>> HI, I'M ERIK FORD FOR MADE HERE.

THE MYSTERY MOUNTAIN PROJECT TELLS THE TALE OF EXTREME REENACTMENT.

IN 1926 A YOUNG COUPLE SET INTO OWE THE BRITISH COLUMBIA WILDERNESS IN SEARCH OF AN UNDISCOVERED MACHINE.

WHEN A GROUP OF MODERN ADVENTURE VERSE TRY TO OREDISCOVER THEY FIND THEY HAVE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN THEY CAN CHEW.

SERVES AS A CAUTIONARY TALE AS WE WITNESS THE JOURNEY FALLING APART.

WATCH THE MYSTERY MOUNTAIN PROJECT AND MANY OTHER MADE HERE STORIES STREAMING ON VERMONTPBS.ORG AND THROUGH THE PBS APP.

ENJOY THE FILM AND THANKS FOR WATCHING.

>> THE COAST MOUNTAINS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ARE REALLY SPETACKULAR.

THEY ARE PLACES THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE EVEN MOUNTAINEERS GET TO GO TO.

I LEARNED TO CLIMB IN THE COAST MOUNTAINS.

THEY ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE MOUNTAINS IN THE WORD.

THE COAST MOUNTAINS OF B.C.

ARE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.

A PLACE OF EXTREMES.

THE TREES ARE EXTREMELY BIG, MOUNTAIN EXTREMELY ROUGH, THE RIVERS EXTREMELY VIOLENT.

TO GET TO THE TALLEST MOUNTAINS YOU HAVE TO SAIL UP BUTTE INLET.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT A YOUNG COUPLE DID IN 1926.

THEIR NAMES WERE DON AND PHYLLIS MONDAY FROM VANCOUVER.

THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL EXTREME SPORTS COUPLE.

COUPLE.

REALLY A POWERHOUSE COUPLE IN MOUNTAINEERING.

THEY WERE AT SUCH A LEVEL ASKING WAYNE GRETZKY HOW DO YOU SCORE A GOAL YOU JUST PUT THE PUCK IN THE NET.

THAT'S HOW THEY WERE.

>> THEY LOVED DISCOVERING NEW MOUNTAINS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN CLIMBED.

ONE DAY THEY WERE HIKING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THEY CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THIS HUGE MOUNTAIN TO THE NORTH IN THE MAINLAND THAT THEY KNEW DID NOT APPEAR ON ANY MAP.

WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS THEY DECIDED TO SET OFF IN SEARCH OF THIS UNDISCOVERED MOUNTAIN AND THEY CALLED IT MYSTERY MOUNTAIN.

SO WE'RE FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS RECREATING THAT JOURNEY.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SAME GEAR, EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING, FOOD, TENTS, EVERYTHING THAT THEY USED 92 YEARS AGO.

WE'RE AIMING TO CLIMB THE SAME MOUNTAIN THAT THEY WENT IN SEARCH OF WHICH TODAY IS CALLED MOUNT WADDINGTON AND IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

>> WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS EXPEDITION FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> THERE IT IS.

OKAY.

>> IT EVOLVED FROM LET'S GO CLIMB EMPTY WAD INTONG AND KEPT I INVOLVING.

>> HERE'S THE IDEA.

THIS IS OUR RIVER DOWN HERE.

WE'RE UP ON THE BANK.

WE'RE GOING TO FELL THIS TREE.

GLOON BRIAN IS A VERY CHARISMATIC GUY.

HE'S OUTGOING.

HE'S A REAL SALESMAN.

HE WAS ABLE TO PITCH THIS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

HE'S PASSIONATE WHEN HE GETS HOLD OF SOMETHING AND WANTS TO DO IT HE DOESN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.

PLANS FOR THE EXPEDITION WAS BASICALLY TO TAKE A BOAT RIDE UP THE BUTTE INLET.

FROM THERE WE START UP THE RIVER ON FOOT THEN SUMMIT EMPTY CATHOLIC CHURCH ADDINGTON.

SOUNDED SIMPLE.

VERY AMBITIOUS.

>> ONE IS A RETIRED WORLD CLASS MOUNTAINEER WHO CLIMBED WADDINGTON MANY TIMES.

[AUDIO NOT UNDERSTANDABLE] >> THE VALLEY IS IMPENETRABLE BUSH.

RUGGED.

>> SORE PEOPLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME IN AND WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE MAKES IT PRETTY UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL SUCCEED.

>> NOW WE HAVE TO HIKE ALONG THIS RIVER VALLEY FOR 52 KILOMETERS JUST TO GET TO THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN.

THIS IS WHAT THE MONDAY'S DID IN 19 OF IT IT AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THEIR FOOTSTEPS.

>> IT WAS FUN TO BE ON THE TRAIL, STARTING THE EXPEDITION.

>> FELT REALLY GOOD TO FINALLY GET ON TRAIL.

MONTHS AND MONTHS OF ANTICIPATION.

REALLY LEFT ME WANTING TO FIND THE GROOVE REALLY QUICKLY.

>> DON AND PHYLLIS WERE NOT WEALTHY PEOPLE.

THEY MADE AND DESIGNED A LOT OF THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT LIKE THEIR PACK FRAMES, TENTS, SLEEPING BAGS.

AND WE HAVE TRIED TO COPY THAT.

WE MADE OUR OWN, JUST FROM LOOKING AT OLD PHOTOGRAPHS.

>> EASILY PUT THREE PEOPLE IN THAT TENT.

>> WE'RE USING A LOT OF THE SAME MATERIALS THEY DID, WOD, SAIL CLOTH, WHICH IS EGYPTIAN COTTON.

>> IT PULLS IT OPEN NOW YOU CAN'T GET IN AND OUT VERY EASILY.

>> NO.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF HOW THESE WERE BUILT.

WE WERE WINGING IT AS WE WENT ALONG.

>> THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> THAT GIVES YOU ENOUGH DOWN HERE.

IT ACTUALLY IS ALMOST COMFORTABLE.

>> DOING OUR BEST TO COPY WHAT WE SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO FUNCTION WELL IN THE BACK COUNTRY FOR 30 DAYS.

>> WE ARE MOVING, THOUGH, RIGHT?

AFTER THIS?

>> MY FIRST IMPRESSION IS CARRYING THE 1920 STYLE FRAME PACKS WHERE THEY WERE GARBAGE.

THEY HURT LIKE HELL.

THEY WERE TOO HEAVY.

WE WERE OVER-PACKING.

>> THESE PACKS JUST HAD SHOULDER STRAPS.

THEY DON'T HAVE WAIST STRAPS.

THEY ARE JUST WEIGHTED DOWN SO THEY WOULD DIG INTO THE SHOULDERS AND AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS MY ARM WAS ALL -- CIRCULATION BASICALLY GOT CUT OFF.

MY ARM IS ALL TINGLY.

I CAN'T CARRY THESE PACKS.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

>> OH, MOTHER!

>> SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT TAKES THE WIND RIGHT OUT OF OUR SAILS.

>> WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME?

>> THE SHOULDER STRAP OF MY PACK SNAPPED RIGHT OFF.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE WE WERE 800 METERS DOWN THE TRAIL AND THE FIRST PACK BROKE!

NOT A GOOD SIGN.

>> ONCE YOU TAKE THESE PACKS OFF -- MY PACK STRAP BROKE.

>> NO WAY.

>> YEP.

[LAUGHTER] >> CAN'T EVEN MOVE.

>> MAYBE WE SHOULD LIGHTEN THE LOADS IN THE FUTURE A LITTLE BIT.

>> LITTLE BIT.

>> WE'LL BE USED TO THIS IN A FEW DAYS.

>> AS WE ARE DISCUSSING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS BROKEN PACK FRAME OF MINE THE STRAP ON JOE'S PACK BREAKS.

>> I KNEW THAT WAS COMING.

I COULD FEEL T. >> I REALIZE THESE ARE ALL GOING TO START FALLING APART.

>> THIS WON'T EVEN EYE.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STRAP NOW.

>> IT JUST RIPPED ON THE CORNER OF THE FRAME AND JUST FELL APART.

I JUST COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER ACTUALLY BECAUSE I WAS SO MISERABLE CARRYING THAT PACK.

>> 20 MINUTES INTO THE EXPEDITION I'M THINKING, WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO TAKE.

>> -- >> WE'LL MOVE AHEAD, WE WON'T GO TOO FAR.

WE'LL FIND A SPOT WHERE WE CAN MAKE A CAMP AND WE'LL MOVE EVERYTHING UP TO THERE.

>> BROKE AGAIN.

>> I'M GOING TO FIX IT.

>> WE HAD GONE MAYBE A KILOMETER AND A HALF DOWN THE TRAIL.

>> CAN WE CAMP HERE?

LET'S CAMP HERE.

>> AND THAT'S WHERE WE DECIDED WE WERE CAMPING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIL WHERE WE HAD TO ACTUALLY CLEAR AWAY BERRY BUSHES AND TREES JUST TO FIT THE TENTS.

>> IT DOES FEEL CHAOTIC AND DISORGANIZED.

WE WERE ALMOST TOLD BY THE UNIVERSE, HOLD ON, YOU CAN'T RUSH THROUGH HERE.

>> IT WAS LIKE A WORLD WAR I TRENCH, AND THERE WAS NOWHERE TO SIT.

EVERYTHING WAS COVERED IN MUD.

YOU WERE COVERED IN MUD.

WE NICKNAMED IT MUD CAMP.

IT REMINDED ME OF WHAT YOU WOULD FIND FROM A PLATOON THAT HAD BEEN DECIMATED IN VIETNAM.

>> WE ALL HAD THESE DREAMY IDEAS AND VISIONS AND THEN REALITY COMES IN.

>> RON SUGGESTS, LOOK, THIS ISN'T WORKING.

>> WHAT I'M SEEING IS THIS IS THE FIRST DAY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> AND EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG.

>> RON WANTS US TO RETREAT BACK WHERE WHERE WE STARTED FROM, REGROUP, FIX THE PACK FRAMES AND START OVER.

>> AT SOME POINT WE GET FAR ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN'T TURN BACK.

AND WE GET OUT THERE WHERE WE HAVE TO FERRY TEN LOADS IN ONE DAY TO GET BACK.

>> RYAN DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.

HE WAS ADAMANT WE WERE NOT GOING BACK.

>> YEAH.

WE DON'T LOSE AN INCH OF GROUND.

>> MOST PEOPLE WATCHING THE EXTREMES BETWEEN RON AND I AND THINKING, OH, MAN, THIS GUYS IS GOING TO PUSH AND PUSH AND HE'S NOT GOING TO QUIT.

>> BRIAN SEEMED OVERWHELMED AT THIS BEGINNING POINT.

I THINK WE ALL WERE A LITTLE BIT.

SEEMS HE WAS TRYING TO BE VERY FORCEFUL ABOUT THINGS AS IF THAT WAS GOING TO CORRECT THE SITUATION.

>> BUT IF WE TURN BACK NOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER TO GET GOING.

>> WASN'T WORTH GETTING IN AN ARGUMENT OVER.

OKAY.

>> FIRST NIGHT IN THE TENTS WAS PRETTY WILD.

>> STEWART!

YOU GOT A WET SLEEPING BAG, BUDDY.

>> THE TENTS WERE CROWDED.

THE SMELL WAS NOT PLEASANT.

THE HUMIDITY LEVEL WAS NOT PLEASANT AND THE MOSQUITOES WERE HORRIFIC.

>> OH, MY GOD, THE MOSQUITOES!

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN OUT IN THE WOODS WITH HOARDS AND HOARDS OF MOSQUITOES AND NO BUG SPRAY TO WARD THEM OFF.

>> THE MOSQUITOES WERE SO BAD I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE ANYWHERE.

THEY WERE RELENTLESS.

THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.

>> I HAVE BEEN ASKED WHY WE DOESN'T DESIGN THE TENTS WITH MOSQUITO NETS INSIDE AND IT ACTUALLY NEVER OCCURRED TO ME.

I CERTAINLY IN ANY OF THE PICTURES I LOOKED AT OF DON AND PHYLLIS'S CAMPS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MOSQUITO NETS SET UP THAT I COULD TELL IN THEIR TENTS.

I FIGURED, YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY JUST HACKED IT OUT WITH THE MOSQUITOES SO THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

>> IT WAS REALLY WARM AND UNCOMFORTABLE IN THERE.

THEN WITH THE RAIN, THAT HALF OF YOUR SLEEPING BAG TOUCHING THE TENT WOULD JUST GET SOAKED.

>> SLEEPING BAGS WERE SO HOT AND I NEEDED THEM BECAUSE WE HAD NO DEFENSE AGAINST MOSQUITOES AT THE TIME.

I JUST REMEMBER FEELING SWEAT DRIPPING DOWN ME.

FELT SORT OF LIKE BEING ON THE SUBWAY AT RUSH HOUR WHEN IT'S RAINING.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SLEPT WELL ALL THOUGH IT WOULD BE HARD TO TELL FROM SOME OF THE SNORING IN THE TENT.

[SNORING] >> RIGHT NOW STEWART AND I ARE BEHIND AS THE OTHERS ARE FERRYING A LOAD FORWARD TO REPAIR PACKS THAT HAVE RIPPED UNDER THE WEIGHT.

>> IT'S NOT GOING TO COME LOOSE.

ALL THE CORD HAS TO DO IS STOP THIS FROM UNRAVELING BACKWARDS.

>> STEWART DID MOST OF THE WORK.

HE HAD KIND OF WORKED ON HIS SO HE HAD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND MODIFIED.

>> IT'S A LITTLE LATE TO FIGURE OUT OUR MISTAKES.

WE'RE GOING TO FIX THEM RIGHT.

WE CAN'T JUST PUT A BAND-AID ON THEM.

THEY ARE FALLING APART.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE SAIL CLOTH IT'S LIKE PAPER.

EXTREMELY STRONG WHEN YOU PULL ON IT ANY DIRECTION, BUT ONE PUNCTURE AND IT TEARS.

SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS WE HAD ONE CANVAS TARP SO THAT WAS OUR MATERIAL THERE.

WE CUT THAT OFF THE TARP AND HAND STITCHED NEW SHOULDER STRAPS.

>> IT'S GOING TO HOLD MOISTURE BUT -- [LAUGHTER] >> WE'RE TESTING STRENGTH OF THE STRAP.

>> PUT IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER.

HOW DOES THAT FEEL?

>> FEELS GREAT, ACTUALLY.

>> LUCKILY STEWART AND HI BROUGHT CORDAGE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED.

CORDAGE IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING ESPECIALLY WITH AN OLDER STYLE GEAR.

ONCE WE MADE SOME REPAIRS THEY BECAME VERY FUNCTIONAL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I KEEP COMING BACK TO WHEN I THINK OF THIS EXPEDITION.

HOW UNPREPARED WE WERE FOR THAT AND HOW MUCH MORE PREPARATION AND TESTING OF GEAR AND BREAKING IN OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT.

>> IN ORDER TO LEARN WHAT THEY USED ON THE ORIGINAL EXPEDITION WE HAD A NUMBER OF SOURCES THAT WE COULD RESEARCH SO I READ DON'S BOOK ABOUT THE EXPEDITION AND ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE TYPEWRITTEN PAGES THAT THEY HAD WRITTEN FOR WHAT THEY WERE TAKING ON THEIR EXPEDITIONS.

GEAR LISTS, FOOD LISTS, SHOPPING LISTS, SHOPPING BILLS.

I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE PRETTY ACCURATELY WHAT KINDS OF EQUIPMENT THEY TOOK WITH THEM.

>> THE ALPINE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD WAS, WELL, VERY LITTLE TRUTHFULLY.

ALPINE STOCKS WHAT WE WOULD CALL THEM TODAY AN ICE AXE, THEN CRAMPIONS MADE BY A BLACKSMITH THEN THE BOOTS OBVIOUSLY THE HOBNAIL BOOTS.

THEN THE ONLY OTHER PART OF THE MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENT FOR THE HIGH ALPINE WAS THE HEMP ROPE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE HARNESSES, HELMETS, ANY OF THAT MODERN DAY EQUIPMENT.

>> MEANWHILE WE MOVED TO A NEW CAMPSITE AND THIS CAMPSITE HAS A LOT OF SAND AND A BEAUTIFUL WATER FALL, A LITTLE POOL.

VERY LOVELY.

>> THE WATER IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.

IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

LIKE AN OASIS.

>> OH, MAN!

>> AND THAT LIFTED SPIRITS UNTIL WE REALIZED THAT THE STANDING POOLS OF WATER THAT LOOKED BEAUTIFUL WERE HOME TO EVEN MORE MOSQUITOES AND MUD CAMPS.

>> THE MOSQUITOES THERE WERE 100 TIMES WORSE.

>> THERE WERE SIX MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL EXPEDITION WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO HAVE SIX ON OUR EXPEDITION.

I HAD MY BUDDY RON IRELAND.

WE WERE PLANNING ON CLIMBING EMPTY WADDINGTON ANYWAY.

THERE WERE OTHER MEMBERS, JOE, SUZANNA, STEWART AND PATTI.

>> I'M SUSANNA.

I WORK AS A TAX ACCOUNTANT, OR I DID, ACTUALLY.

I'M MORE OF A PHOTOGRAPHER.

IT SOUNDED VERY INTERESTING, VERY ADVENTUROUS, AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> MY NAME IS STEWART RICKERT.

I WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT RUNS A HYDROELECTRIC DAM.

THIS EXPEDITION HAS A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT I'M REALLY INTO.

I LIKE CAMPING.

SO FAR IT'S BASICALLY JUST BEEN A CAMPING TRIP.

THE WHOLE IDEA OF GOING RETROI WASN'T TOO KEENE ON AT FIRST.

IT'S REALLY TEACHING ME THAT SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS A BIT SMARTER.

>> SO I USED TO BE A CHEMISTRY TEACHER, CARPENTER, PHOTOGRAPHER.

RIGHT NOW I'M A YOGA INSTRUCTOR WORKING ON BECOMING A KAYAK INSTRUCTOR.

I CAME ON THIS EXPEDITION TO LEARN SOME OF MY LIMITS, BREAK THROUGH THOSE LIMITS.

I HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO DO THIS SORT OF THING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

>> HERE WE ARE, DAY 2, RON IS NOT LOOKING VERY GOOD AT ALL.

HE'S TOLD ME HE'S GOT A COLD OR FLU OR SOMETHING.

NOT FEELING WELL.

>> I HAVE HAD A ROUGH COUPLE OF DAYS.

I'M REALLY STRUGGLING EVERY DAY SEEMS TO BE GETTING A LITTLE WORSE.

STARTING TO FEEL PRETTY WEAK.

>> RON AT THIS POINT IS GETTING VISIBLY REALLY SICK.

>> IN THE FIRST AID KIT, YES, WE DO.

>> PATTI AND I ARE GETTING BLISTERS THAT ARE STARTING TO CONCERN BOTH OF US.

>> PATTI IS THINK STRONG, QUIET GUY.

YOU DIDN'T GET A FEEL ANYTHING WAS WROG UNTIL HE PULLED HIS BOOT OFF AND REVEALED THE BLISTER ON HIS HEEL.

IT WAS DISGUSTING TO LOOK AT.

IT HAD THE TEXTURE OF RAW HAMBURGER.

>> WHAT IF YOU SOAK THEM IN THE COLD, COLD WATER FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

>> I'M NOT SURE I CAN PUT THE BOOTS ON.

THEY ARE JUST CHEWING THE HELL OUT OF MY FEET.

I'M JUST HANGING ON MY MY FINGERNAILS, WHICH IS NOT GOOD.

>> YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING TODAY AND FIGURE OUT A PLAN.

>> HE DIDN'T SAY HE DECIDED A PLAN HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND FIGURE OUT A PLAN.

>> WE NEED TO CHANGE THE STRATEGY.

>> HOW, JOE?

>> I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT BRIAN'S LEADERSHIP, ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND PREPAREDNESS, THINGS WERE ROTTING ALREADY.

>> SUMMER SAUSAGES ARE GETTING MOLDY ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE COUPLE DAYS OF REALLY WET WEATHER WE HAD SO I'M SCRAPING OFF THE MOLD.

YEAH.

THAT'S BETTER.

>> WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF HEAVY FOOD, WHICH IS WHAT THEY USED 92 YEARS AGO, SO WE'RE TAKING IN 60 POUNDS OF FLOUR, THREE LITERS OF MAPLE SYRUP, TINS OF BAKING POWDER AND HONEY AND LARD AND BUTTER.

27 CANS OF PORK AND BEANS.

ABOUT 20 CANS OF CORNED BEEF.

20 CANS OF TUNA.

WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF FOOD ALONE THAT WE HAVE TO CARRY BACK AND FORTH FROM CAMP TO CAMP AND PROTECT FROM WILDLIFE DESTROYING IT AND RAIN DESTROYING IT.

>> I KNOW I COULD TAKE 40 POUNDS OF FOOD 20 KTODAY.

>> THERE WAS HUGE DEBATE ABOUT HOW TO CHANGE OUR STYLE.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

TIMOTHY GEITHNER OBVIOUS.

>> WE ARE TAKING TOO MUCH FOOD IN AND SOME FOOD DOES NOT HAVE TO GO WITH US.

SO WHY CARRY IT AN INCH FURTHER?

>> EXACTLY.

>> WE DON'T NEED TO BRING OREO COOKIES OR CANNED FRUIT.

>> WE DON'T NEED SAFFRON.

>> I THINK WE DON'T NEED COFFEE SO MUCH.

>> I REALIZ WE HAVE TO LEAVE SOME WEIGHT BEHIND OR WE'LL NEVER GET TO THE GLACIER CARRYING ALL THESE LOADS.

>> LET'S LEAVE SOME CANNED STUFF HERE.

WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE EVAPORATED MILK WITH US.

>> I WANT TO LEAVE A LOT OF CANS BECAUSE THEY ARE HEAVY.

SITTING STILL FOOD ROTS.

MOVING FORWARD FOOD ROTS.

CANS DON'T.

>> WE DON'T TAKE THE CANS.

>> THEY ARE THERE THE ONLY FOOD THAT ARE LITERALLY GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE GLACIER.

>> JOE INSISTS, NO, NO, NO, WE NEED THE CANS.

WE NEED THE CALORIES IN THOSE PARTICULAR FOODS AND WE KNOW THEY WILL BE PRESERVED LONG ENOUGH TO STILL BE GOOD SEVERAL DAYS LATER.

>> CANS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT IS MY POINT.

>> I END UP AGREEING, YEAH, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE CANNED FOODS.

TRIM OFF AS MUCH OF THE WEIGHT AS WE CAN.

STARTED FEEBLING VERY CONFIDENT THAT I HAD EVERYTHING PLANNED, ALL THE LOGISTICS, WAS PREPARED.

AS THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ALONG I REALIZED THERE WAS LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING THAT DON'T FIT IN WITH THE BEST LAID PLANS AND I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

BUT I FELT JOE'S CRITICISM WAS HARSH AND UNFAIR.

>> THE CAMP WE HAVE -- >> POOR RON.

POOR RON WAS IN A SAD STATE.

I REMEMBER SEEING HIM SITTING THERE AT MEALS OR BY THE CAMPFIRE SLUMPED OVER, HEAD BOWED LOW.

HE WAS DETERIORATING, REALLY.

>> RON AND I PLANNED THIS EXPEDITION TOGETHER.

WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING ON CATHOLIC CHURCH ADDINGTON TOGETHER.

HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

HE'S ALSO A HUGE ASSET TO THE EXPEDITION.

THE MULE.

HE'S A FIREFIGHTER.

HE CAN CARRY HUGE LOADS AND HE'S A REAL TEAM PLAYER.

I'M THINKING WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE THIS GUY.

>> YOU LOOK LIKE CRAP.

>> THANK YOU, AND I FEEL LIKE IT.

>> RON IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.

I'M HIKING HIM BACK TO THE LOGGING CAMP TODAY.

>> PATTI AN RON DECIDED THEY NEED TO CALL IT QUITS.

MY HEART SINKS.

WE HAVE JUST LOST TWO OF SIX EXPEDITION MEMBERS, A THIRD OF THE EXPEDITION.

>> YOU GUYS NEED TO MAKE IT TO THE GLACIER.

>> WE'RE TRYING.

>> I THOUGHT I WAS FIT.

BUT GETTING SICK YOU CANNOT BE OUT HERE WITHOUT BEING SUPER HEALTHY.

IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO BE OUT HERE AND WE'RE ON THE EASY PART OF THE TRAIL.

>> MENTALLY, NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO BUT I HAVE TO.% I CAN'T GO FURTHER INTO THE BUSH.

IT'S NOT SAFE.

NOT TO MENTION EVERYONE WOULD BE PICKING UP MY SLACK.

I WOULD NEVER MAKE IT.

I GOT TO GET REST.

I GOT TO GET TO A DOCTOR.

>> I'M FEELING I'M ON THE EDGE OF THE PRECIPICE AND WANT TO BE ON THE SAFE LANDING SIDE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BY HEADING NORTH INTO MUCH WORSE CONDITIONS WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.

>> SOLID, MAN.

REALLY ENJOYED MEETING YOU.

>> CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE.

>> I WILL ABSOLUTELY CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE.

>> MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS I SHOULD GO WITH THEM.

MY SECOND THOUGHT WAS IS THAT WHAT THE MUNDYs WOULD DO?

THIS IS THE TRUE MAKE OR BREAK POINT IN THE TRIP.

>> FEEL BETTER.

>> GOOD LUCK.

>> YOU TOO.

>> YOU GOT THIS.

SEE YOU IN A WEEK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I'VE GOT HIM.

>> THE PLAN WAS FOR ME TO REST AND THEN FLY IN AND REJOIN THE EXPEDITION, BUT ULTIMATELY THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO GET BETTER AND TO HAVE ANY BUSINESS FLYING BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS LOSING TWO OF THE BIGGEST MOST POWERFUL MEN ON THE TRIP.

WAS GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE THROW THE TOWEL IN.

>> THE CHARACTER I'M REPRESENTING IS PHYLLIS.

SHE WAS A WOMAN MOUNTAINEER LIVING IN THE 1920'S.

OUR TRIP IS TAKING PLACE IN 1926.

POWERFUL WOMAN IN MORE WAYS THAN I COULD EVEN SAY.

>> I'M REPRESENTING DON ON THE EXPEDITION.

HE WAS A WORLD WAR I VET.

HE TOOK INJURIES DURING THE WAR THAT SLOWED HIM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

HE WAS SMALL COMPARED TO PHYLLIS.

PHYLLIS WAS A BIT OF A GENETIC BEAST.

SHE WOULD ALWAYS CARRY HEAVY PACKS.

VERY, VERY SENSIBLE PRESENCE.

HE CLAIMS THEY FELL IN LOVE WHEN SHE SAVED HIS LIFE WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO SLIDE DOWN A MOUNTAIN.

SHE REACHED UP AND JAMMED HER FOOT UP AGAINST HIS TO PREVENT THE SLIDE, AND THAT WAS THE START OF THE RELATIONSHIP, I GUESS.

>> THEY LIVED IN A LOVE CABIN IN THE ALPINE OF VANCOUVER THAT THEY BUILT THEMSELVES.

SHE WOULD HIKE DOWN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS TO HER GIRL GUIDE MEETINGS.

4,000 FEET.

VERY STEEP.

JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT.

SHE'S PART OF A DYING BREED.

I DON'T THINK THEY MAKE THEM LIKE THAT ANY MORE.

>> WALKING IN ITSELF IS SOMETHING WE ALL DO, BUT WALKING THERE WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THE BOOTS, THE WEIGHT OF THE BOOTS AND THE DESIGN OF THE BOOTS, THEY ARE NOT VERY FLEXIBLE.

FORCE YOU INTO A MARCHING STEP.

WE'RE FOLLOWING AN OLD LOGGING ROAD.

IT'S A LITTLE OVER GROWN BUT STILL EASY TO FIND YOUR WAY ALONG.

JUST FOLLOW THIS ROAD.

WE'RE SEEING BEAR SCAT EVERYWHERE.

>> WE HAVE SEEN SCAT ON THE TRAIL ALREADY, BUT IT'S USUALLY OLD.

THAT'S A LOT OF IT.

IT'S A LOT FRESHER.

>> AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE AWARENESS THAT THERE'S BEARS ALL AROUND US.

>> HAS FLIES ON IT.

>> HUMANS HAVE A PHOBIA OF BEARS NATURALLY.

WE'RE IN BEAR COUNTRY.

WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD SEE LOTS OF BEARS.

AND AS WE'RE WALKING ALONG THE ONLY NICE THING ABOUT THESE TRACE IS THEY ARE LINED WITH DELICIOUS RASPBERRIES, WHICH WERE A GOD SEND BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT WAS THE REASON THE BEARS WERE THERE.

>> THROUGHOUT THIS HIKE I'M CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG COMPARED TO THE MUNDYs AND HOW THEY MOVED ALONG.

>> IT IS MUCH, MUCH HARDER THAN I EXPECTED >> LOWER.

LOWER.

DUCK.

>> YOUR BAG IS TOO HIGH.

>> EIGHT INCHES LOWER.

>> WE'RE JUST GOING SO, SO SLOW.

MUCH SLOWER THAN I ANTICIPATED.

>> OH, MAN.

THIS IS SOME PRECIPICE, HEY?

>> WE'RE COMING ALONG THE ROAD AND SUDDENLY THE ROAD ENDS AND THERE'S NOTHING BUT RIVER IN FRONT.

>> LOOK AT THAT!

>> IT WAS A WASHOUT THAT HAD TAKEN THE ROAD AWAY WHERE YOU COULD WALK UP TO THE EDGE OF IT AND LOOK DOWN AND SEE 30, 35 FEET OF EMPTINESS.

>> THIS IS A DEAD END.

THEY MUST HAVE USED TO HAVE BEEN A BRIDGE OR -- >> THE RIVER HAS CHANGED ITS COURSE AND WASHED OUT THE ROAD.

FROM THAT SPOT WHERE THE ROAD ENDS, ALMOST DIRECTLY AHEAD IN THE DISTANCE YOU CAN SEE EMPTY CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLICMOUNT WADDINGTON.

>> THERE IT IS.

THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO.

ALL I COULD THINK WAS THAT IS AWFULLY FAR AWAY AND WE HAVE TO GET ALL THE WAY THERE.

>> I WISH WE COULD MAKE IT ACROSS THAT BANK.

>> OUR NEXT PROBLEM IS WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?

>> NOW WE HAVE NO ROAD.

WE'RE NOT SURE HOW TO GET AROUND THIS OBSTACLE.

SO THE WAY WE HAVE PLANNED THIS EXPEDITION IS THAT WE HAVE A SUPPORT TEAM OF TWO FRIENDS OF MINE, RON AND MARK, WHO WOULD GO IN BY HELICOPTER TO THE GLACIER AND MEET US WHEN WE GOT THERE.

>> I IMAGINED THE AREA COMING TO WAS LIKE NOTHING I EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE LARGER, COLDER, MORE SNOW.

WHAT WE DID SEE FROM THE HELICOPTER WAS INCREDIBLE.

>> I KNEW THAT MY FRIEND BECKIE DESCRIBED IT AS SECOND ONLY TO THE HIMALAYAS.

I REALIZED WHY.

>> A NIGHTMARE CARVED IN ROCK.

MEANTIME GETTING A WORLDWIDE REPUTATION AS BEING A MOUNTAINEER'S MOUNTAIN.

DIFFICULT SUMMIT.

>> WE GOT OUT AND IT WAS LIKE WE HAD BEEN DROPPED ON MARS.

ROCKS, SUN, A BIT LIKE A DESERT ISLAND AS WELL.

KIND OF IMPASSABLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

>> I EXPECTED TO FIND THE EXPEDITION VERY TIRED, VERY WEARY, MAYBE OUT OF ENERGY.

MY REACTION WHEN I HEARD THAT THEY WERE STILL DOWN IN THE VALLEY IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING AT THE TIME.

I WAS A LITTLE UPSET WITH THAT.

THE AREA WAS BEAUTIFUL.

OUR CAMP WAS NESTLED RIGHT NEAR THE GLACIER.

WE HAD TO LAKES ABOVE US, A BEAUTIFUL WATER FALL FLOWING BESIDE US, UNTOUCHED AREA, VERY FEW PEOPLE HAD BEEN THERE.

CHANCES ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL EVER GO THERE AGAIN.

>> THERE'S A RIDGE TO OUR RIGHT.

THERE'S RIVER IN FRONT OF US, SO THE ONLY WAY TO GO IS TO FIND A WAY UP THE RIDGE.

SO I GO CRASHING INTO THE BRUSH AND I AM LOOKING AROUND ON SOME ROCK, DO A BIT OF CLIMBING.

I CLIMBED A FARRYL STEEP NAT WILL TAKE US UP ON TO THE RIDGE.

>> FIRST TIME ACTUALLY WE HAD HAD TO GAIN ANY ALTITUDE IN THE WHOLE TRIP.

AND IT WAS PRETTY TECHNICAL.

THERE WERE SPOTS WHERE IN AMONGST THE TREES THE ROOTS, THE ROCKS, COUPLE TIMBER BRIDGES.

IT TOOK US SOME TIME TO WEAVE OUR WAY THROUGH THAT.

>> I THINK WE DID THREE HOURS IN AND TWO HOURS BACK, FIVE HOUR DAY WITH HEAVY PACKS.

DIDN'T FEEL VERY STRONG AND ENERGETIC.

I HAD THIS PACK FRAME ILL FITTED FOR ME, PROBABLY TOO BIG, PROBABLY UNBALANCED.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IS I SIMPLED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

WHEN YOU STUMBLE THAT MEANS YOU'RE GETTING TIRED.

I WAS UPSET.

I WAS WORRIED AND I TALKED TO BRIAN ABOUT IT AT DINNER TIME.

BRIAN, I'M WORRIED ABOUT MYSELF.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO -- I CAN'T PHYSICALLY MOVE AS FAST OR AS LONG OR AS HARD.

>> BUT YOU NEVER SLOWED ANYONE DOWN TODAY.

>> OF COURSE.

>> YOU NEVER SLOWED ANYONE DOWN.

WE WEREN'T SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE% OF YOU.

>> I'M NOT SURE.

I CAN'T DO THIS.

MAYBE I CAN.

>> YOU'RE BEING TOO HARD ON YOURSELF.

>> I WAS MORE UPSET WITH MYSELF THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I WOULD EXPECT THAT I COULD.

IF I GIVE 100% ON EVERYTHING THAT'S EASY HOW DO I GIVE 110% IF I DON'T HAVE IT?

>> I'M ONLY GOING TO ASK 100% EVERY DAY.

>> HOW DO YOU KNOW I CAN DO IT?

>> I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.

>> ROCKS IN HERE.

>> AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH ALL THE MOSQUITOES IN OUR TENTS I WAS GETTING FED UP WITH IT.

I WAS TALKING WITH SUSANNA ABOUT THE HURON AND IROQUOIS NATIONS THAT HAD LONGHOUSES AND THEY WERE SMOKY AND IT KEPT OUT THE BUGS FROM THEM.

>> WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GET SMOKE INTO THE TENT.

SO WE HAD A CAN OF OLD TOMATO SAUCE, PUT MOSS IN IT WITH THE COALS AND IT WOULD SMOKE OUT THE BUGS.

THAT'S NOT ALL THE WAY.

I USUALLY PUT THIS HERE SO IT DOESN'T TOUCH THE HOT COALS.

JUST A LITTLE MOSS ON THERE.

I PUT IT IN THERE SO IT SMOKES IT AND THE BUGS COME OUT THEN YOU GO IN.

>> ONCE WE HAD DRIVEN OUT ALL THE MOSQUITOES, PUT THE SMOKER OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE TENT AND FASTEN UP ALL THE CLASPS.

THERE WE GO.

BUG FREE.

>> BUG FREE!

>> ONE DOWNSIDE WITH THIS TECHNIQUE IS YOU CAN'T GO TO THE BATHROOM ONCE YOU CLASPED UP THE TENT AND MADE IT SAFE FROM MOSQUITOES COMING IN.

YOU CAN'T GO OUT.

WE LEARNED TO DEAL WITH THE MOSQUITOES AT NIGHT BY ARMORING UP.

WE NICKNAMED IT.

WE WOULD JUST TOTALLY COVER EVERY PIECE OF SKIN.

IT WAS COTTON LAYER, WOOL LAYER.

LEATHER MITS.

>> A SWEATER.

BUG NET, HAT.

>> TWO LAYERS OF SOCK.

THROWING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.

>> IT WAS RIDICULOUS.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE READY TO ROB A BANK OR SOMETHING.

>> I WOULD GET MAYBE ONE OR TWO BITES A NIGHT.

MENTALLY IT WEARS ON YOU.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU COULD IGNORE THE MOSQUITOES WHEN THINGS WERE GOING GOOD BUT WHEN THINGS ARE TRYING THAT'S WHEN THE ITCH AND IT WOULD DRIVE YOU CRAZY.

>> SOMETIMES SOME MOSQUITOES WOULD STILL GET IN THE TENT AND YOU'D HAVE TO KILL THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SO YOU'D HEAR A LOT OF CLAPPING.

THEN WE LEARNED TOWARD THE END OF THE EXPEDITION IF YOU SMEAR THEM GENTLY AGAINST THE TENT IT WAS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE.

>> THIS FOOD IS GOING TO KEEP US FROM GETTING ANYWHERE.

>> BECAUSE WE HAD 1920'S STYLE FOOD IT'S REALLY HEAVY TO CARRY.

WE CAN'T CARRY IT ALL AT ONCE.

WE HAVE TO CARRY SOME OF IT FORWARD, FIVE KILOMETERS, LEAVE IT THERE, GO BACK, GET ANOTHER LOWELL, THEN SO ON UNTIL WE HAD EVERYTHING MOVED FIVE KILOMETERS FORWARD.

IT'S SLOW, VERY GRUELING WORK, VERY PAINSTAKING.

>> ON A 30-DAY TRIP YOU'RE GOING TO FALL INTO THAT AND WE FELL INTO A PRETTY HEAVY ROUTINE.

YOU'D PACK A BAG THE SAME WAY.

YOU WOULD MAKE THE CARRY, EMPTY IT, COME BACK EMPTY.

THE THING I ALWAYS CAME UP WITH WAS RINSE, WASH, REPEAT.

RINSE, WASH, REPEAT.

YOU BURN PROBABLY 10 OR 12 DAYS LIKE THAT THEY BLUR INTO EACH OTHER.

>> THIS IS A 1921 KODAK AWT GRAPHIC CAMERA.

I'M TAKING FILM LIKE PHYLLIS DID.

SHE HAD ONE VERY, VERY SIMILAR.

TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH THE 1921 CAMERA.

YOU DON'T GET TO SEE A LOT OF BIG VISTAS.

I CAPTURE WHAT I CAN.

>> DON WHEN HE WROTE ABOUT HIS TRAVELS THROUGH THIS VALLEY, HE WROTE ABOUT THINGS LIKE CUTTING DOWN HUGE TREES TO GET ACROSS RAGING RIVERS.

AS WE'RE GOING ALONG THIS VALLEY WE'RE MINDFUL OF THE ENACT THERE ARE THREE HUGE RIVERS THAT WE HAVE TO CROSS.

>> THROUGH ALL THE YEARS OF LOGGING THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS VALLEY THEY HAVE PUT IN BRIDGES OVER THE RIVERS.

THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF THE VALLEYS IS TO FIND BRIDGES THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND BY THE LOGS COMPANIES THAT THEY BUILT ACROSS THESE RIVERS.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN FOUND THE FIRST RIVER YET.

WE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE WAY TO FIND THIS FIRST BRIDGE WAS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A Y, A FORK IN THE ROAD, AND WE HAD TO TAKE THE RIGHT HAND FORK.

SO WE KEPT LOOKING FOR THIS Y, THIS FORK.

WE WERE NEVER FINDING IT.

>> LOOKS LIKE IT'S BETWEEN TREES THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> IT MIGHT JUST TAKE A SWITCHBACK.

>> FINALLY WE COME TO A SPOT WHERE THE ROAD BRANCHES AWAY UP THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN OR IT GOES STRAIGHT ON.

OKAY, THIS MUST BE THE Y.

WE NEED TO GO THAT WAY.

I DECIDE WE HAVE TO SCOUT OUT THIS ROAD TO SEE IF IT LEADS TO THE BRIDGE.

I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THIS IS THE WAY TO THE BRIDGE.

>> I THINK IT'S THAT WAY.

>> THAT'S NOT A ROAD.

ALL THESE ROCKS HERE?

THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CLEARED AWAY IF THIS WAS A ROAD.

SO IT MUST BE UP THAT WAY.

>> LET'S GO THAT WAY.

>> SWITCHBACKING UP THE MOUNTAIN BUT IT'S NOT GOING AROUND THE SPUR.

IT MIGHT BE GOING -- IT'S NOT EVEN GOING UP THERE.

I HAVE JUST SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF SCOUTING UP ROAD TO SEE IF IT'S OUR ROUTE.

I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THIS IS A DEAD END.

THIS IS CLEARLY NOT THE ROAD.

IT'S NOT GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THERE'S AN HOUR AND A HALF WASTED.

>> SO I HAVE BEEN THINKING ALL ALONG THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY SIMPLE THING GOING THROUGH THIS RIVER VALLEY BECAUSE YOU JUST FOLLOW THE ROAD UNTIL YOU GET TO THE GLACIER AND IT'S SIMPLE.

NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME I'M STARTING TO THINK MAYBE THIS ISN'T SO SIMPLE.

ALL THIS TIME THE SUPPORT TEAM IS WAITING FOR US.

THEY ARE WAITING FOR US AND WE'RE TAKING FOREVER TO GET THERE.

>> WAITING WAS A STRUGGLE.

WE HAD A LOT OF REST DAYS AND A LOT OF WAITING AND A LOT OF FRUSTRATION.

>> EVERY DAY WE WOKE UP AND I ASKED CAN WE TAKE CAMP HIGHER UP?

AND IT WOULD BE NO, WE CAN'T, WE'RE WAITING FOR BRIAN.

THAT WAS KIND OF THE TRICKY ASPECT OF THE WHOLE THING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY WERE GOING TO BE.

SOMETIMES THEY WERE SHOWING TOMORROW, SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE FIVE DAYS AWAY.

>> WE OCCUPIED OUR TIME, WITH DID SOME EXPLORING, TRIED TO FIND A WAY BACK TO THE GROUP.

MUCH LIKE WHAT THEY WERE RUNNING INTO, THE BRUSH IS JUST WAY TOO THICK.

>> I CAN'T SEE YOU AT ALL ANY MORE.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE BUSH WHACKING EQUIPMENT.

WE HAD OUR MOUNTAINEERING AXE, SO WE COULD BREAK BRANCHES WITH THE ADZ ON THE AXE.

THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD BUSH WHACK WITHOUT A MAP AND BUSH WHACKING TOOLS.

>> I QUICKLY ACCEPTED THE SITUATION AND BUSIED MYSELF.

WE PLAYED AROUND ON THE GLACIER, WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING AND TECHNICAL.

THEN I READ CRIME AND PUNISHMENT ON MY KINDLE.

I MEDITATED.

I DID SOME YOGA.

>> I HAD MY PHONE.

WE HAD SOLAR CHARGERS SO I PLAYED A LITTLE SOLITAIRE ON MY PHONE.

>> WHEN WE LANDED WE HAD BROUGHT SOME STEAKS, SOME BEER, SOME SCOTCH O WE COULD THROW A PARTY FOR THE GUYS BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WHEN WE LANDED.

OF COURSE THEY WEREN'T THERE SO WE HAD TO EAT AND DRINK THOSE THINGS FOR THE FIRST WEEK.

>> I NEED THAT SUMMER SAUSAGE.

>> AFTER THREE WEEKS OF HIKING, YOU KNOW, OUR DINNERS SOMETIMES WERE A BIT SLIMMER.

>> YOU GOT THREE CHOICES.

CORNED BEEF WITH MUSTARD, WITH CHEESE OR WITH JAM.

>> CAN I HAVE CORNED BEEF WITH CHEESE AND MUSTARD?

>> JAM?

>> WE WERE JOKING THE CORRESPOND BEEF SANDWICH IS THREE PIECES OF CORNED BEEF, ONE FOR BREAD, ONE FOR MEAT, THE OTHER FOR THE TOP.

REALLY JUST THREE PIECES OF CORNED BEEF STACKED TOGETHER.

IT'S GROSS.

>> THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL AENED OUTDOOR CHARCUTERIE.

>> IT'S A TEXTURE THAT IS NOT PLEASING.

ALMOST VOID OF FLAVOR.

>> YOU GET TIRED OF IT QUICKLY.

I HAVE HAD TWO BITES.

>> I'M ENJOYING IT.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

>> YOU GUYS NEED TO SUFFER A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> WE JUST EAT TOO WELL.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

>> EVEN I WAS STARTING TO SAY DO I REALLY NEED THIS?

>> PUT SOME JAM ON IT.

DON'T -- ARGUE!

>> WE ARE ON THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER!

TOOK US ALL DAY TO FIND IT GOING TWO DIFFERENT ROADS, BUT HERE SHE IS AND SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

NOW WE KNOW WE'RE EN ROUTE.

>> I'M JUST ELATED!

WE FINALLY FOUND THIS BLOODY RIVER THAT WE HAVE TO CROSS.

>> BRIAN WAS LIKE SO HAPPY.

>> WE'RE EN ROUTE!

>> HE WAS LIKE OVERJOYED!

WHOOPING IT UP.

HIGH FIVING.

IT WAS A GOOD MOMENT.

>> ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS WE COME TO THE SECOND RIVER.

SO WE HAVE CROSSED TWO OF THE THREE RIVERS THAT WE HAVE TO CROSS TO GET OUT OF THE VALLEY.

AND WE'RE MOVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY THERE'S NO MORE ROAD.

IT'S JUST GONE.

WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE BUSH WHACKING FROM HERE ON IN.

BUSH WHACKING IS BASICALLY WALKING THROUGH A FOREST WITH NO TRAIL.

SO YOU ARE MAKING THE TRAIL.

IT WAS THE FIRST MOMENT WHERE I THINK PEOPLE REALIZED THAT THIS IS GOING TO GET HARD.

>> AT AN ANGLE, BRIAN, NOT STRAIGHT DOWN.

>> IT WAS SILENT AND YOU REALLY FELT ENCLOSED AND THE FOREST WAS COMING AT YOU FROM ALL SIDES.

>> JUST MORE HEINOUS CRAP!

>> YOU REALLY COULDN'T SEE MUCH.

>> IT'S PRETTY HARD ON YOUR ANKLES TO BE WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE HILL LIKE THAT.

>> YOU OKAY?

>> I'M FINE.

>> THEN WHEN WE GOT DOWN ON THE FLAT, THE TRAIN TURNED TO WHAT I ALMOST THOUGHT WAS A JUNGLE.

BROAD LIEFED STUFF AND MUCKY MUD PATHS.

>> SEE THAT SUNSHINE LINE?

THAT'S ABOUT 50 FEET, 20 METERS OFF.

THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE.

YOU CAN NEVER TELL -- WELL, I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

>> YOU CAN NEVER TELL.

[LAUGHTER] >> I THINK THE BIGGEST SKILL THAT HAS TO COME OUT OF BUSH WHACKING IS BEING TO PICK YOUR LINES.

AM I GOING TO GO THROUGH IT, AROUND IT OR OVER IT.

SOMETIMES YOU PICK THE WRONG LINE AND YOU GET SO TANGLED UP YOU HAVE TO BACK TRACK.

ONE THING ABOUT THE RAIN FOREST IS ALL THE WOOD IS WET TO THE POINT THAT IT'S SPRINGY.

YOU PUSH SOMETHING OUT OF THE WAY IT COMES BACK AND WHACKS YOU IN THE BASK THE LEGS OR THE NECK.

>> I GOT TONS OF BRUISES, FROM THE PACK, THE THE STRAPS, THEN STICKS SMACKING YOU IN THE LEGS.

JUST POINTED STRAIGHT AT YOU.

YOU WALK INTO THIS THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE HIDDEN BY FOLIAGE.

>> IF I HAD TO SUM UP BUSHWHACK NOT GUILTY ONE TERM IT'S A FIGHT WITH NATURE.

>> THE REALITY OF BEING ON THE TRAIL IT WAS A LOT TOUGHER THAN I HAD IMAGINED.

ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS JUST THE BEATING AND BATTERING ON MY BODY.

I FELT A LITTLE PAIN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING THEN LAST NIGHT I WAS JUST CHECKING MYSELF I FELT THIS LUMPY BLISTER.

I SAID, HEY, GUYS, TAKE A LOOK.

>> EVERYONE WENT, UGH!

JUST ANOTHER REPAIR.

WE DO PACKS, ROPES, PEOPLE.

YOU NAME IT, WE FIX IT.

>> WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.

>> I ESTIMATE FOUR TO FIVE FEET.

>> EVERYBODY IS STILL FIT.

WE'RE ALL JUST EXHAUSTED.

NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE.

>> BUT IF WE TAKE THAT REST DAY TODAY -- >> THIS AI GOOD SPOT.

>> THEN WE'LL HAVE THE ENERGY TO PUSH AFTER.

>> IT'S THREE WEEKS INTO THE EXPEDITION.

WE HAVE ONE WEEK LEFT, AND WE WEREN'T EVEN EXACTLY SURE WHERE WE WERE UP THE VALLEY.

>> WE'RE BASICALLY RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS DOTTED LINE ALMOST WHERE THE DOTTED LINE IS.

RIGHT AT THIS BEND IN THE RIVER.

>> THERE WAS SOME DEBATE AS TO HOW FAR WE HAD GONE.

>> THE BRIDGE IS RIGHT ABOUT THERE.

>> I WAS FEELING WE HAD GONE MORE KILOMETERS THAN WE ACTUALLY HAD.

>> THE OTHER DAY I COUNTED ABOUT 15 KILOMETERS WHEN BEING ABOUT HALFWAY ALONG -- >> SINCE WE HAD SEEN MOUNT CATHOLIC CHURCH ADDINGTON, I HAD A GOOD IDEA OF DISTANCE.

IF WE COULD PACK THE PACKS UP AT NIGHT, WAKE UP, MOVE STUFF EARLY, COME BACK FOR LUNCH WE MIGHT GET TWO CARRIES ON A MORE FLAT TERRAIN LIKE THIS.

I KNEW WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

WE WEREN'T DOING IT.

I WASN'T LEADING IT, AND I WOULD MAKE MY SUGGESTIONS AND BRING UP MY CONCERNS.

>> TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TERRAIN AND MOVE FASTER AND FURTHER.

>> THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO EVER HAPPEN.

DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

ON AVERAGE WE'RE REALLY ONLY ADVANCING ABOUT TWO AND A HALF KILOMETERS A DAY.

AS WE'RE GOING ALONG AT THE SNAIL'S PACE I'M GETTING EXTREMELY CONCERNED WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE MOUNTAINS AT ALL.

DEFINITEY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO CATHOLIC CHURCH ADDINGTON.

MAY NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO THE GLACIERS UNLESS WE CAN PICK UP THE PACE.

>> THERE'S THE RIVER AND THE MOUNTAINS.

>> IT'S GETTING WIDER AND WIDER.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT FINDING OUR GEAR -- >> WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER THIS TREE.

>> JOE WAS VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO NAVIGATE WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE SO HE WOULD OFTEN JUST GO HIS OWN WAY.

HE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT A MAP.

HE KEPT SAYING THERE'S A RIVER ON ONE SIDE, THERE'S MOUNTAINS ON THE OTHER, I CAN FIND MY WAY THROUGH.

THAT'S NO-NO IN GROUP DYNAMICS TO SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE GROUP.

IT'S NOT THAT I LIKE TO WALK ALONE IN THE FOREST.

I REALLY DO LIKE COMPANY.

I THINK FRUSTRATIONS WERE BUILDING.

>> JOE PROBABLY HAD THE MOST DOUBT AMONGST ALL OF US.

>> WHY ARE WE HEADING THIS WAY?

WE NEED TO GO THAT WAY.

>> WASN'T SURE WHY HE SIGNED UP AND I DON'T THINK IT BECAME CLEAR EVEN PART WAY THROUGH IT.

I THINK HIS BIGGEST POINT WAS WHEN HE GOT TO THE POINT HE KNEW THE QUICKEST WAY OUT WAS TO CONTINUE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HARD TRIP.

HARD EXPEDITION.

>> SEEMS NO MATTER WHAT TERRAIN WE CHOOSE IT'S THE WRONG WAY.

>> THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF FUN, WAS THERE?

>> YEAH.

THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT I REALLY IN RETROSPECT WISH THERE HAD BEEN MORE JOY.

I REMEMBER SAYING THAT.

THAT THIS ISN'T A JOYFUL TRIP AND IT WAS GETTING TO ME.

>> I JUST DON'T SEE THE SENSE.

I DO NOT SEE THE SENSE IN PUSHING THIS GROUP THAT HARD.

>> SOMETIMES JOE'S FRUSTRATIONS WOULD REALLY BOIL OVER.

>> IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY KIND OF SENSE.

MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

>> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING A CHOPPER RIDE FROM UP THERE.

>> I'M TALKING TO THE POINT OF GETTING UP THERE.

>> YOU SAID BEST CASE SCENARIO WE GET ONE DAY TO PLAY.

NOTHING HERE HAS WORKED TO THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

>> I KEPT THINKING THIS GUY TURNS AROUND OUR EXPEDITION IS OVER SO HOW DO WE KEEP HIM HAPPY, RIGHT?

>> BRIAN'S ANSWER TO MISERY HE FIGURED HE CAN ALWAYS BOOST MORALE WITH FOOD.

CAME TO THE POINT WHERE HE HAD READ THE MUNDYs HAD DONUTS SO HE MADE DONUTS.

>> HAVING WORKED AS A CHEF IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO COOK THINGS THEY WOULD HAVE EATEN IN 1926.

I GOT MY HANDS ON A COOKBOOK FROM THE 1890s WITH A DOUGHNUT RECIPE.

WE HAD MAPLE SYRUP.

SUDDENLY WE'LL GET MAPLE FLAVORED STRAWBERRY JELLY DONUTS.

A REAL TREAT.

>> MEANWHILE WE HAVE BEEN BUSHWHACKING FOR DAYS AND DAYS.

UNBELIEVABLY IT HAS GOTTEN HARDER.

>> THERE YOU GO.

NICE JOB.

I'LL GET YOUR STUFF.

>> I'M FEELING LIKE WE ARE BECOMING EXPERTS AT THIS STUFF NOW IT'S THROWING US EVEN HARDER STUFF TO DEAL WITH.

>> THERE'S GIANT BOULDERS, GIANT FALLEN TREES.

ONE OBSTACLE AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER AND IT'S TAKING US FOREVER JUST TO MOVE FORWARD 50 METERS.

>> TODAY'S BUSHWHACK WAS A FUN WON.

OVER TREES, ROCKS, LOTS OF BIG STEPS.

PULL YOURSELF UP WITH HEAVY PACKS.

THE PACK SHIFTS OVER SO YOU GOT TO FIGHT IT.

REALLY STRENUOUS.

>> SO AT ONE POINT WE CAME ACROSS WHAT JOE AFFECTIONATELY DESCRIBED AS THE MAZE OF DEATH.

OH, MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT, THE MAZE OF DEATH?

>> IT WAS A BIG AREA OF FALL.

TREES AND MASSIVE TREES AND STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

BRANCHES STICKING OUT SO IF YOU FELL YOU WERE JUST GOING TO BE POKED WITH STICKS AND JUST -- YOU'D DIE.

IT LOOKED LIKE YOU'D DIE.

SCARY FALL.

IT WAS MASSIVE.

>> CAN'T REALLY STEP ON THE GROUND BECAUSE THE GROUND COULD BE LIKE THREE FEET BELOW SO YOU TRY TO STEP FROM LOG TO LOG.

>> IT'S GETTING PRETTY HAIRY.

THERE'S A FEW SPOTS.

KIND OF FUN TOO.

LIKE A JUNGLE JIM FOR ADULTS.

>> SO FINALLY WE COME TO A TINY OPEN AREA AND THERE'S THESE MASSIVE TREES THAT HAVE FALLEN.

RIGHT IN FRONT OF US BLOCKING OUR PACK RIGHT TO THE RIVER.

NO WAY AROUND THEM.

WE'RE EXHAUSTED.

>> DEJECTED FACES.

>> AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE CLOSE TO WHERE ANOTHER LOGGING ROAD IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING DOWN THAT GOES TO THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS THE FINAL BRIDGE THAT WE NEED TO CROSS TO GET OUT OF THE VALLEY.

SO I SEND STEWART UP TO SCOUT AROUND AND SEE IF HE CAN FIND A WAY AROUND, GET THE LAY OF THE LAND.

HE GETS BACK TO US AND TELLS US THERE'S STILL AT LEAST ANOTHER KILOMETER OF THIS REALLY HARD BUSHWHACKING AHEAD.

>> YOU CAN SEE A LOT FROM UP THERE, THOUGH.

THAT'S THE ANSWER AROUND THIS, GO ABOUT 1,000 FEET UP AND COME BACK DOWN AGAIN.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH PACKS.

>> MY HEART SINKS.

IT'S LATE IN THE DAY, WE'RE TIRED AND I'M THINKING, MAN!

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

IF WE WEREN'T ALL TUCKERED WE WOULD GO FOR A MOUNTAIN CLIMB.

>> ON THE MAP IT LOOKED LIKE ONCE WE GOT THROUGH THAT LAST KILOMETER THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO OPEN UP, WE WOULD GET TO THE CORNER WHERE WE WOULD PICK UP THE ROAD THAT WOULD LEAD US RIGHT TO THE BRIDGE.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE EASIEST WALKING BUT -- >> WITH NO PACK ON, YEAH, YOU WOULD SIDE HILL.

>> IT BAIM PARENT IT WAS OUT OF REACH.

AT THAT POINT WE HAD BEEN AWAY FROM FAMILY ENOUGH I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT MY WIFE AND MY KIDS, WHY I WAS DOING THIS AND WHAT I WAS GETTING OUT OF IT.

>> RON AND MARK HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING FOR US TO REACH THEM.

IT'S CLEAR NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO REACH THEM.

>> I HAD HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE OTHER TEAM AND I THOUGHT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO BE THERE IN A DAY OR TWO UNTIL I TALKED TO MY WIFE AND SHE SENT ME A MESSAGE SAYING, NO, THEY ARE 14 K AWAY AS THE CROW FLIES AND THEY ARE MANAGING ABOUT 2 K A DAY.

AT THAT POINT I SAID, YEAH, THEY ARE NOT GETTING HERE.

I STARTED FEELING UPSET AS FAR AS THAT WENT.

THAT QUICKLY SWITCHED INTO I STARTED FEELING BAD FOR THE OTHER TEAM THAT THEY WERE STILL STUCK IN THIS HELL HOLE AND JUST WEREN'T EVER REALLY GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE.

I DECIDED IT WAS TIME WE SHOULD GET OUT OF THERE.

WE HAD EVERYTHING PACKED AND READY TO GO.

>> WE PACKED UP, JUMPED IN THE HELICOPTER AND LEFT.

>> I THOUGHT WE HAD A GREAT VIEW OF THE GLACIER WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH EDDINGTON AT THE END OF IT AND THAT WAS PRETTY SPETACKULAR.

>> THE PROBLEM IS AT THIS POINT EVEN IF WE HAD MADE IT TO THE MOUNTAIN WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OUR SUPPORT TEAM.

>> THESE ARE THE THINGS I CAME HERE TO SEE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS LOOKED ON THIS IN QUITE A WHILE.

PROBABLY ONLY A FEW PEOPLE.

GOREUS.

GORE IT'S GORGEOUS.

>> MOUNT WADDINGTON WASN'T AN OPTION MAYBE WE WEREN'T EVEN GOING TO GET INTO THE ALPINE.

THAT'S WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.

[LAUGHTER] >> I HAVE HELD MY TONGUE LONG ENOUGH.

THIS IS IT.

THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT OUT OF THIS GROUP.

THAT'S IT.

>> ONCE IT BECAME CLEAR WE WEREN'T GETTING UP TO THE ALPINE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PUSHING ANY MORE.

IT FELT LIKE SIS SYSSIFUS.

I NEEDED TO REST.

>> YOU WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE BUT HERE YOU ARE.

I TOLD YOU DAY 3 THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE.

DAY 3.

HERE WE ARE ON DAY WHAT, 21, 2, 3, 5, 7?

>> HE WAS DONE.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON ANY MORE SO HE BASICALLY CALLED IT SAYING HE WAS DONE.

ONE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM IS DONE YOU CAN'T GO ON WE'RE ALL DONE.

>> BRIAN WANTED TO TRUDGE FORWARD AND JOE TOOK A STANCE, HE SAID I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING I'M TAKING A REST DAY.

>> HAVE BEEN GETTING EARLY TRYING TO LIGHT A FIRE UNDER EVERYBODY!

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I HAVE BEEN PREPARED SINCE DAY ONE.

I HAVEN'T FELT THAT MY CONCERNS WERE ANSWERED ON THE PHONE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW -- HARD IT IS TO CARRY WEIGHT EVERY DAY?

>> I THINK I'M A VERY INTENSE, PASSIONATE PERSON AND I THINK IT COMES ACROSS SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD DO IT MORE DIPLOMATICALLY BUT HINDSIGHT IS 20/20.

>> I GOT NO MORE.

I CAN'T PUT IN MORE IS WHAT I'M SAYING AND YOU'RE GOING TO STRAND US IN SOME -- WHERE WE CAN'T EVEN GET A CHOPPER.

>> PROBABLY EVERYONE WOULD AGREE THE BIGGEST PERSONALITY CONFLICT WE HAD WAS BETWEEN JOE AND BRIAN.

>> I AM MAD AT YOU BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU AS BRIAN.

IT HAS TO DO WITH YOU AS LEADER OF AN EXPEDITION.

>> JOE MAYBE BEING MORE OF A REALIST, BRIAN BEING THIS VISIONARY.

HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE MADE SO MANY KILOMETERS, WE MADE THE SNOW, WE MADE THE GLACIER.

EVEN AS OUR GOAL IS BEING REDEFINED ALL THE TIME HE SEES IT AS A REAL SENSE OF LOSS.

>> I FELT LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

YOU'RE GOING TO UNILATERALLY DECIDE THAT OUR EXPEDITION IS OVER SO I JUST LOST IT WITH I HIM.

I WENT NUTS.

YELLING, SWEARING AT HIM.

I JUST WAS FURIOUS.

I WAS ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS WITH HIM.

>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

>> WE'RE NOT OUT OF TIME.

>> YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING MY WHOLE POINT.

>> I HAVE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME.

WE WALKED WITH HEAVY LOADS.

GREAT.

>> WE HAD TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL.

WE WEREN'T GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL AND ALL THAT HARD WORK.

NOT JUST THE LAST THREE WEEKS OF HACKING THROUGH THE BRUSH BUT A YEAR'S WORTH OF PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR THIS EXPEDITION.

>> DON'T MOVE.

>> THE WHOLE THING HAS BEEN SUCH A WASTE OF TIME.

DIDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE VALLEY.

>> I CAN'T SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

[LAUGHTER] NOTHING.

>> BUT THE LONGER I SAT THERE ANGRY AND FUMING, THE MORE I REALIZED THAT THERE'S NO POINT.

I WENT OVER AND I SAID TO JOE, DUDE, I'VE BEEN AND ASS, AND I APOLOGIZE.

>> HE SAID I DON'T WANT THIS THING TO RUIN OUR FRIENDSHIP AND IT DIDN'T.

FOR ME, IT WAS THE MOST DEFINING MOMENT OF THE EXPEDITION.

>> THIS IS THE FLASK THEY CARRIED ALL THE WAY THEIR WHOLE JOURNEY.

WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SUMMIT RUM BUT THIS IS AS FAR AS WE'RE GETTING SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHOT OF RUM.

CARRIED THIS ROLLED UP IN MY SLEEPING BAG THE WHOLE TIME.

>> JUST DUMP IT IN MY CUP.

>> HERE'S TO A MOUNTAIN THAT'S EVEN MORE MYSTERIOUS NOW.

>> >>Harry!

>> THE HELICOPTER SHOWED UP LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THE WHOLE THEME IS JUST MIXED EMOTIONS.

SENSE OF FAILURE WAS OVERRIDING.

WE DIDN'T DO WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO BUT THEN THERE WAS THE REALIZATION THAT MAYBE WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO WEANT CHEEIVEL.

>> VERY VISION PROJECT.

WOULD REQUIRE YEARS OF NOT JUST SECATHOLIC CHURCHING YOUR OWN CLOTHES AND MAKING YOUR OWN FOOD, MAKING YOUR OWN MAPS.

WHAT'S MORE DIFFICULT IS THE ATTITUDE AND THE FORTITUDE THEY HAD.

THAT'S NOT EASILY REPLICABLE.

PEOPLE IN THOSE DAYS WERE MUCH MORE SELF-RELIANT, LET'S FACE IT.

THEN PEOPLE IN MODERN TIMES.

EVEN THE LOGGERS, THE BEST MOUNTAINEERS, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THIS DAY AND AGE THERE'S NOT 100 PEOPLE THAT EVER SPENT TIME IN THAT TERRITORY.

THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IT'S SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.

>> IN 1926 THE MUNDY EXPEDITION DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE MOUNTAIN EITHER.

THEY GOT OUT OF THE VALLEY AND THEN IN ONE LONG, HARD PUSH THEY GOT TO A SPOT CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAIN BUT THEY HAD TO TURN AROUND TOO.

THEY WERE OUT OF SUPPLIES AND OUT OF FOOD.

>> THEY KEPT GOING BACK FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS EXPLORING THE MOUNTAINS FROM DIFFERENT SIDES, MAKING THESE INCREDIBLY PRECISE MAPS, NAMING THE PEAKS AND GLACIERS WITH THESE WONDERFUL ROMANTIC NAMES.

THAT IN ITSELF WAS A HUGE LEGACY TO LEAVE TO BRITISH COLUMBIA.

ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES.

>> THIS REALLY STRUCK ME AS WE WERE IN THE HELICOPTER FLYING OVER THE GROUND WE HAD HIKED IN THE PREVIOUS THREE WEEKS.

AS I LOOKED DOWN I WAS THINKING, THERE'S THAT SPOT, THERE'S THAT RIVER, THERE'S THAT SPOT THEN I REALIZED IT WAS GOING ON FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND THE FLIGHT WAS A LOT LONGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AND I REALIZED HOW MUCH GROUND WE HAD COVERED.

>> IN THE LOOK OVER FROM THE AIR YOU LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT, WOW, NO WONDER WE WERE STRUGGLING.

THIS IS GNARLY, GNARLY STUFF.

>> I WAS DISAPPOINTED, ACTUALLY.

I WANTED TO WALK BACK OUT.

MY EXPECTATION WAS I WOULD COME OUT HUNGRY, EMACIATED AND REALLY CHANGED IN THAT KIND OF WAY.

SO THE HELICOPTER TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME.

>> THE BIGGEST THING I LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF WAS THAT I THINK MENTALLY I HAD THE ABILITY TO TAKE ALL THESE DISCOMFORTS AND MODERN MAN ISN'T USED TO BEING UNCOMFORTABLE.

SO TO BE ABLE TO BLOCK OUT THE MINOR DISCOMFORT AND GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE NOT JUST SURVIVING BUT ACTUALLY ENJOYING YOURSELF.

>> FOR ME IT WAS MORE OF A MENTAL CHALLENGE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

I REALLY LOVED THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE PRESENT AND OPEN TO WHATEVER HAPPENED.

>> ONE MORE TIME.

[SHOUTING] >> LAGGING?

>> EVEN AS MISERABLE AS IT WAS MOMENT IN MY LIFE WAS SHARED WITH PEOPLE, VERY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES YET AT TIMES WE WORKED VERY WELL TOGETHER.

>> MOST OF IT.

[LAUGHTER] >> NO MORE -- [LAUGHTER] >> THIS EXPEDITION TAUGHT ME THAT THE MUNDYs WERE EXTREMELY TOUGH, STRONG PEOPLE WITH A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE THAN WE HAD.

I HAVE TO GO BACK AND FINISH WHERE WE LEFT OFF.

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