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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15189
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
- Author
- Croston, Joanna
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, illustrations [colour]
- Subjects
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Skiing
- Notes
- Copies two and three are signed by Chic Scott
- ISBN
- 9780920330654
- Accession Number
- 2017.8637
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Climbing the Chamonix Aiguilles : some difficult ascents in the shadow of Mount Blanc
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6804
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1906
- Author
- Abraham, George Dixon
- Call Number
- 04.2 H39
- Author
- Abraham, George Dixon
- Published Date
- 1906
- Subjects
- Alps
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- In Canadian magazine, v.XXVII, no.3, July 1906
- Call Number
- 04.2 H39
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The legacy of Lloyd MacKay
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue639
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Editor
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- p.24-25
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rock climbing
- Mountaineering
- Banff (residents)
- Abstract
- It's been 42 years since Lloyd MacKay's death left a great void in the mountain community. But for Chic Scott, it's never too late to pay tribute to his friend, whose positive presence made as much of an impact as his pioneering climbs
- Language
- English
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Playing it safe : selected mountain leadership papers, techniques and test reports of the Alpine Club of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11858
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 02.7 T57p
- Responsibility
- edited by Murray Toft
- with artwork by Tami Knight
- Publisher
- Canmore : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 153p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Safety
- ISBN
- 092330398
- Accession Number
- 35500
- Call Number
- 02.7 T57p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Author
- Powter, Geoff
- Physical Description
- p.48-54, 80 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- In Explore, iss. 147 (September / October 2007). Article pertains to climber Sonnie Trotter
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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To the top of the world : alpine challenges in the Himalaya and Karakoram
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21190
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Messner, Reinold, 1944 -
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountainners
- Call Number
- TR787 M4
- Author
- Messner, Reinold, 1944 -
- Responsibility
- Reinhold Messner ; translated by Jill Neate
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountainners
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 256p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports.
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- Himalaya Mountains
- Gasherbram I, (Mountain)
- Mountaineers
- Mountaineering
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Original title : Bis ans Endeder Welt
- Contains photographs and writings of different climbing expeditions taken by Reinhold Messner
- Contains six oil painting by Jean-Georges Inca
- Call Number
- TR787 M4
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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The tower : a chronicle of climbing and controversy on Cerro Torre
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15246
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Cordes, Kelly
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia
- Call Number
- 01.1 C81t
- Author
- Cordes, Kelly
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 399 pages, illustrations (colour)
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Mountaineering
- Patagonia
- Rock climbing
- Notes
- Recipient of Jon Whyte Award at Banff Mountain Book Competition 2015
- ISBN
- 9781938349338
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 09
- Call Number
- 01.1 C81t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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