Mount Lucania
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Mount Lucania is the third highest mountain in Canada. A long ridge connects Mt. Lucania with Mount Steele (5,073m), the fifth highest in Canada. Lucania is named after an ancient territory of southern Italy, known today as Basilicata and Salerno.
The 1937 ascent by Washburn and Bates, 27 and 26 at the time, is recounted in the book Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival. The climb becomes an epic adventure as their pilot was unable to return to pick them up, so Washburn and Bates had to bushwhack through the remote wilderness over 160 km (100 mi) to the nearest town.
The second ascent of Lucania was made in 1967 by a team lead by Gerry Roach.
Literature
Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival — David Roberts — ISBN B00009NDAI
External links
- Mt. Lucania on SummitPost (http://www.summitpost.org/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/2997) - photos
- Mt. Lucania on Peakware (http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/lucania.htm) - photo
- Mt. Lucania on Bivouac.com (http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=15)