Capturing the Summit: Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan Expedition of 1925

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It’s 1925. Alaska. Three months alone in the remote windswept wilderness, adventurer and ecologist Hamilton Mack Laing spends his days deeply immersed in observing the natural world of the Chitina River valley. He endures dust storms, befriends a family of ravens and fearlessly tracks elusive bears.

 

Yukon. The St. Elias Range. Fred Lambart documents the gruelling first ascent of Mount Logan, the highest peak in Canada. In wool gloves and canvas trousers, the mountaineers solider on across the frozen landscape despite escalating tempers and rivalries.

This is the story of the Mount Logan Expedition of 1925.

About the author

Trevor Marc Hughes is an author, writer, and filmmaker. His latest title is 'Capturing the Summit: Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan Expedition on 1925' published by Vancouver's Ronsdale Press. He has written for a variety of magazines, including explore and Rider. He is the editor of "Riding The Continent" which features Hamilton Mack Laing's cross-continent motorcycle memoirs. He is the author of his own motorcycle travelogues "Nearly 40 on the 37: Triumph and Trepidation on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway" and "Zero Avenue to Peace Park: Confidence and Collapse on the 49th Parallel". He also produced and directed the documentary films "Desolation," "The Young Hustler," "Classic & Vintage" and "Savage God's The Shakespeare Project." He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife and two sons.

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