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Ski Racers

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Artist: Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)

Date: 1955 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DoW.02.07

Description: Image is of multiple skiers standing around and watching one skier come racing down the hill on the left to the middle of the screen. There is a couple on the far right and far left standing, watching. The mountains in the background are covered with snow. The ski racer is wearing blue pants and…

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Artist: Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)

Title: Ski Racers

Date: 1955 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 66.5 x 265 cm

Description: Image is of multiple skiers standing around and watching one skier come racing down the hill on the left to the middle of the screen. There is a couple on the far right and far left standing, watching. The mountains in the background are covered with snow. The ski racer is wearing blue pants and a reddish top with sunglasses.Artist signature: “Wadym D” at bottom right.cascade hotel mural

Subject: ski racing; ski racer; snow; mountain; cascade hotel mural

Credit: Gift of Leo Wedro, Calgary, 1990

Catalogue Number: DoW.02.07

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Mountaineering : essays on safety and technique

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

Published Date: 1959

Author: Fisher, David R

Publisher: Chicago : s.n

Call Number: G510 A1 F581

Author: Fisher, David R

Publisher: Chicago : s.n

Published Date: 1959

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

Subjects: Snow

Call Number: G510 A1 F581

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

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

Published Date: 1960

Author: The Mountaineers, Seattle

Publisher: Seattle : The Mountaineers

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: 01 M86 1963

Author: The Mountaineers, Seattle

Responsibility: planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers; Harvey Manning, chairman of editors; editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others; illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Seattle : The Mountaineers

Published Date: 1960

Physical Description: x, 430p. : ill

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Manuals; Equipment; Camping; Travel; Rock climbing; Snow; Ice; Ice climbing; First aid; Geology

Abstract: Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee

Contents: Preface; Part One - Approaching the Peaks; Equipment; Camping and Sleeping; Alpine Cuisine; Wilderness Travel; Navigation in the Hills; Part Two - Rock Climbing; Routefinding on Rock; Balance; Counterforce; Roped Climbing; Belaying; Pitoncraft and Rappels; Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing; Snow; Ice; Glaciers; Arrests and Belays; Part Four - Safe Climbing; The Climbing Party and its Leadership; Climbing Dangers; First Aid; Alpine Rescue; Part Five - The Climbing Environment; Mountain Geology; The Cycle of Snow; Mountain Weather; Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers