Sunday 2 April 2017

1925 - Canada's Tallest Peak, Mt. Logan, Is Scaled For The First Time


The 2002 Canada Post postage stamp depicts Mt. Logan.
Source of image: https://www.canadianpostagestamps.ca/stamps/17417/mount-logan-canada-5959-m
Early on in the evening of June 23, 1925 Mt. Logan, the tallest mountain peak in Canada and the second tallest in North America was scaled for the first time by a team of six climbers. Its height is 5,959 m (19,551 ft) (click here for more information about Mt. Logan).
Mount Logan.jpg
Source of image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Logan#/media/File:Mount_Logan.jpg
The Canada-U.S. expedition, which took 65 days to approach the peak from the town of McCarthy (Yukon) was successful in that none of the team of climbers died or were injured.
The team's leader was Albert McCarthy and was accompanied by Allen Carpe, Andy Taylor, H.F. Lambert, Norman H. Read and W.W. Foster.
The text below is from the website Alpinist.com 
(it describes the above photo):
"Upon returning from their gruelling summit push, first ascent party member Colonel Foster tends to the frostbitten fingers and toes of A.H. MacCarthy, trip leader, and H.F. Lambart. [Photo] 1925 Canadian Alpine Journal, courtesy of the Alpine Club of Canada"

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