Kauffmann Andrew (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. The history of the Canadian Pacific's Swiss guides and their major contribution to mountaineering in Canada. 256 pages, b/w photos.; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. B/W Photographs (illustrator). By 1899 Edward Feuz was considered the patriarch of Swiss mountain guides in Canada. These 256 pages tell his story and that of his associates along the way. Read more about : Swiss Oberlander, 1913 Alpine Club of Canada camp, Mount Robson, Edouard Gaston Deville, Azimuth Ridge, Katherine Gardiner, Wapta, Glacier, marmots, ice-axes, packboards, and Columbia Icefield. Text assisted by b/w photographs from the archives. Cond : Boards are blue-grey with silver gilt lettering at spine. End-papers are maps of the area centered on Revelstoke, British Columbia. D.J. is cream coloured with blue lettering. D.J. photograph is of Feuz in his office. Volume is in ALL senses bright, clean, crispy, and collectible !! No names, no marks. Quote (p. 145) : " Then my old friend, Howard Palmer, went in there with my brother Ernest, and got a couple of big ones. Theu all went up the Pipestone River from Louis, not over the Bow Pass like we did. Not nearly as much snow in there, but the rock is better ._._._. .' Size: Octavo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustrator). Second Printing. SUBTITLED : ` The Full Story of the Ill-Fated Wiessner Expedition'. Fritz Hermann Ernst Wiessner had brought his European climbing successes with him to North America. Based in New York he and Bill House, for example, successfully attacked Mount Waddington in British Columbia. The year : 1936. The American Alpine Club approved him to lead the 1939 American Karakoram Expedition to K2. LEARN more about : Paiju Peak, Camp VI, snow couloir, Shigar River, Kikuli, quinine, Siachen Glacier, and American Consul Edward Miller Groth. Text assited by b/w photographs which include pages from J.R. Durrance's diary. Cond : Paper wrapper is burgundy with black lettering. Cover photos show both the mountain and the climbing team's official portrait. Volume is clean and square and bright. Light general wear. No names. Almost collectible ! Quote (p. 174) : " In recent years it has been scientifically demonstrated that while humans can definitely acclimatize by slow stages to high altitudes, above a certain level there comes a point where, no matter what a person does, except to descend for rest, the person's stamina deteriorates. The critical altitude, with important individual variations, appears to be around ._._._. . ' Size: 8vo.