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Assisted by glaciologist, adventure filmmakers track down supply cache left by climbers 85 years ago
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Assisted by glaciologist, adventure filmmakers track down supply cache left by climbers 85 years ago
Assisted by glaciologist, adventure filmmakers track down supply cache left by climbers 85 years ago
December 11, 2020 On a cold night among the formidable glaciated peaks of the Waddington Range on the western edge of B.C., I watched a faint light rise in the sky to the north. I naively assumed it was the glow of a distant city, not a prelude to one of nature’s greatest shows. But then the northern lights began to dance above the expanse of mountains before me. I was awestruck. Although I did not know it on that night 20 years ago, that event — and my month travelling through the province’s Coast Mountains and along the rivers they sustain — sparked a fascination with mountains, an...