An amazing discovery over eight decades in the making has been found on the snow-covered slopes of Canada’s northern frontier.
A cache of equipment, left by legendary American mountaineer Bradford Washburn, was found frozen in time on the steep heights of Mt. Lucania in the Yukon Territory.
According to ABC News, the equipment, which included cameras, was left by Washburn in 1937 while he and his cohort Bob Bates attempted to climb the glacial mountain.
Their journey was chronicled in a book by David Roberts titled, “Escape From Lucania.”
In the book, Washburn was said to have lamented the fact that he left his cameras behind and very much wanted to go back for them.
Professional skier Griffin Post read those words and was motivated to find the lost relics 86 years after they had been left there; 15 years after Washburn’s death.
As pointed out by ABC, Washburn’s equipment was abandoned on Walsh Glacier