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Drawing from the mountain : an illustrated journey
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Perry, Lorne
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 06.1 P41d
- Author
- Perry, Lorne
- Responsibility
- Lorne Perry
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 141 p. : ill., ports.
- Subjects
- Art
- Trees
- Flora
- Flowers
- Geology
- Wildlife
- Mountaineering
- Equipment
- Biography
- Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Photography
- Wilderness
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to art created by Lorne Perry during
- Contents
- Prologue
- Beginning with trees
- The limstone triangle
- A fine kind of madness
- "Real good" stories
- Lords of the dance
- The power of one
- Flesh and blood
- The gift
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Signed by Lorne Perry
- ISBN
- 9781894765817
- Accession Number
- 2019.110
- Call Number
- 06.1 P41d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Life and limb : a true story of tragedy and survival against the odds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25738
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Andrew, Jamie
- Publisher
- London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited
- Call Number
- 01.2 An2l
- Author
- Andrew, Jamie
- Publisher
- London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 306 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Accidents
- Survival
- Abstract
- The weather looked perfect when Jamie Andrew and his closest friend, Jamie Fisher set off to climb the formidable North Face of Les Droites in the French Alps in 1999. But a sudden and ferocious storm hit them 10,000 feet up the mountain. They were trapped on a narrow ridge in temperatures of -30C, battered by winds so strong the rescue helicopters could not reach them. After five nightmarish nights doggedly clinging to life, Jamie Andrew was finally rescued; but his friend Jamie Fisher had died beside him on the last night. -- From inside cover
- ISBN
- 0749950072
- Accession Number
- P2023.19
- Call Number
- 01.2 An2l
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On thin ice : alpine climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25740
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Publisher
- London : Baton Works Publications
- Call Number
- 01 F83o
- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Responsibility
- Foreword by Chris Bonington
- Publisher
- London : Baton Works Publications
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 223 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Climbing
- Travel
- Sports
- Abstract
- Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, follows Vertical Pleasure (Hodder, 1995). Here the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990. Despite work and family commitments he has maintained a regular series of 'big trips' to challending objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes. -- From inside cover
- ISBN
- 1898573581
- Accession Number
- P2023.19
- Call Number
- 01 F83o
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Lake Louise : a diamond in the wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6142
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Whyte, Jon
- Publisher
- Banff : Altitude
- Call Number
- 08.3 L14w
- Author
- Whyte, Jon
- Responsibility
- text by Jon Whyte
- photographs compiled and edited by Carole Harmon
- Publisher
- Banff : Altitude
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 128p. : ill., ports., facsim
- Subjects
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Mountaineering
- ISBN
- 0-919381-06-5
- Accession Number
- 3544
- 16000
- 7504
- Call Number
- 08.3 L14w
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- Archives Library
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Quest for adventure
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20157
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
- Author
- Bonington, Chris
- Responsibility
- Chris Bonington
- Publisher
- New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 448 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color)
- Subjects
- Travel
- History
- Sailing
- Mountaineering
- Hiking
- Abstract
- Pertains to the travels of Thor Heyerdahl, John Ridgeway, Chay Blyth, John Fairfax, Sylvia Cook, Francis Chichester, Robin Knox-Johnston, David Lewis, Wilfred Thesiger, John Blashford-Snell, Mike Jones, Maurice Herzog, John Hunt, Herbert Tichy, Walter Bonatti, Hermann Buhl, Reinhold Messner, Vivian Fuchs, Edmund Hillary, Wally Herbert, Naomie Uemura, Max Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Neil Armstrong, Geoff Yeadon, Oliver Statham
- Contents
- Introduction
- Oceans:
- 1) Kon-tiki
- 2) Rowing the Atlantic
- 3) Across Two Oceans
- 4) The Man Who Raced Himself
- 5) Golden Globe
- 6) Ice Bird
- Deserts:
- 7) The Empty Quarter
- Rivers:
- 8) The Blue Nile
- Mountains:
- 9) Annapurna, the First 1800
- 10) The Challenge of Everest
- 11) Cho Oyu
- 12) The Bonatti Pillar
- 13) Board Peak
- 14) Annapurna, South Face
- 15) Diamir - Messner on Nanga Parbat
- The Poles:
- 16) The Crossing of Antarctica
- 17) The Last Great Polar Journey
- 18) Solo to the Pole
- Air:
- 19) Double Eagle
- Space:
- 20) First on the Moon
- Beneath the Earth:
- 21) Dead Man's Handshake
- Facets of Adventure
- A Chronology of Adventure since 1945
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Notes
- Addressed to Hans Gmoser from Philippe Delesalle - dated 1983
- ISBN
- 0517546965
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 02.1 B64q
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- Archives Library
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A tale of two passes : an inquiry into certain alpine literature
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
- Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
- Call Number
- 08 P98 T14
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- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- William L. Putnam
- Publisher
- Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
- Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- i, 219 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Alps, Italian
- History
- Passes
- Literature
- Abstract
- Written by AAC Honorary President William L Putnam, "this text is devoted to that pair of passes: the Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard. Both of these mountain crossings appear to have been known and used from pre-Roman times. Both were prominently and frequently used by the Romans inestablishing and maintaining their empire; both were long adorned with hospice/shelters near their crests; and both have been by-passed by modern tunnels but are still crossed by paved highways. Despite these similiarites, their historic prominence derives from distinctly different events and factors. Herein lies the histories of these passes and stories of many travelers amongst the Alps - told as much as possible in their own words." ( from book jacket)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I:
- Chapter I : Early Alpine Passages
- Chapter II : The Terrain
- Part II:
- Chapter III : Hannibal's Crossing
- Chater IV : The Argument
- Chapter V : The Railway
- Part III:
- Chater VI : The Other Route of the Ancients
- Chapter VII : Hazards of the Mountain
- Chapter VIII : The Great Saint Bernard in Later Literature
- Chapter IX : The Early Alpinists
- Chapter X : The Largest Crossing
- Chapter XI : Popes and Passes
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Margaret Gmoser - dated October 19th, 2008
- ISBN
- 1-891824-66-X
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 08 P98 T14
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Book available through The American Alpine Club
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The Great Glacier and its house : the story of the first center of alpinism in North America, 1885-1925
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
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- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- Willaim Lowell Putnam
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 23 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
- Subjects
- Glacier House
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Selkirk Mountains
- Railway routes
- Railway stations
- Railways
- Tourism
- Mountaineering
- American Alpine Club
- History
- Abstract
- he hotel is gone and the passenger trains, now rarely on time, go by only once daily. The Great Glacier has all but vanished. The motor traffic on the fast, modern highway sweeps past in ignorance that this deep, half-forgotten, Illecillewaet valley of the Selkirk Mountains, with its dark forests and glittering summits, was the cradle of professional North American mountaineering and, for several decades, the principal Canadian attraction for climbers from three continents. Surely the time has long since passed for someone to tell the story of the early days when geologists, scientists, alpinists, guides, tourists and more than a few of our continent’s empire builders stopped in Glacier, British Columbia to explore, study, climb, earn a modest living, admire the scenery or just rest from their labors. It is most appropriate that William L. Putnam, one of America’s outstanding experts on the Selkirks, should have undertaken the task of writing a history of the area. It is even more appropriate that this history should have been published by The American Alpine Club, whose first president, Professor Charles E. Fay, spent many sunny days over several seasons scaling the region’s unclimbed summits and, as we learn from the text, many rainy weeks in the Old Glacier House where at idle moments he amused himself by analyzing the comments in the hotel’s guest register. The author has labored hard and gone to great lengths to obtain original source material and to check facts. As might be expected, his story begins with the construction of the Canadian Pacific track through Roger’s Pass; without it, the central Selkirks and the outstanding Matterhorn-like crest of Mount Sir Donald would no doubt still be little known and less visited. The absence of dining cars on the early transcontinental express trains, plus the superb view of what was then the awesome Illecillewaet Glacier, led to the building of a small restaurant-hotel by the track some five miles west of the pass. In time that hotel grew to become the Canadian Pacific’s western show-piece. Tourists, scientists, mountaineers and guides arrived in growing numbers. The peaks were measured and climbed, trails were built, caves explored and an electric generator was constructed to light the premises. A pet bear was even provided on the grounds for the entertainment of guests. Then, slowly, the Great Glacier retreated, the railroad was modernized and rerouted through a five-mile tunnel some distance from the hotel, tourists and climbers alike went off to war on the battlefields of France, and the Canadian Pacific shifted its emphasis to its latter-day attraction at Lake Louise in the nearby Rockies. The old hotel was closed, then torn down, and the valley and its glacier almost forgotten. Such is the skeleton of Putnam’s story. But it is far more. Putnam has labored industriously. He has unearthed, and quoted at length, the original on-the-spot observations of the early visitors in the decades between 1890 and 1920. He has recovered ancient photographs, many excellent, to illustrate the stories and anecdotes he recounts. Thanks to his labor of love, those of us who are familiar only with modern mountaineering now have the opportunity to learn what climbing was like in the good old days around the turn of the century. Despite its deceptive scrapbook style, the work is scholarly. It is also highly nostalgic. The author is at his best with the history of the early climbing. One wishes he had personally said more and quoted less—but, then, many of the quotations are memorable. He might also have omitted, or at least modified, the chapter on distant Mount Sir Sandford, for its story, while essential in any broad account of Selkirk climbing, belongs elsewhere and shifts the focus away from the House and the Glacier at the very moment when the reader has become engrossed in both. But these, however, are minor flaws, overshadowed by good research, an entertaining style, excellent history and magnificent illustrations. Samuel H. Goodhue (from American Alpine Club)
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Railroad Track
- The House
- The Tourists
- First Climbers
- Men of Science
- Alpina Americana
- Britannic Majesty
- Canadians at Last
- Some of the Best
- The Last Big Mountain
- The Rest is Silence
- Appendices
- A: The Guides
- B: Place Names in the Central Selkirks
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0930410130
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
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- Archives Library
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- Link to book review on American Alpine Club website
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Alpine huts in the Rockies, Selkirks and Purcells...
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Kariel, Herbert G.
- Kariel, Pat
- Publisher
- Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 06.5 K11a
- Author
- Kariel, Herbert G.
- Kariel, Pat
- Responsibility
- by Herbert G. Kariel and Patricia E. Kariel
- Publisher
- Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 183p. : ill., maps, plans, ports
- Abstract
- Pertains to alpine huts in the Rocky Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, and Purcell Mountains - includes photographs, history, and other details.
- Contents
- Prologue
- Rocky Mountains:
- Lake Louise-Yoho Area:
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Elizabeth Parker Hut
- Fay Hut
- Stanley Mitchell Hut
- Halfway/Ptarmigan Hut
- Graham Cooper Hut
- Neil Colgan Hut
- Castle Mountain Hut
- Wapta Icefield Area:
- Balfour Hut
- Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut / Petyto Hut
- Bow Hut
- Banff-Jasper National Park Boundary Areas:
- Saskatchewan Glacier Hut
- Athabasca Glacier Hut
- Lloyd MacKay / Mount Freshfield Hut
- Mount Alberta Hut
- Jasper Area:
- Pocahontas / Disaster Point Hut
- Wates-Gibson-Memorial Hut
- Ralph Forster / Mount Robson Hut
- Mount Colin Centennial Hut
- Fryatt Creek / Sydney Vallance Hut
- Lawrence Grassi / Mount Clemenceau Hut
- Shangri-La and Watchtower Cabins
- Fortress Lake Cabin
- Mount Assiniboine Area:
- Naiset Cabins
- Robin C. Hind / Mount Assiniboine Hut
- Surprise Creek Cabin
- Police Meadows Cabin
- Mitchell River Cabin
- Bryant Creek and Egypt Lake Shelters
- Other Huts in the Rockies:
- CMC Valley / Archie Simpson Hut
- Elk Lake Cabin
- Fish Lake Cabin
- Selkirk Mountains:
- Rogers Pass Area:
- Hermit Hut
- Glacier Circle Hut
- Arthur O. Wheeler Hut
- Sapphine Col Hut
- Balu Pass Hut
- Eva Lake Shelter
- Northern Selkirks:
- Fairy Meadow Hut
- Sir Sandford / Great Cairn Hut
- Kokanee Glacier Area:
- Slocan Chief Cabin
- Silver Spray Cabin
- Woodbury Glacier Cabin
- Enterprise Hut
- Valhalla Ranges:
- Mulvey Basin Hut
- Gwillim Creek Cabin
- Evans Lake Cabin
- Cove Creek Cabin
- Cahill Lake and Beatrice Lake Cabins
- Nemo Creek Cabin
- Sharp Creek Cabins
- Wee Sandy Cabins
- Wragge Creek Cabin
- Other Huts in the Selkirks:
- Echo Basin and Ripple Ridge Cabins
- Purcell Mountains:
- Bugaboo Area:
- Conrad Kain Hut
- Vowell / Mallory Igloo
- McMurdo Creek Cabin
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Index
- ISBN
- 0-920330-18-5
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 06.5 K11a
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Winter mountain leadership : notes from a Canadian conference held during the weekend of December 7, 8, 1985 at the Chateau Lake Louise
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [1985 or 1986]
- Call Number
- 02.7 W73
- Responsibility
- a joint presentation by the Alpine Club of Canada and the Calgary Area Outdoor Council
- Published Date
- [1985 or 1986]
- Physical Description
- xii, 339p. : ill., ports., facsim
- Subjects
- Avalanches
- Mountaineering
- Search and rescue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- ISBN
- 0-920330-21-5
- Accession Number
- 18500
- Call Number
- 02.7 W73
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Westworld Alberta
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edmonton : AMA
- Call Number
- 02.6 W52n Pam
- Publisher
- Edmonton : AMA
- Published Date
- 2003
- Series
- Vol. 29, No. 5
- Notes
- Partial contents: Putting Mount Davidson on the map / Lisa Ricciotti. -- p.10-11:ill; Mid-life shakedown / Anthony B. Davis. - p.18-21 : ill; The spearhead's col of the wild / Kevin Brooker, photography by Chris Joseph. -- p.38-45 : ill
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- 02.6 W52n Pam
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