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50 percent of mountaineering is uphill : the life of Canadian mountain rescue pioneer Willi Pfisterer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15361
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pfisterer, Susanna
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Newest Press
- Call Number
- G512 P45 F54
- Author
- Pfisterer, Susanna
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Newest Press
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 310 pages, illustrations
- Subjects
- Austria
- Jasper
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Safety
- ISBN
- 9781926455600
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G512 P45 F54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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8000 metres : climbing the world's highest mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14862
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xii, 189 pages, col. ill., maps
- ISBN
- 9781852845483
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Afghan Quest : the story of their Abinger Afghanistan Expedition, 1960
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue885
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1961
- Author
- Dunsheath, Joyce
- Publisher
- London : George G. Harrop
- Call Number
- DS374 D8
- Author
- Dunsheath, Joyce
- Publisher
- London : George G. Harrop
- Published Date
- 1961
- Subjects
- Hindu Kush Mountains
- Call Number
- DS374 D8
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15365
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G510 P85
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 264 pages, colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Alberta, Mount
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Bugaboos
- Canmore
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Robson, Mount
- Rock climbing
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Yamnuska, Mount
- ISBN
- 9781771601153
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G510 P85
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Climber's guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue795
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Culbert, Dick
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Alpine Club of Canada
- Edition
- 1969 ed
- Call Number
- F1089 C7 C8 1969
- Author
- Culbert, Dick
- Edition
- 1969 ed
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1969
- Subjects
- Coast Mountains
- Guidebooks
- Notes
- Includes maps (stored separately with maps): M-6 Lillooet Icecap area; M-7 Falls and Tchaikazan Rivers region / Dr. Neal Carter; M-8 Chilko Lake -Southwest / Neal M. Carter; M-9 Southgate region based on air photo work by Dr. Neal Carter; M-10 Waddington Range / R. Woodsworth, 1964; M-11 Bella Coola Area / G. Woodsworth; The Howson Range, Hazelton Mountain / G. Woodsworth and Neal M. Carter; Coast Range Section Divisions
- Call Number
- F1089 C7 C8 1969
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Climber's guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia (Int'l border to Nass River)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue794
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965?
- Author
- Culbert, Dick
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- F1089 C7 C8 1965
- Author
- Culbert, Dick
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1965?
- Subjects
- Coast Mountains
- Guidebooks
- Notes
- Includes maps (stored separately with maps): M-6 Lillooet Icecap area; M-7 Falls and Tchaikazan Rivers region / Dr. Neal Carter; M-8 Chilko Lake -Southwest / Neal M. Carter; M-9 Southgate region based on air photo work by Dr. Neal Carter; M-10 Waddington Range / R. Woodsworth, 1964; M-11 Bella Coola Area / G. Woodsworth; The Howson Range, Hazelton Mountain / G. Woodsworth and Neal M. Carter; Coast Range Section Divisions
- Call Number
- F1089 C7 C8 1965
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Les conquerants de l'inutile : des Alpes a l'Annapurna
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1961
- Author
- Terray, Lionel
- Publisher
- France : Gallimard
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- G512 T47 L47
1 website
- Author
- Terray, Lionel
- Responsibility
- Lionel Terray
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- France : Gallimard
- Published Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 560 p. ; 88 illus. ; maps
- 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
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14890
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Responsibility
- Editor : Zac Robinson Translators: John W. Koch and Maria Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Everest : the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14908
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Publisher
- London : Rider
- Call Number
- G512 T83
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Publisher
- London : Rider
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- ISBN
- 9781826043499
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 T83
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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