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Austen, Peter Rocky Horrors, Frozen Smiles : A Mountaineer at the End of His Rope
Surrey, BC, Canada Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited 2000 1894384121 / 9781894384124 Trade Paperback New
Avalanches, lightning on mountaintops, high-altitude diseases, grizzly bears, the unpredictability of people under extreme stress, hypo-thermia, and even exploding volcanoes-these are Peter's 'Rocky Horrors.' This book contains refreshingly unconventional stories combining climbing with travel, culture, and adventure. Here the journey is at least as important as the objective. The characters range from the anally retentive to the hilarious. Peter Austen has adventured in 60 countries over 40 years and returned intact from many famous peaks including Everest in Nepal, Mount Communism in Russia, Mont Blanc in France, Mount Robson in Canada, the Cascades of Washington State, and Alpamayo in Peru. He reveals the sometimes unavoidable and very human errors that occur, and writes of his mishaps and amusements in a style that makes for fascinating reading. Peter Austen's writing is for armchair mountaineers and serious climbers alike. This is his second book, following Everest Canada: The Climb for Hope.
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Bechtel, Steve Cirque of the Towers & Deep Lake : A Select Guide to the Wind Rivers' Best Rock Climbing
Livingston, MT, USA First Ascent Press 2008 1933009160 / 978-1933009-162 First Edition Soft Cover New
144 pages, 5.5" x 7.5", rounded corners, Full color. 75 photographs, 7 maps. Color coded navigation for each peak. Bonus information on many additional routes including the legendary Cirque Traverse. Volume 2 : Cowboy Rock Series of Wyoming Climbing Guides. The most up to date and first full color guide to the best alpine rock climbing in America. Complete descriptions for over 56 routes on 14 peaks with multiple routes at every grade from 4th Class to the latest 5.12 including the famous "50 Classic Climbs" on Pingora and Wolf's Head. Includes world-class photography from Wind River pioneers like Fred Beckey, Joe Kelsey, Chuck Pratt, David Anderson, Ken Driese and Fred Pflughoft. Featuring : Haystack, Steeple Peak, Lost Temple Spire, East Temple Peak, Sundance Pinnacle, Warbonnet, Warrior I & II, Watchtower, Block Tower, Shark's Nose, Overhanging Tower, Wolf's Head, Pingora, Mount Mitchell, The Cirque Traverse.
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27.95 CDN
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Bechtel, Steve Lander Sport Climbs : A Climber's Guide Featuring Wild Iris, Sinks Canyon & More
Livingston, MT, USA First Ascent Press 2007 1933009063 / 978-1933009-063 First Edition Soft Cover New
176 pages, 5.5" x 7.5", rounded corners, dozens of B&W photos with routes drawn, nearly 700 sport climbs up to 5.14b. Volume 1 : Cowboy Rock Series of Wyoming Climbing Guides. Surrounded by miles of weathered, ash-white Bighorn dolomite and Wind River granite, the relaxed mountain town of Lander, WY averages more than 330 comfortable climbing days per year and has become a legendary destination for climbers from around the world. Whether you are seeking out some of the most famous 5.13 and 5.14 climbs in America to finding the classic 9s and 10s, Lander Sport Climbs is your essential guide. Written by one of Wyoming’s leading climbers for over two decades and featuring nearly 700 routes including the Wild Iris, Sinks Canyon, Baldwin Creek, Suicide Point & more.
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Beglinger, Reudi REVELSTOKE ROCK
Squamish, B.C., Canada Elaho Publishing Corporation 2004 0973303522 / 9780973303520 First Edtition Softcover New
A guide to the quartzite rockclimbs near Revelstoke, B.C.; includes 199 routes, some
of the best in Canada.
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Bennett, Jack Not Won in a Day: Climbing Canada's High Points
Calgary, AB, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 1999 0921102704 / 9780921102700 Trade Paperback New
160 pages illustrated with B&W photos. An adventure story and guidebook in one, this is the tale of Jack Bennett's extraordinary effort to become the first person to climb the 50 high points of Canada's provinces and territories. From a fire tower in New Brunswick to a remote mountain in Nunavut, this is a story of hardship, triumph and sheer singlemindedness. Bennett provides accurate and up-to-date information for anyone wishing to follow in his footsteps.
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Bishop, Dwight R.; Tkach, Alek Butte's Climbing Guide, Third Edition : Featuring Whiskey Gulch Bouldering by Alek Tkach
Bozeman, MT, USA First Ascent Press 2005 1933009012 / 978-1933009-018 Third Edition Soft Cover New
192 pages, 5.5" x 7.5", rounded corners, 167 B&W photos with routes drawn, 19 maps/topos, over 325 sport and gear routes (up to 5.13) and 230 boulder problems (up to V11). Published posthumously; Butte's Climbing Guide is a tribute to the author, a Butte native and Montana climbing legend, Dwight Bishop. This is the definitive guide to rock climbing and bouldering of the famous and unique "Boulder Batholith." Spread out across the Continental Divide, the areas covered offer a wealth of climbing opportunities with everything from roadside crags, to the best back country spires in the state, to vast and largely untapped bouldering fields. Long popular with locals from Butte, Missoula, Bozeman and Helena, the Boulder Batholith is scattered near the arteries of Interstate 90 and Interstate 15; offering an easily accessible "stop-over" for road-tripping climbers from Alberta or from across the US headed south to the desert, north to Canada, east to Devil's Tower, or west to the Cascades. Butte's Climbing Guide, 3rd edition features "Whiskey Gulch Bouldering" by Alek Tkach. Long the secret haunt of the hard core Bozeman and Missoula bouldering set, Whiskey has developed into one of America's premier bouldering venues, featuring multiple problems off all grades up to V11 including boulders with short sandy landings to the nastiest highballs you can imagine.
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19.95 CDN
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Boles, Glen Glen Boles: My Mountain Album - Art & Photography of the Canadian Rockies & Columbia Mountains
Calgary, AB, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2006 1894765788 / 9781894765787 First Edition Hard Cover
Artist and photographer Glen Boles has climbed extensively all over North America and in Europe, but his first love is the Canadian Rockies, where he has summited over 450 peaks, often by a difficult new route. Many were first ascents. Over the years Glen has become familiar with all facets of climbing, from expedition climbing to mountain rescue.
Boles' interest in photography and drawing has enriched his mountain experiences and made him well known throughout the North American climbing community. Although his work has appeared in many publications, this is the first book devoted totally to his black-and-white art
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Bridge, Kathryn A Passion for Mountains : The Lives of Don and Phyllis Munday
Surrey, BC, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2006 1-894765-69-9 / 9781894765695 Soft Cover New
Don and Phyllis Munday are western Canada's most famous mountaineering couple. Active members of the Alpine Club of Canada, they climbed for almost four decades throughout the Pacific Northwest as well as in the Selkirks and the Rocky Mountains. The Mundays are chiefly renowned for their tenacity, environmental awareness and scientific contributions in exploring and documenting the little-known Coastal Range, including Mount Waddington (the highest mountain wholly within British Columbia), which they ascended in 1928. Their joint climbs from the 1920s through 1940s included scaling 100-plus mountains; more than 25 were first ascents. Phyllis and Don took thousands of photographs, drew maps and kept careful records of their climbing and exploration adventures. A Passion for Mountains features a broad selection of their photographs and maps, and incorporates Don and Phyllis's own words to describe most of their ascents. Everyone, climbers and non-climbers alike, will enjoy this wonderful lifelong adventure story.
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Calvert, Kathy; Portman, Dale Guardians of the Peaks: Mountain Rescue in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains
Calagary, AB, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2006 189476580X / 9781894765800 First edition Softcover
Mountain rescue in western Canada developed through the Canadian Pacific Railway's use of Swiss guides to enhance the Canadian climbing experience in the early 1900s. These guides brought their knowledge of mountain rescue to the Canadian Rockies...
Following five principal men through the first 50 years of mountain rescue in Canada, Guardians of the Peaks also looks at all aspects of the rescue experience. The story is enhanced by the rescue events themselves, which are solidly juxtaposed between the stories and the political, cultural and technical developments of the time. It is also the story of personal tragedy and the ability of individuals to cope with this stress-laced, demanding occupation.
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34.95 CDN
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Coleman, A. P. (foreword By Chic Scott) The Canadian Rockies : New Trails and Old
Surrey, BC, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2006 1894765761 / 9781894765763 Reprint Soft Cover New
Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country's mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884, before the railway traversed the Rocky and Columbia mountains, Coleman headed west on the first of what would be eight mountaineering expeditions, making his way on foot and pack horse, with Native guides and without, over passes in Alberta and British Columbia. First published in 1911, this new edition gives modern-day readers a glimpse of the early days of mountaineering in the Canadian west. It paints a sympathetic picture of the rugged men and women who opened the region and of the hardships they endured. In his travels he encountered some of the main characters in Canadian mountaineering history, including Mary Schaffer, Joby Beaver, Frank Sibbald, Reverend George Kinney and Adolphus Moberly.
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Dougherty, Sean Selected Alpine Climbs In the Canadian Rockies
Calgary, AB, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2008 0921102143 / 9780921102144 Revised Edition Soft Cover New
320 pages, route-marked photos. With the aid of route-marked photos, the author describes the normal, classic, extreme and descent routes for each peak . Introductory pages are written with the visitor in mind, giving concise directions on how to get from points of entry to the climbing areas, where to pick up supplies, what to expect of the weather, information on Park regulations, huts, equipment, safety and much more.
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Genereux, Andy Ghost Rock: Front Range Rock Climbs Near Calgary (Third Edition)
Calgary, AB, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2003 1894765427 / 9781894765428 Third Edition Soft Cover New
Intended for experienced climbers. Includes photos, maps, topos, 336 pages. This is an expanded guide to sport and multi-pitch rock climbs in the Ghost River and Waiparous River areas of western Alberta. The Ghost is one of the premier rock climbing areas in the Canadian Rockies. Over 35 kilometres of steep cliff line, coupled with its remote and relatively wild nature, make for an unforgettable rock climbing experience.
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Green, Randall; Benson, Joe Bugaboo Rock : A Climbing Guide
Seattle, WA, USA The Mountaineers Books 2003 0898867959 / 9780898867954 Second Softcover New
For novice to master climbers. More than 200 of the best climbing routes with detailed permit information. Sixty-five photographs with 21 route overlays, 61 topos. No group of peaks provides climbers with more variety of exposure, numerous routes, or range of difficulty than the Bugaboos, located in the Purcell wilderness area of British Columbia. A terrific assortment of climbs to the tops of the Bugaboo spires offers unsurpassed magnificence - an encapsulated granite paradise, shut off from the rest of the world by range upon range of outlying peaks.
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Isaac, Sean Mixed Climbs in the Canadian Rockies (Revised Edition)
Calgary, AB, Canada Rocky Mountain Books 2004 0921102968 / 9780921102960 Revised Edition Soft Cover New
The Revised guide to mixed rock and ice climbs in the Canadian Rockies. Sean Isaac describes some of the world’s most challenging routes. Isaac provides route descriptions, topos and maps for approximately 300 climbs ranging from M4- M12; a nice addition to Waterfall Ice by Joe Josephson. Covering Waterton to Jasper, this guide provides essential information for eager climbers looking to push their limits. Sean Isaac is one of Canada’s foremost young alpinists and mixed climbers. He has forged big wall routes up remote and obscure spires in all corners of the globe, including Kyrghyzstan, Peru, Pakistan, Patagonia and the Northwest Territories. Closer to home, Sean has been one of a handful of motivated climbers pushing mixed standards in the Canadian Rockies by taking dry tooling techniques and a new vision to semi-alpine walls.
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