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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)
- 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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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
- 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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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
- 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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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
- 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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Snoqualmie rock
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25033
- 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
- 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
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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
- 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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