Author : Kevin Wright
Publisher : Johnson Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,69 MB
Release : 2015-11-15
Category : Mountaineering
ISBN : 9781555664640
An exciting collection of stories by Kevin Wright, detailing Search & Rescue in the Sangre de Cristos, one of the most extreme mountain groups in the state.
Author : Katherine M. Calvert
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781894765800
Mountain rescue in western Canada developed through the Canadian Pacific Railway's use of Swiss guides to enhance the climbing experience in the early 1900s. These guides brought their knowledge of mountain rescue to the Canadian Rockies. As climbing gained in popularity with the emerging middle classes after the Second World War, tragic accidents became more common. Two accidents in 195455 (the deaths of a group of female climbers from Mexico on Mt. Victoria and a group of Philadelphia schoolboys on Mt. Temple) forced the government to develop a professional mountain rescue team through the Park Warden Service under the tutelage of Walter Perren (a Swiss guide and the father of mountain rescue in Canada). Perren essentially turned cowboys into competent rescue personnel, and the story takes off from there.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. It is the story of personal tragedy and the ability of individuals to cope with this stress-laced, demanding occupation.
Author : Rita Feutl
Publisher : Coteau Books
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 37,91 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1550509497
Rescue in the Rockies follows Janey, who’s almost 15, as she’s forced to spend the holidays with her grandmother and her grandmother’s new beau, Charlie. Being in Banff, Alberta, isn’t the problem. But Charlie has invited his annoying,16-year-old grandson Max for the stay. When Janey tries to flee the infuriating Max, she finds herself whisked away from present-day Banff and into wide-open Rocky Mountain wilderness. This visit to 1883 is the first of four time-travel adventures. With an unwitting Max, Janey lands in a First World War internment camp, a "Banff Indian Days" celebration and the inaugural Banff Winter Festival. As Janey deals with present-day chaos, including the appearance of an old crush, she tries to figure out what’s causing her mysterious disappearances. What do the four visits have in common, and can Janey solve this mystery before the enemy she's made in the past captures her and Max for good?
Author : C R Hedgcock
Publisher :
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781934554951
Author : Birgit Stutz
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Pets
ISBN : 030682101X
In December 2008, snowmobilers spot two abandoned horses high in the Canadian Rockies. Starving and frostbitten, the horses have trampled the ten-foot-deep snow into a narrow white prison. Those who reach them bring hay but also a gun, in case the horses are too far gone. A glint of life in the horses' eyes earns them the hay. The harrowing yet inspiring story of their near impossible rescue -- involving the volunteer efforts of an entire village, first the excavation of a trench six feet deep and over 3280 feet long, and then a nearly 20 mile descent at negative 40 degrees -- is sure to be read in one breathless sitting.
Author : C. R. Hedgcock
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 9781930133686
The Bakers are a Christian homeschooling family who, in their desire to help others, frequently find themselves in dangerous situations. In this story the Bakers are full of excitement as they head to the English countryside to celebrate Grandfather Wilson's eightieth birthday. When an elderly neighbor with Alzheimer's Disease tells a tale of treasure lost on the high seas the children are sure she has confused reality with fiction. Can the discovery of an ancient treasure help old Marge stay in her beloved cottage and out of a nursing home? This question sends the Bakers on their next quest.
Author : Joseph R. Evans
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1555664407
Nobody thought much of it when twelve-year-old Robert Baldeshwiler hiked out ahead of his family on the Flat-top Mountain Trail. But he would never be seen alive again. Each year, millions of people like the Baldeshwiler family come to Rocky Mountain National Park expecting nothing but a fine vacation. However, between the years of 1884 and 2009, almost three hundred people have died in the park. From taking sudden falls off steep trails, to sliding down treacherous snow fields to deadly rocks below, visitors have found out the hard way that the park is still a wild place full of potential hazards. Book jacket.
Author : C. R. Hedgcock
Publisher : Vision Forum
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2012-09-22
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 9781934554722
The Bakers are a Christian homeschooling family who, in their desire to help others, frequently find themselves in dangerous situations. When Phil, Abby, Andy, and Tom Baker hear that their cousin Millie will visit their farm for the summer, little do they imagine what a dreary time they will have with the snobbish girl. But when Millie disappears, life quickly becomes anything but dreary. What starts out as a summer of chores and horse-riding on the farm turns into a cross-country adventure.
Author : Wardens (Musical group)
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 2019-09
Category : Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
ISBN : 9781999108700
Saddle up, little partner. You're on patrol with the Rocky Mountain Rangers! It's our job to protect Canada's precious mountain parks. We wrangle grizzly bears, rescue stranded hikers, and ride up and down the trails with our horses - it's all in a day's work for a ranger.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Anthropology
ISBN :
