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Alpine rising : Sherpas, Baltis, and the triumph of local climbers in the great ranges

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2024
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
01.1 M14a
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2024
Physical Description
269 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Climbing
Himalaya Mountains
Sherpa
Sherpa-history
Nepal
Abstract
The story of the often unheralded and unrecognized stars of climbing in the Himalaya and the Karakoram: the local inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Pakistan, Tibet, India, and Nepal who have been support staff--porters, cooks, sirdars, and unacknowledged guides--for Western climbers for generations. ALPINE RISING focuses on the experiences and accomplishments of these Sherpas, Baltis, Ladakhis, Hunzas, Astoris, Magars, Bhotias, Rais, and Gurangs. Highlighted climbers range from Raghubir Thapa and Goman Singh who climbed with Albert Mummery in 1895, Ang Tharkay who climbed with Eric Shipton and Maurice Herzog, and Tenzing Norgay who, along with Edmund Hillary, was the first to summit Everest, to today's superstars, Ali Sadpara, Mingma G, Kama Rita, and others -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9781680515787
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
01.1 M14a
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
[Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01.2 M14a
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
[Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Slovenia
Mountaineering
Notes
Winner of Banff Mountain Book Competition Mountaineering History Award in 2015.
ISBN
9781771601092
Accession Number
2016.8602
Call Number
01.2 M14a
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
[Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
G512 M16
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
[Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Slovenia
Mountaineering
Notes
Winner of Banff Mountain Book Competition Mountaineering History Award in 2015.
ISBN
9781771601092
Accession Number
AC609
AC616 copy 2 transferred to ARC Library
Call Number
G512 M16
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
G512 M16 A78
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Responsibility
Bernadette McDonald
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountaineers, Polish
Biography
Abstract
"A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction
Rock Animal
Alpinist in Training
Hindu Kush - Unleashed
Troll Wall
Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
Hungry for Hunger
Dancing in the Moment
Enfant Terrible
Line against the Sky
The Shining Wall
Fork in the Road
Trango Tower
Night Naked
Dance of the Underclings
Chinese Maharaja
Metaphysical Think Tank
The Crux
Chronology of Selected Climbs
Acknowledgements
Notes
Sources
Index
ISBN
9781771602129
Accession Number
AC634
Call Number
G512 M16 A78
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art of Freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01 Mc14a
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Responsibility
Bernadette McDonald
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountaineers, Polish
Biography
Abstract
"A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction
Rock Animal
Alpinist in Training
Hindu Kush - Unleashed
Troll Wall
Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty
Hungry for Hunger
Dancing in the Moment
Enfant Terrible
Line against the Sky
The Shining Wall
Fork in the Road
Trango Tower
Night Naked
Dance of the Underclings
Chinese Maharaja
Metaphysical Think Tank
The Crux
Chronology of Selected Climbs
Acknowledgements
Notes
Sources
Index
ISBN
9781771602129
Accession Number
2019.11
Call Number
01 Mc14a
Collection
Archives Library
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Brotherhood of the rope : the biography of Charles Houston

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15202
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2007
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers Books
Call Number
01 H81b M14
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Responsibility
Bernadette McDonald
Publisher
Seattle : The Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2007
Physical Description
250p. : ill. , map + 1 DVD
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Medicine
ISBN
978-1-59485-067-7
Accession Number
2016.8602
Call Number
01 H81b M14
Collection
Archives Library
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Climbs and exploration in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Stutfield, Hugh Edward Millington
Publisher
Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books,
Edition
1st Rocky Mountain Books ed.
Call Number
02.6 St9 2008
Author
Stutfield, Hugh Edward Millington
Responsibility
Hugh E.M. Stutfield and J. Norman Collie ; foreword by Gillean Duffern
Edition
1st Rocky Mountain Books ed.
Publisher
Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books,
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
xiii, 190 pages ; 22 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Mountain classics collection ; 4
Subjects
Brown Mount
Columbia Icefield
Hooker Mount
Mountaineering
ISBN
9781897522066
Accession Number
P2015-03-31
Call Number
02.6 St9 2008
Collection
Archives Library
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Climbs and exploration in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1998
Author
Stutfield, Hugh Edward Millington
Publisher
Calgary : Aquila Books
Call Number
02.6 St9 1998
Author
Stutfield, Hugh Edward Millington
Responsibility
by Hugh E. M. Stutfield and J. Norman Collie
introduction by Robert Sandford
Publisher
Calgary : Aquila Books
Published Date
1998
Physical Description
[8], 343 p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Canadian Mountaineering Classics #1
Subjects
Brown Mount
Columbia Icefield
Hooker Mount
Mountaineering
Notes
Facsimile reprint of: London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1903
Includes index
Folded map glued to end paper
ISBN
0-9683820-0-2
Accession Number
9-23-98 31,000 & 8227 deaccessioned
Call Number
02.6 St9 1998
Collection
Archives Library
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Climbs and explorations in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1903
Author
Stutfield, Hugh Edward Millington
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Call Number
02.6 St9
Author
Stutfield, Hugh Edward Millington
Responsibility
by Hugh E.M. Stutfield and J. Norman Collie
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Published Date
1903
Physical Description
xii, 342p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Columbia Icefield
Mountaineering
Notes
Index
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.6 St9
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
London : Hutchison
Call Number
G512 M16 H86
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
London : Hutchison
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
xiv, 258 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
Slovenia
Nanga Parbat
ISBN
9780091795481
Call Number
G512 M16 H86
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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