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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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Honouring high places : the mountain life of Junko Tabei

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Tabei, Junko; Rolfe, Helen Y.

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: G512 T33 H66

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Author: Tabei, Junko; Rolfe, Helen Y.

Responsibility: Junko Tabei and Helen Y. Rolfe, translated by Yumiko Hiraki and Rieko Holtved

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 376 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers Women; Mountaineers, Japanese; Biography

Abstract: "A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits. Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei's stirring life that she considered important, inspiring and interesting to mountaineering culture. Until now, her works have been available only in Japanese, and RMB is honoured to be sharing these profound and moving stories with the English-speaking world for the first time. The collection opens on Mount Everest, where the first all-women's expedition is met with disaster but pushes on against all odds. The story then shifts to the early years of Tabei's life and reflects on her countryside childhood as a frail girl with no talent for sport, and cultural expectations that ignored her passion for mountains. With reminiscences of the early days of female climbers on Everest, the deaths of fellow mountaineers, Tabei's pursuit of Mount Tomur, a cancer diagnosis, and efforts to restore a love for nature in the surviving youth of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, this beautifully curated collection of essays captures the essence of a notable time and the strength of character of one of the 20th and 21st centuries' female mountaineering pioneers."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Author's note; Introduction by Setsuko Kitamura; Chapter 1 - avalanche!; Chapter 2 - the meaning of mountains; Chapter 3 - Annapurna III; Chapter 4 - Mount Everest; Chapter 5 - to the top ofthe world; Chapter 6 - the route; Chapter 7 - finalists; Chapter 8 - South Col; Chapter 9 - the summit; Chapter 10 - endgame; Chapter 11 - women on Everest; Chapter 12 - Mount Tombur, Pobeda Peak; Chapter 13 - Aconcagua; Chapter 14 - Carstensz Pyramid; Chapter 15 - mountains of later life; About Junko by Masanobu Tabei; A son's tribute by Shinya Tabei; Beyond mountains by Setsuko Kitamura; Life chronology; Glossary; Acknowledgements; References; Index

Notes: Winner of the Mountaineering History category at the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards

ISBN: 9780771602167

Accession Number: AC634

Call Number: G512 T33 H66

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards website

Websites

https://www.banffcentre.ca/2018-banff-mountain-book-competition-awards

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Our trip around the world

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

Published Date: 2020

Author: Belczyk, Renate

Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Call Number: 02 B41o

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Author: Belczyk, Renate

Responsibility: Renate Belczyk

Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

Published Date: 2020

Physical Description: 208 pages

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

Subjects: Travel; Women; Biography

Abstract: A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)

Contents: Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel

ISBN: 9781771603775

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 02 B41o

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Publisher's website

Websites

https://rmbooks.com/book/our-trip-around-the-world/

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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir

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

Published Date: 2019

Author: Wood, Sharon

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Edition: 1st

Call Number: 01.1 W85r

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Author: Wood, Sharon

Edition: 1st

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Women; Everest, Mount

Abstract: In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)

Contents: Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)

ISBN: 9781771622257

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 01.1 W85r

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website

Websites

http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/book/rising

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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25043

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

Published Date: 2019

Author: Wood, Sharon

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Edition: 1st

Call Number: G512 R57 W66

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Author: Wood, Sharon

Edition: 1st

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Women; Everest, Mount

Abstract: In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)

Contents: Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)

ISBN: 9781771622257

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: G512 R57 W66

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website

Websites

http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/book/rising

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