topic:"Rock climbing" found 3 records - Research Collections

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

https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/web/ACCMember/Community/Publications/Summit_Series.aspx

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End of the rope : mountains, marriage, and motherhood

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25047

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2018

Author: Redford, Jan

Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press

Call Number: G512 E53 R43

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Author: Redford, Jan

Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: x, 303 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Rock climbing; Mountaineering; Women; Biography

Abstract: In this funny and gritty debut memoir, praised by Outside, Sierra, Alpinist, and more, Jan Redford grows from a reckless rock climber to a mother who fights to win back her future. As a teenager, she sets her sights on the improbable dream of climbing mountains. By age twenty, she’s a climber with a magnetic attraction to misadventures and the wrong men. Redford finally finds the love of her life, an affable Rockies climber. When he is killed in an avalanche in Alaska, a grieving Redford finds comfort in the arms of another extreme alpinist. Before long, they are married, with a baby on the way. While her husband works as a logger, Redford tackles the traditional role of wife and mother. But soon, she pursues her own dream, one that pits her against her husband. End of the Rope is Redford’s telling of heart-stopping adventures, from being rescued off El Capitan to leading a group of bumbling cadets across a glacier. It is her laughter-filled memoir of friendships with women in that masculine world. Most moving, this is the story of her struggle to make her own way in the mountains and in life. To lead, not follow. (from Counterpoint Press website)

Contents: First climb -- On the rocks -- Lion's layback -- The rescue -- Speed ruts -- Learning to roll -- Bugaboo -- World's toughest milkman -- Fragile ice -- We're gathered here today -- Aberdeen -- Show no fear -- Climbing girlfriend -- The final last straw -- The memo -- In the arms of a mountain -- The underwear drawer -- Teetering on the edge -- Pink wedding dress -- The waiting -- Miracles -- Into the shadows -- Back on the sharp end -- Yodel village -- You lead, I'll follow -- Carsick -- Die young, stay pretty -- Grant's lunch -- Fractured -- Playing dead -- Mama spiders -- Remember the lilac -- Power surge -- Leaving Chaba -- Only four years -- One little "non" -- Second chances.

ISBN: 9780345812315

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: G512 E53 R43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Counterpoint Press website

Websites

https://www.counterpointpress.com/dd-product/end-of-the-rope/

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

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Douglas, Ed

Publisher: Sheffield, England : Vertbrate Publishing

Call Number: G510 D68 M34

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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

https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/books/categories/biographies/the-magicians-glass.html

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