It’s 1913 -- year three of the Mount Baker Marathon. There’s a new cast of characters involved in organizing the race, and the financial stakes are more fraught than ever, as are the weather conditions on the mountain summit as race time arrives.
Once again, greed, egotism, and promotional aspirations collide with considerations of runners’ safety, with near lethal results. Todd Warger and Brian Young give us a behind the scenes look at historical details and footnotes that they weren't able to fit into their documentary film, but that add to the mystique of the mountain adventure race that has nearly been forgotten in the annals of Pacific Northwest history.
This is the conclusion of The Moutain Runners.
