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The day the rope broke : the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue665
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1965
Author
Clark, Ronald William
Publisher
New York : Harcourt, Brace & World
Edition
1st American ed
Call Number
DQ841 M4 C53
Author
Clark, Ronald William
Edition
1st American ed
Publisher
New York : Harcourt, Brace & World
Published Date
1965
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Whymper, Edward
Call Number
DQ841 M4 C53
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Fall of heaven : Whymper's tragic Matterhorn climb

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25031
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Messner, Reinhold (author)
Bierling, Billi (translator)
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
G512 F35 M47
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Author
Messner, Reinhold (author)
Bierling, Billi (translator)
Publisher
Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
206 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Whymper, Edward
Biography
Matterhorn
Abstract
As Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhorn—one of the most famous and iconic peaks in the Alps. Is it the “Devil’s mountain,” as the locals call it? Should he heed the village priest who warned that its summit was not meant to be climbed? Carrel is undeterred, he just needs capable climbers to join him. Enter Edward Whymper, who in 1861 at the age of 21 decided—unbeknownst to Carrel—that he would be the first to climb the Matterhorn. So the storyline is set, except that where Carrel is captivating, Whymper is utterly unsympathetic as an adventurer. He is mean and disdainful of guides, describing them as little more than porters who eat and drink too much. Despite this attitude, Whymper’s quest leads him inexorably into partnership with Carrel. The story follows their many attempts to find a route to the top of the Matterhorn, but then fate pulls them apart just as Whymper finds the line. His successful summit on July 14, 1865, in which Carrel did not take part, shocked the Victorian world with both awe and revulsion as four members of Whymper’s party died in frightening falls. Famed climber and author Reinhold Messner acknowledges that Whymper was the first man to summit the Matterhorn, the last of the great Alpine peaks to be climbed and representing the beginning of an age of alpinism based on difficulty rather than conquest. But rather than leaving a hero’s legacy, Whymper is revealed as the Captain Ahab of alpinism, a team leader who accepted no responsibility for the deaths of his teammates. Fall of Heaven is an exciting tale and an examination of the different types of men who were caught up in the adventuring spirit of the Victorian age, and the ironic fates that can follow success or failure. (from Mountaineers Books website)
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019
ISBN
9781680510850
Accession Number
AC638
Call Number
G512 F35 M47
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Summary on Mountaineers Books website
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First ascent of the Matterhorn

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue167
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1947
Author
Allen, Frederick Lewis
Publisher
New York : Life
Call Number
DQ841 M4 A4 Pam Oversize C
Author
Allen, Frederick Lewis
Publisher
New York : Life
Published Date
1947
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Whymper, Edward
Notes
In Life magazine, vol.23, no.6, August 11, 1947
Call Number
DQ841 M4 A4 Pam Oversize C
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Whymper : le fou du Cervin

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1986
Author
Chamson, Max
Publisher
Paris : Perrin
Call Number
G512 W48 C4
Author
Chamson, Max
Publisher
Paris : Perrin
Published Date
1986
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Whymper, Edward
Call Number
G512 W48 C4
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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