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Mountaineering

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British Mountaineering Council: The BMC is the representative body that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. Includes access news, a climbing wall directory, competitions diary, information service and membership details.
Author: British Mountaineering Council
Subjects: mountaineering, walking
DeweyClass: 796.522
Resource type: documents
Climbing Dictionary: Alphabetically arranged definitions of English and American climbing terms with German, French, Canadian French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Polish translations.
Author: Ockier, Carl
Subjects: mountaineering
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: dictionary
Imaging Everest: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953, this resource presents a collection of pictures taken on the nine Mount Everest expeditions between 1921 and 1953. These are arranged in broad subject areas, including the history of Everest, expeditions in the 1920s and 1930s, Tibetan people, religion in Tibet and Nepal, Tenzing and Hillary, and the 1953 expedition. Also offers biographies of Everest expedition members.
Author: Royal Geographical Society
Subjects: mountaineering
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: documents, image collection
Lyme Disease Network: Information on several tick borne diseases, including articles on bite prevention and tick removal, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.
Author: Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey
Subjects: infectious diseases, mountaineering
DeweyClass: 616.92
Resource type: documents
Mount Everest: The British Story: This resource covers many aspects of Mount Everest's history relating to British mountaineers and expeditions, charting the history of expeditions from 1921 to the present day, and includes information on routes taken, individual mountaineers and current news. A book of photographs is also provided for browsing.
Author: Wallace, Colin
Subjects: historical geography, mountaineering
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: documents, images
Mountain Zone: Details of mountain expeditions, including scientific work, photographs, live broadcasts, books and related materials.
Author: Zone Network
Subjects: mountaineering
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: news
Parknet: United States National Park Service: Information on US National Parks, including educational, cultural and historical resources.
Author: National Park Service
Subjects: mountaineering, nature conservation, united states natural resources, united states of america, united states travel and tourism
DeweyClass: 917
Resource type: institution
Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop: Full text of papers about snow science and avalanche research. Headings include Management and Analysis of Snow, Avalanche and Climate Data, Hazard Management and Public Warning, Mountain Weather and Snowpack, Snow Cover Stability, Avalanche Initiation and Forecasting, Avalanche Dynamics and Defence, Case Histories, and Avalanche Control, Rescue and Education.
Author: Westwide Avalanche Network
Subjects: avalanches, mountaineering
DeweyClass: 551.5784
Resource type: proceedings
Scottish Mountaineering Club: Extensive information about the Scottish Mountaineering Club (formed 1889) including its activities, huts, journal, guidebooks and Munros CD, as well as an introduction to hillwalking in Scotland, recent winter climbing route reports, details of the new Munros introduced in 1997, a list of all 1900+ Munroists from 1901 to 1998, and the full text of the newsletters of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (a separate organisation).
Author: Scottish Mountaineering Club
Subjects: mountaineering, walking
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: documents
SportScotland Avalanche Information Service: Daily forecasts of the avalanche and climbing conditions at five climbing areas of Scotland: Glen Coe, Lochaber (covering Ben Nevis and Aonach Mor), Creag Meagaidh, Northern Cairngorms and Southern Cairngorms.
Author: SportScotland Avalanche Information Service
Subjects: avalanches, mountaineering
DeweyClass: 551.5784
Resource type: news
TACit Press: Publisher of tables of hills and mountains, and the Scottish hillwalking fanzine The Angry Corrie (TAC). Features a collection of hill and mountain data, including the Hewitts and Marilyns of England, Ireland, and Wales, and the Grahams, Donalds, Murdos, Corbett Tops and Graham Tops of Scotland. Also offers the full text of all articles from each issue of TAC from the first in 1991 to the present day.
Author: TACit Press
Subjects: mountaineering, walking
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: magazine, reference data
UK Climbing: Collection of crag guides, route reports, guide books and information about climbing in the UK, including the top ten recommended routes and a guide to the UK grading system.
Author: UK Climbing
Subjects: mountaineering
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: documents
UK Ice Conditions Server: News of current conditions for skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing, winter mountaineering and cross-country skiing in the Scottish Highlands.
Author: Winterhighland and Aberdeen University
Subjects: avalanches, mountaineering
DeweyClass: 796.52
Resource type: news
VolcanoWorld Volcano Index: Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world.
Author: North Dakota University
Subjects: antarctic, australian geography, bolivia, cameroon, cape verde, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, congo democratic republic, costa rica, dominica, ecuador, el salvador, ethiopia, greece, guatemala, iceland, india, indonesia, iran, italy, japan, kenya, libya, mexico, micronesia, mountaineering, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, papua new guinea, peru, philippines, rwanda, saint vincent, saudi arabia, solomon islands, spain, sudan, tanzania, turkey, uganda, volcanoes, zaire
DeweyClass: 551.21
Resource type: images, reference data