Capturing the summit : Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan expedition of 1925 /

A remarkable account of the grueling journey to the summit of Mount Logan. Naturalist and cinematographer, Hamilton Mack Laing, marched into the Alaskan wilderness alongside weathered guides and hardened, experienced mountaineers. From Laing's diaries, we learn how capturing the summit pits the...

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Main Author:	Hughes, Trevor Marc, 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver : Ronsdale Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Laing, Hamilton M. > (Hamilton Mack), > 1883-1982. Laing, Hamilton M. > (Hamilton Mack), > 1883-1982 > Travel > Yukon. Laing, Hamilton M. > (Hamilton Mack), > 1883-1982 > Travel > Alaska. Mountaineering > Yukon > Logan, Mount > History > 20th century. Mountaineering expeditions > Yukon > Logan, Mount > History > 20th century. Logan, Mount (Yukon) > Description and travel. Mountaineers > Canada > Biography. Naturalists > Canada > Biography.

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Summary:	A remarkable account of the grueling journey to the summit of Mount Logan. Naturalist and cinematographer, Hamilton Mack Laing, marched into the Alaskan wilderness alongside weathered guides and hardened, experienced mountaineers. From Laing's diaries, we learn how capturing the summit pits the daring adventurers in a struggle with nature, changing them irrevocably as they became part of the environment that tested them.
Physical Description:	268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	1553806808 9781553806806