On the Roof of the Rockies: The Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies (Mountain Classics Collection)

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With the horses picking up weight and strength the entire way, we cantered into Banff on October 24th, 10 weeks after our departure from Lake Louise. Not one horse had been lost; not one had been permanently lamed, in the entire course of what was once almost certainly the roughest continuous pack-train journey made within the Rockies for the reason that time of the pioneers.

First published in 1925, On the Roof of the Rockies details the amazing efforts undertaken by Lewis Freeman and Byron Harmon to scientifically explore and comprehensively photograph all through their 70-day, 500-mile journey essentially the most stunning regions of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains. With a guide, a wrangler, a cook, 16 horses, two dogs, some carrier pigeons and hundreds of pounds of what was once then state of the art photography, moviemaking and radio equipment, the group journeyed through the area contemplating the routes of earlier explorers, facing violent storms and in the end preserving historic views of pristine wilderness for future generations.

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