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1 HWC Library February 2011 Author Title Descriptions Donated located by Bass, Dick Seven Summits Beruzzi, F No Picnic on Mt Kenya Italian POWs escape to climb it Boardman, Pete Sacred Summit Boardman, Pete Shining Mountain, Bonington, Chris Annapurna, South Face Bonington, Chris Everest SW Face Bonington, Chris Everest the Hard Way Bonington, Chris Everest Unclimbed Ridge Bonington, Chris Everest Every Which Way Bonington, Chris Kongur China's Elusive Summit Bonington, Chris Quest for Adventure Bonington, Chris Next Horizon, Bowman, WE Ascent of Rum Doodle, Satirical novel Brown, Joe Hard Years, Chapman, John Cradle Mtn Lake St Clair NP Cleare, John Mountains Coffey, Maria Fragile Edge About her partner Pete Boardman Craig, David Native Stones Clark, Ronald An Eccentric in the Rev Coolidge Alps David-Neel, My Journey to Lhasa 1927 Alexandra Deacock, Antonia No Purdah in Padam Denman, Earl Alone to Everest

2 Diemberger, K Summits and Secrets Emmett, ET by Road and Track Ferlet, R Anoncagua South Face Gill, Michael Mountain Midsummer Gillman, Peter Everest Gillman, P & Eiger Direct Haston, D Hall, Lincoln First Ascent: Biography of Greg Mortimer Hall, Lincoln White Limbo First ascent of Everest Harrer, Heinrich White Spider, 1930s ascents of Eiger North Face Haston, D In High Places Harvey, Norton National Parks of Harvey, Norton Wildflowers of Herzog, Maurice Annapurna Hillary, Edmund From the Ocean to the Sky Hillary, Edmund High Adventure Hillary, Edmund Schoolhouse in the Clouds Hillary, E & Crossing of Antarctica, Fuchs, V Hillary, Louise A Yak for Christmas Hunt, John Ascent of Everest, Hunt, John Life is Meeting autobiography Johnson, Dick Keenlyside, Francis Lunn, Arnold Alps at the Crossroads Quest for an Alpine National Park in Victoria Peaks and Pioneers A century of Mountaineering

3 McInnes, Hamish Call Out McInnes, Hamish Climb to the Lost World (Venezuela) McLeod, David Alone in a Mountain NZ anthology World McKelvey, Mike Cradle Country Maeder, Herbert Lure of the Mountains, Maraini, Fosco Where Four Worlds Meet Mazeaud, Pierre Naked Before the Mountain Miller, Luree On Top og the World Mineau, Wayne Fever Peaks, Mitchell, Isa I Close My Eyes and Dream Mons, Barbara High Road to Hunza Moravetz, Bruno Big Book of Mountaineering, Muir, Brigitte Wind in my Hair, Nelson Expedition Yukon Newby, Eric A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush Noyce, Wilfred Climbing the Fish's Tail Clim on Machupichare, Nepal Noyce, Wilfred South Col Noyce, Wilfred Climbers' Fireside Book, Noyce, Wilfred Gods are Angry, Noyce, Wilfred Springs of Adventure, Noyce, Wilfred y Survived Pierre, Berbard Nun Kun Ramsay, Guy Epics of True Adventure Roberts, David Mountain of my Fear, Rowell, Gale In the Throne of the

4 Mountain Gods Schaller, George Stones of Silence: A Journey in the Himalaya Schmidt, Lynda Time Out of Mind: Trekking in the Hindu Kush Scott, James Lost in the Himalayas Shipton, Eric That Untravelled World Shipton, Eric Upon That Mountain Simpson. Joe Touching the Void Smythe, F Kangchenjunga Adventure, Steck, A & Ascent Roper, S Taylor, Peter Coopers Creek to Langtang II Temple, Philip Sea and the Snow, Tilman, HW Where Men and Mountains Meet Tucker, John Kanchenjunga Tullis, Julie Clouds from Both Sides Autobiography Wllman, JR Man of Everest Unsworth, Walt Tiger in the Snow Biography of AF Mummery Whillans, D & Women on the Rope Ormerod, A Williams, Don & Don Williams: Portrait Ormerod, Alick of a Mountaineer Boss-Walker, Ian Peaks and High Places Cradle Mtn / Polly Firth Lk St Clair / Ken Iredale Buckman, Greg Mount Wellington History, walks and facilities NZ Alpine Club New Zealand Alpine Journal 2006 Wheeler, Graeme Walk the Timeless Land Exploring Queensland's Central Highlands Beds, Boots and

5 Backpacks; Story of YHA in Australia Brisbane Bushwalkers Club: First 50 years Brown, Bob Lake Pedder Kynaston, Penguin Book of the Edward Bush, Skyline 2 volumes 1-8, 9-13 Tramp 1-36 (9 volumes) and 2008 copy Archives Office of Wellington Park Design CD Rom & Infrastructure Manual Wellington Park CD Rom Management Plan [draft] HWC Photo Collection CD Rom for 75 th anniversary Hillary Ventures South CD Rom Five South West Video Science Behind the Strategy Video

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