topic:"mountaineering" found 3 records - Research Collections

Abstract: Is an inspiring book of photographs, stories and drawings describing The Finest Climbs on the 4000m Peaks of the Alps (from Ben Tibbetts website)

Contents: Introduction; Practicalities; Endnotes; Bernina Alps; Bernese Alps; Pennine Alps; Mont Blanc Massif; Gran Paradiso; Ecrins

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Image; Photographs, drawings and text by Ben Tibbetts

ISBN: 9781916123106

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://www.bentibbetts.com/alpenglow/

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Les conquerants de l'inutile : des Alpes a l'Annapurna

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

Published Date: 1961

Author: Terray, Lionel

Publisher: France : Gallimard

Edition: 1st

Call Number: G512 T47 L47

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Author: Terray, Lionel

Responsibility: Lionel Terray

Edition: 1st

Publisher: France : Gallimard

Published Date: 1961

Physical Description: 560 p. ; 88 illus. ; maps

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Terray, Lionel; Biography; Alps; Eiger; Himalaya Mountains

Abstract: "All these faces that appear in close-up in the news or in the press are also men. The name of Lionel Terray, one of the most famous living mountaineers, comes back periodically in conversations, because he participated in a rescue or because he helped to conquer a great world summit like Annapurna or the Makalu. In The Conquerors of the Useless , it is the whole mountain and its secrets that it reveals to us without emphasis and especially without pretension. We see how a little boy can already sense his vocation and soon to live only for the mountain; how this passion led him from the Alps to the Himalayas, from Canada to Peru. Each story of his prodigious ascensions will fascinate those who know the mountain only through the cable car. Indeed, this book that Lionel Terray wrote entirely himself using notes and stories in which he fixed his memories throughout his career, was written for them. The Conquerors of the Useless is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the heroic fate of the last survivors of the Knights race. " (from publisher's website)

Contents: Decouverte de la montagne; Premieres conquetes; La guerre des Alpes; Je rencontre Lachenal; La face nord de l'Eiger; Guide de grandes courses; L'Annapurna; Sur les sommets du monde

Notes: EVE-DELACROIX PRIZE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY 1962; French edition signed by Lionel Terray; Newsclipping tucked inside entitled "La mort de Lionel Terray a stufefie les membres du Ski Club"

ISBN: 2070262146

Accession Number: AC636

Call Number: G512 T47 L47

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Publication information on publisher's website

Websites

http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Hors-serie-Connaissance/Les-Conquerants-de-l-inutile

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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

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

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

Websites

https://americanalpineclub.myshopify.com/products/a-tale-of-two-passes-an-inquiry-into-certain-alpine-literature

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