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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)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Websites
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Stories of ice : adventure, commerce and creativity on Canada's glaciers

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25254
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Edition
First
Call Number
03.4 M36s
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Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), color map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ice
Ice climbing
Glaciers
Hydrology
Abstract
With the state of global ice constantly in the news, one mountain journalist examines Canadian glaciers to uncover their secrets and their future. From a mother/daughter duo who spent five months skiing across icefields from Vancouver to Alaska, to scientists discovering biofilms deep inside glacier caverns, to protesters camping for weeks to protect their beloved local glacier, western Canada's glaciers are dynamic, enigmatic, exquisitely beautiful, sometimes dangerous environments where people play, work, run businesses, explore, and create art every single day. Author Lynn Martel is one of them. With gorgeous images by some of the country's best outdoor photographers, Stories of Ice shares the excitement, the mystery, and the wonder of Canada's glaciers and poses questions about their future. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Photographers
Prologue
Born to meld
Adventure on ice
Commerce from ice
Study of ice
Inspiration in ice
Spiritual ice
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
ISBN
9781771603898
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.4 M36s
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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Up, at work - Chris Perry deson't mind that you've never heard of him, but you should. Geoff Powter profiles one of the Rockies' most prolific routebuilders and discovers what motivates him to set the path for others to follow

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25148
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Powter, Geoff
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
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Author
Powter, Geoff
Responsibility
Geoff Powter
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.80 - 85
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Rock climbing
Abstract
Pertains to routes built by Chris Perry
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
Websites
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