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

Hughes, Trevor Marc

 
9781553806806: Capturing the Summit: Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan Expedition of 1925

Synopsis

The remarkable account of Hamilton Mack Laing's grueling expedition 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.

Literary Nonfiction. History. Environmental Studies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Trevor Marc Hughes is an historian, writer and filmmaker. He began exploring the history of British Columbia while riding his motorcycle across the province. He has produced and directed two documentary films and is currently working on a third documentary about his grandfather's younger days on the Fraser River. He lives in Vancouver, BC. www.trevormarchughes.ca

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