topic:"climbing" found 6 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Contents: Southwest wall of Donald Cameron Hall; The spectrum traverse; Book & Art Den; Cascade Tavern; Bud depot; King Edward Hotel; Credit Union; Liquor Store; Banff Park Lodge; Post Office; Bridge on Banff Avenue; Banff Springs Hotel; Notes; About the climber

Notes: First Limited edition Banff, Alberta 1978; Second edition, Edmonton, Alberta 2020

Accession Number: 2021.08

Call Number: 02.8 Sc1t

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Crack climbing : the definitive guide

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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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CWM Idwal group

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

Published Date: 1940

Author: Edwards, J.M.

Publisher: The Climber's Club

Edition: 2nd revised ed.

Call Number: DA667 C55 1940 I

Author: Edwards, J.M.

Edition: 2nd revised ed.

Publisher: The Climber's Club

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: 145 pages, ill.

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

Series: Volume 1 of the Climbers' Club guidebooks series

Subjects: Rock climbing; Guidebooks; Wales

Call Number: DA667 C55 1940 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Great Gable Green Gable Kirkfell Yewbarrow Buckbarrow

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

Published Date: 1948

Author: Astley-Cooper, C.J.

Publisher: Lake District : Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Edition: 3rd ed.

Call Number: DA667 F45 1948 I

Author: Astley-Cooper, C.J.

Responsibility: C.J. Astley-Cooper, W. Peascod, and A.P. Rossiter, ed H.M. Kelly, illustrations by W. Heaton Cooper

Edition: 3rd ed.

Publisher: Lake District : Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Published Date: 1948

Physical Description: 127 pages, ill.

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

Series: Volume 1 in Fell and Rock Climbing Club's third series of climbing guides

Subjects: Rock climbing; England; Guidebooks

Notes: Front cover is labelled "Second Series" but is actually 3rd series of climbing guides by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club. See paper "A History of Lake District Climbing Guidebooks" by Stephen Reid.

Call Number: DA667 F45 1948 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Mountain Memories - Original

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Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 typed accounts and recollections by Aileen Harmon of her life, work and travel experiences in the 1930's and 1940's. Content pertains to her early career with Parks Canada, trips throughout the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and personal memories with friends and colleagues.

Date Range: 1929; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1931; 1938

Reference Code: M287 / I / 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M287 / V262

Series: M287 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M287

Accession Number: 2016.8596

Reference Code: M287 / I / 9

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Responsibility: Produced by Aileen Harmon

Date Range: 1929; [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]; 1931; 1938

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 typed accounts and recollections by Aileen Harmon of her life, work and travel experiences in the 1930's and 1940's. Content pertains to her early career with Parks Canada, trips throughout the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and personal memories with friends and colleagues.

Notes: Documents may have been used as notes/drafts of published material.; Dates provided for textual records are based on dates given in personal accounts. Date of production of physical notes unknown, but possibly between 1975 - 1990 [estimate by Processing Archivist based on similar documents in fonds]