbing
Abstract
A magnificently illustrated volume of immense depth (not to mention size!) detailing the history of climbing on the Scafell crags from the earliest exploration to the present day. In 1874 George Seatree and Stanley Martin made the first ascent of North Climb, which was the first time the main face of Scafell had been ascended outside of the obvious gully lines. It was the start of great things on the crags of Scafell. Upon hearing their report of this new route, Will Ritson, landlord of the Huntsman’s Inn, looked at them incredulously, and declared in his usual broad Cumbrian dialect, "Nowt but a fleein’ thing could git up’t crags on’t Wasdale Head side". This book covers the full 200 year history of climbing on the crags of Scafell in both summer and winter conditions, in an extensive and comprehensive manner. Every route on the crag has been noted with the significant ascents being described in detail, and the entire book has been comprehensively illustrated by photographs from archive and newly commissioned work. A significant proportion of the source material has come from recordings made of the pioneers of these climbs that has never been published before. There is also an intricate explanation of the geological features which go to make up these crags as well as new maps and crag diagrams together with notes on conditions, biographies of past climbers and a comprehensive first ascent list that combines both summer and winter climbing for the first time. This book has been produced by members of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club and it is one of the most detailed compilations of rock climbing history to a single mountain crag in Britain. The Fell & Rock Climbing Club is the premier rock climbing and mountaineering club in the English Lake District. The Club was founded in 1906-07 and has been publishing a definitive series of climbing guidebooks to the Lakes since 1922. (from https://www.needlesports.com/49951/products/nowt-but-a-fleein-thing--a-history-of-climbing-on-scafell.aspx)
Contents
Introduction
Early years 1802 - 1914
Middle years 1915 - 1973
Recent years 1974 - 2015
Geology
Crag diagrams
First ascents
Biographies
Accidents
Acknowledgements
ISBN
9780850280593
Accession Number
AC635
Call Number
DA P45 N69
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

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
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20168
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 S36 B74 Pam copy 2 (reference room)
  1 website  
Author
Croston, Joanna
Responsibility
Joanna Croston
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
40 pages, illustrations [colour]
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #22
Subjects
Canada
Mountaineering
Rock climbing
Skiing
Abstract
Chic Scott is a man of unconventional firsts. The first Canadian to summit a Himalayan peak, the first Canadian to guide in the European Alps, and he was part of the first team to climb Mount Assiniboine in winter. He is also a local mentor, historian and ski pioneer who has spent his whole life touching the lives of all those who call the Rockies home. Chic is perhaps known best for the ambitious grand ski traverses he achieved; in essence he has broken the trail for an entire generation of adventure skiers who follow. His writing and books have reached mountain communities further afield, spreading the rich history of Canadian mountaineering to outdoor enthusiasts across Canada and around the globe. This booklet celebrates the life of Chic Scott with his most memorable contributions to mountain life and tales told by his close friends. (from Alpine Club of Canada website)
Contents
A Man of Many Firsts
Early Years
The Grand Ski Traverse
The Alps
Bigger, Higher, Colder
The Stars Align
Love Affari with the Yukon
The Alpine Club of Canada
The Calgary Climbers Festival
Legacy
On the World Stage
Golden Years in Banff
References & Bibliography
Notes
Signed by Chic Scott - addressed to Margaret Gmoser
ISBN
9780920330654
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
G512 S36 B74 Pam copy 2 (reference room)
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Link to Alpine Club of Canada's website re: Summit Series
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The magician's glass : character and fate : eight essays on climbing and the mountain life

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19918
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Douglas, Ed
Publisher
Sheffield, England : Vertbrate Publishing
Call Number
G510 D68 M34
  1 website  
Author
Douglas, Ed
Responsibility
Ed Douglas
Publisher
Sheffield, England : Vertbrate Publishing
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
192 p .
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Essays
Mountaineering
Rock climbing
Abstract
The Magician’s Glass by award-winning writer Ed Douglas is a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personalities in the world of climbing. In the title essay, he writes about failure on Annapurna III in 1981, one of the boldest attempts in Himalayan mountaineering on one of the most beautiful lines – a line that remains unclimbed to this day. Douglas writes about bitter controversies, like that surrounding Ueli Steck’s disputed solo ascent of the south face of Annapurna, the fate of Toni Egger on Cerro Torre in 1959 – when Cesare Maestri claimed the pair had made the first ascent, and the rise and fall of Slovenian ace Tomaz Humar. There are profiles of two stars of the 1980s: the much-loved German Kurt Albert, the father of the ‘redpoint’, and the enigmatic rock star Patrick Edlinger, a national hero in his native France who lost his way. In Crazy Wisdom, Douglas offers fresh perspectives on the impact mountaineering has on local communities and the role climbers play in the developing world. The final essay explores the relationship between art and alpinism as a way of understanding why it is that people climb mountains. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Foreward by Katie Ives
The magician's glass
Stealing Toni Egger
Searching for Tomaz Humar
Bit guts
Crazy wisdom
What's eating Ueli Steck?
Lone wolf
Lines of beauty : the art of climbing
Acknowledgements
ISBN
9781911342489
Accession Number
AC635
Call Number
G510 D68 M34
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The white cliff : epic tales of life and death on the world's best sea cliff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25030
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Farquhar, Grant (editor)
Publisher
Dundee : Atlantis Publishing
Call Number
DA T44 F37
  1 website  
Author
Farquhar, Grant (editor)
Publisher
Dundee : Atlantis Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
vi, 390 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
England
Essays
Abstract
The White Cliff is a collection of writings about the best sea cliff in the world: Gogarth. This book has a historical narrative into which are embedded essays by various protagonists. The book is not just about the place, though. The climbers who have been drawn to touch the stone of Gogarth have often been the best of their generation and have pioneered amazing routes elsewhere. The book is also about their personal stories of life and death. It details the history of the exploration of the cliff in the context of the time period, climbing standards and the development of equipment and techniques. In the process, it touches on a myriad of related issues. The chapters are structured by area. Most of the essays and images are previously unpublished but some have appeared before in books, magazines, or journals. Grant Farquhar has been climbing for over 35 years. Currently resident (and climbing) in Bermuda, he was highly active on Gogarth in the 90s and despite living faraway has retained his affection for the place. The book includes contributions from over 100 Gogarth pioneers including Martin Boysen, Joe Brown, Pete Crew, Henry Barber, Arnis Strapcans, Dave Durkan, Geoff Birtles, John Cleare, Leo Dickinson, Ed Drummond, Richard McHardy, Doug Scott, Smiler Cuthbertson, Mick Fowler, Pat Littlejohn, Ron Fawcett, Geoff Milburn, Jim Moran, John Redhead, Dave Towse, Glenda Huxter, Johnny Dawes, Paul Pritchard, Stevie Haston, Andy Pollitt, Steve Andrews, Twid Turner, Adam Wainwright, George Smith, Glenn Robbins, Tim Emmett, Neil Dickson, Jules Lines, Nick Bullock, Alex Mason, Emma Twyford, James McHaffie and Tom Livingstone. (from Cordee website)
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: The White Cliff
Part 2: The Psychedelic Cliff
Part 3: Aqua-Alpinism
Acknowledgements
Index
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
ISBN
9781999960001
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
DA T44 F37
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Cordee website
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Hicks, Kurt
Publisher
[Leavenworth, Washington] : Obvious Gully
Edition
1st
Call Number
F41 S66 W45
  1 website  
Author
Hicks, Kurt
Edition
1st
Publisher
[Leavenworth, Washington] : Obvious Gully
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
xiii, 319 pages : color illustrations, color maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Washington
Washington, United States
Abstract
Featuring over 700 rock climbs in the Snoqualmie Valley, this comprehensive guidebook includes the most popular crags in Washington's Cascade Mountains. Each crag has full-color phots, approach and cliff maps, and detailed route information. (from Mountain Project website)
Contents
Introduction
Little Si
Middle Fork
Mount Washington
Deception Crags
The Far Side
Snoqualmie Pass
Outlying Crags
Resources
Routes by grade
Photography credits
Index
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
ISBN
9780692879276
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
F41 S66 W45
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publication website including preview
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Glen Boles : mountain masterpiece

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20021
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2014
Author
Martel, Lynn
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Published Date
2014
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Art
Artists
Mountains
Mountaineers
Rock climbing
Photographers
Authors
Abstract
Pertians to the art of Glen Boles.
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol. 6, Iss. 2, Summer 2014, p. 20 - 21
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
Websites
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

18 records – page 1 of 2.

Back to Top