The scariest moment of the trip didn t even make it to the documentary.
Author of the article: Blair Crawford
Publishing date: Jan 31, 2021 • January 31, 2021 • 4 minute read • Stuart Rickard compares the vintage hobnail boots he wore for the Mystery Mountain Project with modern, crampon equipped mountaineering boots. Photo by Jean Levac /Jean Levac
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A team of adventurers who set out to recreate a 1926 husband and wife expedition to B.C.’s “Mystery Mountain” 4,100 metre tall Mount Waddington had their own pet name for their destination Misery Mountain.
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A team of adventurers who set out to recreate a 1926 husband and wife expedition to B.C.’s “Mystery Mountain” 4,100 metre tall Mount Waddington had their own pet name for their destination Misery Mountain.
Just why becomes apparent 10 minutes into filmmaker Greg Gransden’s documentary The Mystery Mountain Project. On the first day, the team’s meticulously recreated outdoor gear starts to fall apart just 800 metres into a gruelling 50-kilometre trek up the Homathko River in B.C.’s. Coast Mountain Range. It’s pouring rain. The mosquitoes are thick. One trekker’s foot is already beginning to blister inside his vintage leather hobnail boots. Nerves are fraying and the team is beginning to splinter.