[MOUNTAIN CLIMBING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA]
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men and women climb over rocks up side of a mountain. “And now we see Mount Victoria reaching up 11,000 feet above the sea.” Snow-covered mountain peaks. “As we approach the snow line, snow storms become frequent as the weather becomes colder.” “Just before we reached the summit one of our party disappeared in a crevasse and because the cameraman wasn’t ready he obligingly did it over again for your benefit.” “After several hours of strenuous climbing and pulling, we reached the ‘Lake in the Clouds,’ towering giant-like above the tiny lake is Mount Whyte, 11,000 feet above the level of the sea.” Tourists on bank of lake, views of Mount Whyte. “A little farther on we come to the ‘Bridge on the Edge of the Earth.’ Walk carefully here for there’s a sheer drop of 1,000 feet and no railing.” “A few minutes for rest and refreshments. Nature supplies the stage settings.” Man and women sit at table on porch of mountain lodge. Views of a mountain lake, forest. “The birthplace of a river, Lefroy and Victoria glaciers, solid mass of ice 250 feet thick and 4½ miles long, and think what we were paying for a piece 6 inches square back home.” Guide dwarfed by ice mass. “The guides told us not to linger here for frequently great masses of ice become loosened from the glacier and rush down the mountain side carrying everything before it.” “Up-Up-Up, the ever winding pathway opens new vistas to the eye at every turn.” [1916]
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