The Final Spire: ‘Mystery Mountain’ Mania in the 1930s

The Final Spire: 'Mystery Mountain' Mania in the 1930s

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From Trevor Marc Hughes, the author of Capturing the Summit: Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan Expedition of 1925, comes another true story of adventure.

In 1934, four mountaineers from Manitoba piled into their Plymouth and pointed its headlights west to Tatlayoko Lake in British Columbia. The race was on to climb the tallest peak within British Columbia, and a pilgrimage to the Coast Mountains had begun. ‘Mystery Mountain,’ newly called Mount Waddington, still had yet to be climbed. The mountain’s central spire was a nightmarish image for any climber; a sheer column of barren rock encased in ice.

 

 

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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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