Description:
An endurance competition unlike any in their day or likely any since, this is the incredible true story of America's first mountain adventure race. Intending to showcase the region, organizers created a grueling challenge of strength, stamina, resourcefulness, and skill. Cheered on by thousands of spectators, the athletes--mostly local amateurs--raced to Mount Baker's savage 10,781-foot summit by automobile, locomotive, and finally, foot. Finishers were few, and after experiencing wrecks, falls, blizzards, and more, many were thankful to simply survive.
Brief description:
Todd Warger is a 2013 Emmy Award nominee for the documentary filem, The Mountain Runners, and 2008 recipient of the Washington State Historical Society's David Douglas award for the documentary film, Shipyard. Warger works in the museum field, curating a variety of historical exhibitions. He is the author of a series about true homicides in Washington State during the 19th and early 20th century. The Bellingham, Washington resident is also co-author of Images of America: Mount Baker.