Archives & Resources

Mountaineering around the world

The history of the EUMC and more can be found in the GBH library. Below are links for articles and resources about the origins and history of mountaineering and climbing in places all around the world.

Ancient Alpinists: First Nations in the Coast Mountain Past

History of Squamish Nation and other First Nations tribes in British Columbia’s sea to sky region

Inuit Ascending: A Climbing History

A history of climbing in Greenlandic Inuit culture and their ' impressive and relatively unrecorded track record in Arctic climbing and mountaineering, as well as who contemporary Inuit climbers are today.'

All-Nepali Team Makes History With First Successful Winter Ascent of K2

10 Nepali mn completed the first winter climb of K2, which 'put the spotlight on long-overlooked Indigenous people, whose knowledge and skill is often left largely unacknowledged in the shadows of white men who receive recognition for climbing firsts.'

‘Sherpas’ real stories are seldom written’: Q&A with authors Ankit Babu Adhikari & Pradeep Bashyal

The experience of Sherpa communities in Nepal and how mountaineering and climate change has impacted them

Origin Stories: Native Lore Behind America’s Iconic Climbing Areas

The background and original names of climbing areas in the United States and Canada

A Century of Mountaineering in Scotland

An article from the alpine journal about the formation and development of mountaineering clubs in Scotland

Petticoats & Pinnacles: The History of Pioneering Women in Scotland's Mountains

The first women mountaineers in Scotland, dating back to 1770

Mountaineering in China

The nature of mountaineering in China and its connection with science and military

How Climbing Really Began, in Africa, Asia and the Americas

The origins of climbing millions of years ago; 'our African ancestors, it turns out, were superb climbers who used their rock skills for hunting, safety, and ceremonial purposes.'

Climbing

Rematriating Our Lives: Indigeneity and What it Means to Climb

Written by a woman of Piikani Blackfeet heritage about her experience climbing in the United States.

A Brief History of Climbing in India

A personal exploration by Jyothy Karat into climbing in India

Strong Mind - podcast with Hazel Findlay

Climbing is Neither - podcast

A favorite of Duncan Ross'

Time on Rock - Anna Fleming

A poetic book about Fleming's experience learning to climb and how climbing has brought her closer with nature and herself

Nature

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer