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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:12,560 [Music] 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:29,280 [Music] 5 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,080 [Music] 6 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,760 Perhaps the story of the mountain runners 7 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,200 can never be conveyed completely, 8 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,880 for like the vast mountain itself, the details are 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,560 numerous, varied and isolated from observation. 10 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,920 The narrative of this marvelous race, of the runners, 11 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,800 the railroad and the automobiles and 12 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,080 the hardships of the judges freezing at the summit. 13 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,120 The individual experiences of the contestants 14 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,600 on the trails strewn with confetti, 15 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,960 striving to overcome the handicap of the great distance 16 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,200 and each runner threading their way 17 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,320 through the dark woods, up past the fir and cedar 18 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,760 to meet the icy skirts of the mountain looming in the night, 19 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,560 whose summit was just beginning to herald the early dawn. 20 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,280 The climb? Over a mile in altitude above the snow line. 21 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,360 By the edge of deep crevasses and over steep icing slopes 22 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,560 where a collapse or single misstep 23 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,960 was fraught with certain death. 24 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:38,000 How could this story ever be told? 25 00:01:49,760 --> 00:03:21,080 Music 26 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,480 SFX; Old projector 27 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,880 It is the summer of 1911. 28 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,800 Howard Taft is President of the United States. 29 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,640 An airplane lands on a ship, 30 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,800 the USS Pennsylvania, for the first time, 31 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,480 the Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre& 32 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,640 and America's first mountain adventure race 33 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,760 is about to begin. 34 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,360 The race will take place in the far 35 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,600 northwest reaches of the United States, 36 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,240 in the city of Bellingham Washington, 37 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,680 situated on a bay in Whatcom County, 38 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,920 in the shadow of the North Cascades mountain range. 39 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,640 The city, incorporated only 8 years prior, 40 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:14,080 has a bustling population of 25,000 people. 41 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,760 Where pioneers still work the land. 42 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,760 Immigrants arrive daily to start a new life. 43 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,120 Businessmen look to make a name for themselves in this new city. 44 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,680 The regions economy is built on the timber industry 45 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,680 and there is a large transient population of working men. 46 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:47,120 Bellingham also has the world's largest salmon cannery. 47 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,760 With the number of men coming and going, 48 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,760 many businesses open to serve this working population. 49 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,040 There are saloons, brothels 50 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:01,040 Business is good. 51 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:09,440 Bellingham has another feature that most cities do not have& 52 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,360 A mountain, in its backyard. 53 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,520 Only 31-miles away as the crow flies. 54 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,160 Known to the Coast Salish people as "Koma Kulshan," 55 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:23,960 Mount Baker 56 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:29,480 a 10,781-foot volcanic, glacial peak 57 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,080 dominates the landscape. 58 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,720 Named by Captain George Vancouver, 59 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:36,760 of the H.M.S Discovery 60 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,040 after Lt. Joseph Baker, 61 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,920 the first crewman to sight the icy slopes 62 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,400 during a mapping expedition in 1792. 63 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,240 Seventy-six years later, in 1868, 64 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,240 a climbing party led by Edmond Coleman, 65 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,400 an alpinist living in Victoria BC, 66 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,560 reaches the summit for the first recorded time, 67 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,080 after a two week ascent. 68 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,160 Five years later in 1873 69 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,760 the second ascent results in the first photograph 70 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,240 taken on the summit of Mt Baker. 71 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,080 This marks the dawn of mountaineering 72 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,560 in the North Cascades. 73 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:26,240 One of the main reasons for doing the marathons was 74 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,920 the idea that Mount Baker could be a national park. 75 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,680 The first national park was Yellowstone in 1872. 76 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:40,360 Then in 1899 Mount Rainier was made into a national park. 77 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,760 The people in Bellingham looking at Seattle and Mount Rainer 78 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,360 were really quite jealous, 79 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,960 they thought if Mount Rainer could be a national park, 80 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,040 than Mount Baker could be a national park too. 81 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,080 I don't know if Bellingham was searching for an identity 82 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,680 so much as some type of event. 83 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,160 And, I think the Chamber of Commerce in particular 84 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,360 was looking at the world fairs 85 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,480 and knew the value of creating 86 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,000 some kind of tourist destination. 87 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,080 Something that would be unusual, 88 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,960 and so it had to be rather sensational, 89 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:33,680 and that's how the marathon, 90 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,080 Mount Baker Marathon really fits in, 91 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,400 it's a crazy event. 92 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,160 The first race supposedly came out of an argument 93 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,200 as to how fast you could get from Bellingham 94 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:49,320 to the top of Mount Baker and back to Bellingham again. 95 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,000 The interesting question was could you do it in 24 hours? 96 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,840 No one had ever broken the 24 hour mark before. 97 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,880 Hugh Galbraith, a logger from Acme Washington, 98 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 was 19 years old at the time. 99 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,360 There was a little competition, or a little rivalry 100 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,560 between the two routes to get to reach the top of Mount Baker. 101 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,880 One was by way of Glacier, 102 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,920 and the other by way of the Deming trail they called it, 103 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:17,720 by the Heisler ranch. 104 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,200 And the rivalry got quite keen and so... 105 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,160 they got to talking about start having a race up there 106 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,680 and see which side could get a man up to the top 107 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:27,960 and back the quickest. 108 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,680 Fifty-three year-old attorney and avid outdoorsmen, 109 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,600 Arthur J. Craven, 110 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,720 is co-founder and first elected president 111 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,320 of the newly formed Mount Baker Club. 112 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,960 He approaches the Chamber of Commerce 113 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,400 with an idea to promote the mountain. 114 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:47,560 A Race. 115 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,760 The Mount Baker club and the Chamber of Commerce 116 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,160 come together to develop an idea to exploit the mountain. 117 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,760 They decide that they need to have a trail system, 118 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,760 a road and a lodge eventually. 119 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:01,680 And, they want to bring tourism into the area 120 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,200 they really wanted to exploit the mountain 121 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,160 for as mush as they can get out of it. 122 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,760 But, they needed to have a gimmick, a plan or 123 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,560 something in order to entice people. 124 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:10,960 So, they looked at the rivalry that was going on 125 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,760 at the time between the townships of Deming and Glacier 126 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,600 of which would be the gateway to the mountain. 127 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,840 And with that idea they came up with the concept 128 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,080 of the first Mount Baker Marathon race. 129 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:28,560 The 24-hour event will start in downtown Bellingham at 10p.m. 130 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:30,360 in front of the Chamber of Commerce. 131 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,080 It will pit a special train carrying runners 132 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,200 44-miles to the town of Glacier, 133 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,720 against modified automobiles carrying runners 134 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,720 25 miles to Heisler's ranch, 135 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,840 located at the trailhead just beyond Deming. 136 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,200 They then depart from their two modes of transportation 137 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,800 and race by foot to the summit. 138 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,200 The runners reach the snow-line at sunrise, 139 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:58,760 where they have the option to change 140 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,960 clothes for the final push to the summit 141 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,160 in a 32-mile round trip. 142 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,080 Many won't take the time. 143 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:06,520 On the Glacier route 144 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,480 the contestants run 28 miles round trip, 145 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:10,920 over steeper slopes 146 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,080 before reaching the saddle of the mountain, 147 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,760 where they merge with the Deming route for 148 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,160 the final 1,500 foot ascent to the summit. 149 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,360 The runners must check in with trail judges 150 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,920 at established way-points along the trail. 151 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,920 The race is scheduled to coincide with the full moon 152 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,200 to help illuminate the trails. 153 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,760 The runners must reach the snow-line 154 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,240 before the sunrise thaws the snow-pack, 155 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:37,800 or the route becomes more treacherous. 156 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,680 Certificates carried by the contestants 157 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,840 will be signed by judges at the summit, 158 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,640 where the runners will pause for a mandatory four-minute break 159 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,000 before heading back to the waiting autos or train. 160 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,240 They return to Bellingham and 161 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,240 check in at the Chamber of Commerce 162 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,320 with their signed certificates to 163 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,240 claim their place in the race. 164 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,840 The prize - the Herald Cup trophy... 165 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,480 and $100 in double-eagle gold coins. 166 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,200 For the winning townships - bragging rights 167 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,600 and to be established as the official gateway to Mount Baker 168 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,040 and the tourist trade that it will bring. 169 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,920 Thirty-nine-year-old Jack Golithon, is engineer 170 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,160 of the Bellingham Bay 171 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,960 and British Columbia Number Three Special. 172 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,720 The train, with its boiler stoked, 173 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,680 will wait for the runners two blocks from 174 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,640 the starting line at the Bellingham Depot. 175 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,200 Golithon and his crew, strip down the engine to reduce weight 176 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,200 and connect one passenger car behind the coal tender 177 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,920 to prepare for the special's run to Glacier. 178 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,440 The town is a hamlet of about 120 people 179 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,960 and a jumping off point for the mines 180 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,120 operating in the North Cascades. 181 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,760 In the early 20th century, technology 182 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,080 and transportation are at a turning point 183 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,920 and nowhere is this more evident 184 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,880 than on the streets of Bellingham 185 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,960 where horse drawn carriages and ox-carts jostle 186 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,160 for space with automobiles and trolleys. 187 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,760 Back in those days they were racing Model Ts 188 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,000 every place in the country. 189 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:02,240 You just couldn't break them down. 190 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,040 So, my grandfather took this as an opportunity 191 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,440 to prove that locally, and he had a group of mechanics 192 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:12,760 in his shop that volunteered to strip down those cars 193 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,960 and convert them to racecars. 194 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:18,000 They would take a lot of the unnecessary stuff off from them. 195 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,200 They would take the fenders off, they'd take the windshield off, 196 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,800 they would take the lights off, 197 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,240 so that they were light and fast. 198 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,000 It was kind of a clock and dagger operation, 199 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,040 they wouldn't let people see 200 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,480 what was going on with those cars. 201 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,160 It was pretty top-secret stuff. 202 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:44,800 His car,Betsy was named after my grandmother, 203 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,360 who was a fairly quiet lady, 204 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,120 and I think that in an attempt to make her a little happier 205 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,560 about Hugh involvement in all this madness, 206 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:56,320 he named his car the Betsy. 207 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,560 The automobiles in the marathon 208 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:06,360 will travel on all sorts of road conditions. 209 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,160 In the city they travel on streets 210 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,840 made of concrete or brick, 211 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,560 but by the time the autos reach 212 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,840 a short distance outside of town 213 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,960 they encounter something unique... 214 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,520 A plank road. 215 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,520 A plank road is an actual road made of lumber. 216 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,760 Something that Bellingham had plenty of was lumber 217 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,080 that they could actually make streets out of boards. 218 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,200 Basically, a street of slivers. 219 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,000 So, it wouldn't have been comfortable. 220 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,600 You would've hoped for some really good 221 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,360 shocks on your buggy. 222 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,440 And then eventually a couple miles outside of town 223 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,680 it would have run into a dirt road, 224 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,840 and it is dirt all the rest of the way. 225 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,680 And all kinds of dirt roads. 226 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,640 Were talking mud, ruts, rocks, all the rest. 227 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,800 The autos pass through Deming to reach 228 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,680 the trailhead at Heislers Ranch. 229 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,960 As you travel on the dirt road that runs through Deming 230 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,960 you notice that the buildings lining each side of the street 231 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,280 have wood facades and plank sidewalks. 232 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,400 It looks like a classic Wild West town. 233 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,200 We're going to try and nab that purse and trophy for Deming, 234 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:51,000 as we have four or five pretty good hikers, 235 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:52,920 and sort of entertain the notion, 236 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,920 that our town's going to be 237 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,280 the proud possessor of the Herald Cup. 238 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,960 Once official notice of the prize money is posted, 239 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,760 Arthur Craven and the Mount Baker Club 240 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,000 receive applicants from all over the region. 241 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,000 Not to be outdone by one another, 242 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:24,000 both Deming and Glacier post their own contestants. 243 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,600 Hearty young men looking for a challenge. 244 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,960 Some sign up to represent their townships, 245 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,480 others just want a diversion from their daily routine. 246 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,400 The runners come from many backgrounds and professions. 247 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,200 There are mountain men and coal miners. 248 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,120 Hugh Galbraith, a logger. 249 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,360 Frank Bottiger, tree faller. 250 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,960 Tom Kelly, a farmer and wrestler. 251 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,080 Other runners include a bedspring-maker, 252 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,280 a postman, a milk inspector 253 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,800 and an insurance salesman. 254 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,200 Harvey Haggard is a young mule packer from the Polson mines. 255 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,680 Coal miners, Joseph Frankoviz and Norman Randall. 256 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,360 Twenty-eight year old Clayton Wright, 257 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,360 a farmer and mountain guide. 258 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,640 John Magnusson, a timber cruiser, 259 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,360 and Stanley Gilday a student. 260 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:24,040 And a young logger and homesteader from Texas, 261 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,480 29-year-old John Turner Riddle thinks 262 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,520 his chances are as good as anyone's. 263 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,800 He was very athletic, he looked like a runner. 264 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,800 He made his living in the woods. He was a mountain man. 265 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,000 Turner and his brother- in-law, Clarence 266 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,560 would think nothing of walking into Bellingham 267 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,400 to get a 50-pound sack of flour and walk back 268 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,040 back home with it so that their wives could make bread. 269 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,360 I don't think Turner would have ran for the money, 270 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,080 I think that Turner would have more than likely done it 271 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,120 because he could. 272 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,920 Hugh Galbraith, and his brother Joe, 273 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,960 know that the one-hundred dollar prize would be a help family. 274 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,160 Their father, a local constable and judge, 275 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,440 is murdered by bandits only months before the race. 276 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,920 I am sure he probably read that they were 277 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:18,880 going to have it in the newspaper, 278 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:22,080 and he was very familiar with Mount Baker 279 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,360 having been a ranger, 280 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,360 he knew exactly every direction to get to the top of it. 281 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,440 I'm sure that he just decided when he saw that 282 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,760 that would be something he would enjoy doing. 283 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,280 He made just five dollars a month 284 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,200 and he rode a rickety bicycle, 285 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,960 apparently even without tires to Bellingham over very 286 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,320 rutty roads to get to high school. 287 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,400 Daddy graduated in 1903. 288 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,480 And in 1902 his high school team won the state championship. 289 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,560 They had the flying wedge they called it when he played. 290 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,000 And they all lined up in a wedge and went right through the line 291 00:18:57,120 --> 00:18:58,840 until so may people were injured 292 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,800 that they made that not a legal play. 293 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,160 But he did like to watch our football games 294 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,560 except he did feel like they were very wimpy 295 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,560 and they had to wear all the padding and things, 296 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,840 that he did not wear when he played football. 297 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,320 He said it was like lawn tennis now. 298 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,120 The potential contestants sign up at the Mount Baker Club 299 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,920 as Arthur Craven extols; 300 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,040 Anybody with a tenth of a drop of sporting blood in him 301 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,800 cannot fail to enthuse over the prospect of this race. 302 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,280 It is going to be the most exciting event of the sort 303 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,080 ever pulled off on the Pacific Coast 304 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,600 or so far as I know in the United States. 305 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,000 These fine young fellas are all husky, 306 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:48,120 healthy young men, all in prime condition 307 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,600 and the man who wins will be entitled to all 308 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,680 the glory and all the honor we can accord him. 309 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,880 The runners soon find themselves on the front page of newspapers 310 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,200 and the cover of magazines; 311 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,320 they're the guests of honor at social functions. 312 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,320 These young wrestlers, 313 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:12,200 loggers and bedspring makers are...celebrities. 314 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,400 August 9th, 1911. 315 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,880 The streets throughout downtown seem deserted, 316 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,440 as the people and cars usually found on the avenues 317 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,080 congregate in front of the Chamber of Commerce 318 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,280 and along the race route as the hour of 10pm approaches. 319 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,480 All along the route, from Bellingham to the trailheads, 320 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,880 thousands of spectators wait for the train and autos to pass 321 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,960 in hopes of catching a glimpse of the runners on their 322 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,760 way to the summit. 323 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,440 For the local population at least, 324 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,280 they had never seen anything like it. 325 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:07,000 They never had a community celebration like this, 326 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,880 or a community event of this size. 327 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,120 Part of the attraction was these automobiles, 328 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,840 which were still a unique thing, 329 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,560 I mean, these were unusual, 330 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,720 people hadn't seen a lot of automobiles, 331 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,560 and to see them go fast, that's really even better. 332 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,440 This was a race that was between men and their endurance, 333 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,400 and also between contrivances, 334 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,040 I mean between the railroad and the automobile. 335 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,160 And the automobile was a new thing 336 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,320 on the scene and it was competing 337 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,520 with the railroad and all across the transportation fronts. 338 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,000 So here was an opportunity for them 339 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:42,320 to go head to head in this deal. 340 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,560 Fourteen runners ready themselves to 341 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,720 either climb into their automobiles 342 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,840 or dash two blocks to the Number Three Special. 343 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,360 The cars wait at the starting line in anticipation 344 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,120 of their passengers as the drivers of the Baby 40, 345 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,320 the Betsy, Hugh Diehl's modified Model-T, and a Buick phaeton, 346 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,600 don their dusters and driving goggles 347 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,440 in preparation for the dash over dirt and rock roads. 348 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,960 Gentleman, the task before you is a daunting one. 349 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,360 You'll climb aboard your chosen method of transportation, 350 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,160 to your respective trailheads in 351 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,520 the competing townships of Deming or Glacier, 352 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,680 where you will run thirty-two miles afoot 353 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,000 to the summit of Mount Baker and return. 354 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,920 May Godspeed you all! 355 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,840 At the drop of a hat, the race is on! 356 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,760 The automobiles start with a loud bang 357 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,320 and their unmuffled exhaust spits flames. 358 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,520 Frightened children clutch the skirts of their mothers. 359 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,560 Strong-voiced farmer lads cheer and buxom country maids shriek. 360 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,840 The supercharged atmosphere is intense as the cars flash past. 361 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,080 Just moments later, 362 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,320 the Glacier-bound runners board the train. 363 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,560 Within moments the engine hisses loudly and chugs hard. 364 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,240 The powerful vibration moves through the train 365 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:23,160 followed by the sound of squealing steel wheels. 366 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,240 The repetitive sound of the engine increases 367 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:26,560 and it becomes louder 368 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,160 as the train moves away faster and faster. 369 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,280 It passes so quickly that all that can be seen 370 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,960 or heard of her sounds like an echo dying away 371 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,000 into the darkness and distance. 372 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:38,520 ---Jack Sparks, Bellingham Herald 373 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,400 The cars jockey for position and try to keep away 374 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,440 from the debris being thrown up by the lead vehicle. 375 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,560 Many of the cars have the floor boards removed to save weight. 376 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,760 The drivers and passengers use foot pegs 377 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,200 and leather straps to keep from falling out 378 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,200 as they watch the dirt, ruts, 379 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,400 and rocks pass under their feet. 380 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,160 Some cars miss corners and find themselves smashing 381 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,920 through cornstalks in the middle of fields. 382 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,200 One of the autos hits a pothole at full-speed tearing 383 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,000 its frame in half. 384 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:14,320 The runners, though uninjured are knocked out of the race, 385 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,080 it's a long walk back to Bellingham. 386 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,560 These people were on the edge of disaster. 387 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,680 During the early days of automotive industry 388 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,160 and the Model T days, 389 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:26,480 what you don't read much about is 390 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,160 all the people that were killed 391 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,680 on the road because the cars 392 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,160 didn't make it around the corner, 393 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,960 or they ran into each other. They were daredevils! 394 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,000 I don't know that they really understood 395 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,760 the dangers that they were putting themselves into. 396 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,880 I think the people that ran to 397 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,920 the top of Mountain Baker and back, 398 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,720 put themselves in more danger 399 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:49,000 than the drivers of those vehicles. 400 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,080 Back at the Chamber of Commerce, the crowd is eager 401 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,800 to hear news of the racers' progress. 402 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,760 As the train passes through small towns 403 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,840 and hamlets on the way to the trailhead, 404 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,320 spotters call the Chamber with their clocked times. 405 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,520 The train, unencumbered by its normal load, 406 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,960 travels at full steam at over 65 miles an hour. 407 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:23,320 At 10;27pm the first train report from Sumas comes in, 408 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,640 "How fast is she goin?" is the question. 409 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,160 An operator in Sumas replies, "I don't know, 410 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,440 but she's goin like hell!" 411 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,080 Passengers on the Number Three Special feel 412 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,200 as if the train is floating on air 413 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,440 between the rail and wheel as it 414 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,440 passes through Kendall and nears Glacier. 415 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,200 The speeding automobiles thread their way 416 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,520 through the woods toward Heisler's Ranch, 417 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,240 where trail judges wait to record their arrival times. 418 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,520 It is 10;54pm when Joe Galbraith, 419 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,200 riding in Hugh Diehl's Model-T Betsy, 420 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,280 reaches Heisler's Ranch and the trailhead, 421 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,040 almost an hour after the start of the race. 422 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,160 The other cars and racers are just moments behind. 423 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,680 In Glacier, the Special's headlamp comes into view 424 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,560 and the train lets out a long whistle 425 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,080 as it pulls into the station. 426 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:37,760 A crowd forms around the platform 427 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,280 as sparks fly from the Specials' brakes. 428 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,640 At 11 p.m. sharp, Harvey Haggard and the other runners 429 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,160 on the train disembark and 430 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,600 disappear into the darkness of the trail to the yells of, 431 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,120 "For the glory of Glacier boys!" 432 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,360 How do you know your pace when you are running up a 433 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,360 mountain and it's the first time you ever done it? 434 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,200 So, my guess is that they were trying to keep up with people, 435 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,000 not knowing whether or not those were people 436 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:26,800 they could really keep up with. 437 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,120 Because you couldn't really train 438 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,560 to do that race over and over again. 439 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,800 It's easy to know what your pace is when you are on flat ground 440 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,360 and your doing 26.2 miles. 441 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,920 It would be a lot harder to know 442 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,640 in that elevation on that terrain. 443 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,520 Some of them probably wore themselves out 444 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,080 before they were half way up. 445 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,200 These runners were quite naive in what they probably 446 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,160 did to get themselves ready for this great run. 447 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,320 Looking at the pictures can give you a feel of just 448 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,080 how tired some of these runners must have been. 449 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,320 These guys were farmers, and coal miners and loggers. 450 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,720 These occupations gave then the skill set that they would need 451 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,200 to move effectively in the mountains. 452 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,080 They were used to being outside. 453 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,360 They were used to moving over uneven terrain. 454 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,080 They were used to walking on logs and 455 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,520 moving down step slopes. 456 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,160 Their occupations also gave them the foundation 457 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,680 of physical fitness that they needed in a way that 458 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,280 made them competitive in the race. 459 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,280 I think these guys that ran the Mount Baker Marathon 460 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:41,240 were unbelievable. 461 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,760 I don't see how they could do it. 462 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,280 I don't see how they did it. 463 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,360 That you could do, 464 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:50,520 what is essentially a marathon up a mountain 465 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,640 gaining that many thousands of feet& 466 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,800 at night&in a storm, 467 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,720 it just blows my mind. I can't imagine doing it. 468 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,120 I think they did it the same way I do it. 469 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,680 They tapped into the survival instinct; 470 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,960 basically this primitive DNA that we all have 471 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,920 that we can get through tough difficult situations, 472 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,720 and I think that's really what sport is about. 473 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,360 It is what being in the mountains is all about. 474 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:18,560 It's about surviving. 475 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,760 I think its one of those things that 476 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,200 as a contestant in the race on Mount Baker, 477 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,080 its actually to your benefit to know less. 478 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,160 Because the more you know about the mountain, 479 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,880 probably the more worried your going to be. 480 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,160 On one hand you have sheer novices 481 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,480 going up a mountain like Mount Baker 482 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,120 completely unprepared, no weather forecasts, 483 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:42,800 and in many cases never having climbed 484 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:43,960 a mountain or been on a glacier 485 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,080 and their just going for it. 486 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,600 But I think what we forget, these people were pioneers. 487 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,280 Joe Galbraith runs nearly nonstop along the Deming trail. 488 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:59,160 At 11;39 p.m., before he crosses the Nooksack River, 489 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,480 Joe head to the cabin of forest ranger Carl Bell. 490 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,720 Bell receives him at the cabin door, helping the runner inside. 491 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,320 He offers him a cup of coffee 492 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,240 while Mrs. Bell serves up eggs and bacon. 493 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,960 Joe thanks the Bells for their hospitality 494 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,040 and requests that in fairness 495 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,280 all climbers on the Deming trail be 496 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,800 treated with equal consideration. 497 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,560 Mrs. Bell responds with her intent to do so, 498 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,600 keeping hot coffee at the ready and food prepared for 499 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,400 each runner as they come through. 500 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,760 I think, you know, that renegade aspect, 501 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,280 that free-formed nature that there were 502 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,360 no rules really, there were very few rules for this event, 503 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:45,120 makes it really true wild mountain running 504 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:51,560 As you go through, 505 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,200 as you get into the harder aspects of the event, 506 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:55,720 when it gets more challenging 507 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,600 and the physical demand becomes even harder 508 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,360 you actually simplify your life even more. 509 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,200 You simplify the task even more. 510 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,680 What do I need to do to keep moving forward? 511 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,120 What do I need to eat? What do I need to drink? 512 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,520 Do I stop at the ranger station and have a breakfast of 513 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:11,880 bacon and eggs and coffee? 514 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,560 Or, do I push through, because this guy is right on my tail, 515 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,520 and I think I can do without that nutrition. 516 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,760 Just focusing on one step at a time 517 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,680 and solving the questions of now 518 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,160 where part of the event is 519 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:25,800 allowing your mind to deal with life 520 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,600 and process the issues that you're going through. 521 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,760 But, then part of the event is the focus on the now, 522 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,560 and how do I get from point A to point B, 523 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,360 and then maybe back down to point C. 524 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,560 These guys probably weren thinking a lot of strategy. 525 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,280 They were just in the moment, 526 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,000 which I think is really the true aspect of the sport. 527 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,240 Being in the moment, 528 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,040 you know, running with people having a social element, 529 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,200 but also being kind of drawn in realizing 530 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,560 okay,how's my body feeling, you know. 531 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:56,960 Not worrying about other competitors, 532 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,920 but in the end those other competitors 533 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,120 help push you just a little bit further. 534 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,640 Days prior to the race, summit judges and trail 535 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,160 guards establish camps along the routes. 536 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,000 There is a determined effort to prevent any form of cheating, 537 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,760 by documenting the runners' times. 538 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,800 The rules allow runners to invite family members 539 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:20,920 and friends to support them at the timberline 540 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,560 with fresh clothes, 541 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,840 food and the option of running as a companion. 542 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,760 It is daybreak. Joe Galbraith reaches Mazama Park, 543 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,920 where his brother Hugh is waiting to help him 544 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,320 prepare for his run to the summit. 545 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,240 I was right in amongst the thing, 546 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:40,960 right in the middle of it. 547 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,680 Well, this race, we, ah, there was quite 548 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,040 a bunch of us camped at what was known 549 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:50,000 then as Mazama Lake, and it was right at the 550 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,920 edge of the snow-line going up to Mount Baker. 551 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,160 And, when my brother got up there that morning why, 552 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,520 we gave him some coffee and a little refreshment, 553 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:03,200 and the funny part of it was in that picture there at our camp, 554 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,640 while Joe was there his two competitors, 555 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,560 It just so happens they were good friends of ours, 556 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,640 and we were well acquainted with them. 557 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,120 Naturally, we would help them out all we could. 558 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,560 I couldn't imagine running in those boots. 559 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,040 I mean; the crampons we ware today are quite a bit longer. 560 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:35,720 The boots are flexible, 561 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,240 which will make it harder to kick into the snow. 562 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:43,080 So cold. So thin 563 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,000 I can't honestly imagine wearing those things up that mountain. 564 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,800 I can see how you can hike in these, 565 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,760 but to run, pretty strong. 566 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:59,000 Poor bastards; I can't imagine running 30 miles in these, 567 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,080 that would just be horrible. 568 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,680 They're probably guessing at the right way to run 569 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,160 a race like this. 570 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,760 They are doing whatever they need to do 571 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,280 to get up that mountain. 572 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,480 They're probability running some of it and walking some of it. 573 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:21,160 Stopping to get their breath now and again, to take in some fuel. 574 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,680 They're probably having panic attacks on the way if they 575 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,040 are not professional runners. 576 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,360 My guess is that they would get pretty scared 577 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,720 because the only way down is the way they came. 578 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,680 It's high stakes. I think that the contestants in this race 579 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,640 were defiantly placing themselves in harms way 580 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,200 if they didn't know what they were getting into, 581 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,680 and had no experience on a glacier. 582 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:45,000 You can run for 15 miles through the woods, 583 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,400 up through the foothills to the base of the glacier, 584 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,240 but it is very different from running a marathon 585 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,600 once you get to that glacier. 586 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,160 The runners who were going up the Deming route likely 587 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,600 had significantly steeper terrain. 588 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:02,600 The Deming itself is steep, and they would have to go 589 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,600 around a significant crevasse field. 590 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,200 If they go to the right, it's a half-mile to a mile. 591 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,000 If they went to the left they might be able to contour 592 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:11,080 up onto those slopes 593 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,080 and get around to the left, 594 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,320 which would have been faster. 595 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,760 And to have checked in with the judges at the Saddle, 596 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,040 the Deming side would have been 597 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,520 the more difficult side to run on. 598 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:21,960 The Deming runners, 599 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,080 they definitely had the short end of the stick. 600 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,120 The runners begin their final push 601 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,400 up the glacial face of the mountain to the summit, 602 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,080 the most strenuous and dangerous part of the race. 603 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,280 I am rather impressed with not only the amount of 604 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,680 elevation change, but that it was all in one push. 605 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,160 And that they're up at elevations of eight, nine, 606 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:46,560 ten thousand feet where the body starts 607 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,080 to experience changes because 608 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,760 there is less oxygen for the muscles to utilize 609 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,200 while they are still pushing hard 610 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,840 and trying to reach the summit. 611 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,960 The altitude isn't going to play 612 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,640 that big of a role in a speed ascent like this 613 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,560 because you're going to gain and lose that elevation quickly, 614 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,240 but it's an added strain for sure. 615 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,840 They probably did have times of physical break down, 616 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,440 and then at that point 617 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,440 you just have to rely on your resolve to carry you through. 618 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,040 A lot of it, how well they did had to do with what's here, 619 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,520 what's in their head rather than what's in their bodies. 620 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,920 There's a point where you give up on your expectations. 621 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,720 You realize you're at the end of your rope. 622 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:29,520 You're at the end of your resources, 623 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,120 your mind is exhausted and you surrender. 624 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:36,120 You say, whatever happens here happens, 625 00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:38,800 and in that there is a release of new energy. 626 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,560 Humans have been always looking for a way of testing 627 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,040 themselves against elements, against nature. 628 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:54,120 And this was half survival, and half a race against time. 629 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:00,400 At 5;37 am, Joe Galbraith arrives on the summit 630 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,040 in a snowstorm with winds reaching 70 miles an hour. 631 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,040 Seven hours and a half hours after the hat 632 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,800 was dropped in downtown Bellingham. 633 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,600 He is surprised to find out he has just missed Harvey Haggard, 634 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:14,840 who arrived on the summit and departed back 635 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,760 toward Glacier just 19 minutes before. 636 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,360 Galbraith registers his signature in the judges' book 637 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,760 and Davis signs Joe's certificate carried 638 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,320 in an oilskin pouch around his neck. 639 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,000 J.W. Collins, Davis's right-hand man, 640 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,000 hands Galbraith a cup of hot coffee. 641 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,200 Joe waits at the top of Mount Baker for the mandatory 642 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,880 four minutes imposed by the marathon rules. 643 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:43,200 His bare arms, legs and head exposed to the elements. 644 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:48,360 At 5;41 a.m. as the judges shout words of encouragement, 645 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,440 Joe begins the second half of the race. 646 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,960 We found much to our surprise that Mr. Haggard 647 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:57,760 had already been there and gone. 648 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,160 So, we thought well be second in the race, 649 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,240 the Glacier way is going to win out. 650 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,160 But when we started back down, why, Joe seemed 651 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,240 to get a lot more life in him, a lot more pep 652 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,360 and when he got back down to where we were camped 653 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,800 and he made it right on through in flying colors 654 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,400 just as full of pep as when he started. 655 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,200 Daddy said it was a difficult race, that he was tired. 656 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,680 I remember one time he said right 657 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,000 when he was on his way down 658 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,560 he got down on his knees and says 659 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,160 "God you're going to have to help me." 660 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,240 You got to get a feeling how the runs going, 661 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,760 and you can tell if everything is going smoothly, 662 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,760 and its going to plan. And you got the tail wind 663 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,280 and you're just nailing it. 664 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,760 Your body rested and it feels good and you're charging. 665 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:51,320 Verses, you crash through the ice, 666 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,640 and then you put on track spikes and it is above freezing 667 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,000 and you can't get any purchase because it's all mush. 668 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:58,680 And then someone stole your stuff... 669 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,680 All of a sudden it starts adding up 670 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,800 and you're like, jeeze, you know. 671 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,360 My rule of thumb is three things go wrong, you run away. 672 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,680 Out of the 14 runners to start the race, Joe Galbraith, 673 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,840 John Magnuson and Turner Riddle make it down the Deming side. 674 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,160 Harvey Haggard and Norman Randall 675 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,040 make it down to the Glacier side. 676 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,120 The others have dropped out of the race, 677 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:23,320 many before reaching the summit. 678 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:27,200 Of these five remaining runners, only four will finish. 679 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:32,000 The runners are breaking all estimated times, catching trail 680 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,720 judges completely off guard as they come down the mountain. 681 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:39,280 They are dehydrated, delirious and at times incoherent. 682 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,360 The runners know they have reached the final leg of 683 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,560 the race and yet they extend themselves beyond their limits. 684 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,120 Something clicks. You see the reality, 685 00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:51,600 whether its some one coming up behind you, 686 00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:54,280 or the finish line comes into sight. 687 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,120 There's this other ability that takes over and 688 00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:01,160 I can't imagine what they are doing knowing that 689 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,040 when they finish the running part of the event, 690 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:04,720 then they then have to get on a train 691 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,440 and get to the next finish line. 692 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,120 There was only one train to come back on. 693 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,040 What the rules said was, 694 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,440 the train would stay there one minute 695 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,680 after the first runner had arrived. 696 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:27,480 Any other runners who made it to the train within one minute 697 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:29,960 of the leader would be on board 698 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,400 and all be on board for the run back to Bellingham. 699 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,600 If you didn't get there within one minute, 700 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:37,240 well you were out of the picture 701 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,120 unless you could find some other way to get down. 702 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:43,560 The train left without you, and you were just stuck in Glacier. 703 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,760 At 9;01am, Harvey Haggard and Norman Randall 704 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,880 come off the trail at Glacier 705 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,040 traveling a 28-mile round trip to the summit of 706 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,800 Mount Baker in ten hours and one minute; 707 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,920 a feat few thought possible. 708 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,840 A crowd gathers when Haggard and Randall scramble 709 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,000 off the trail and emerge from the forest. 710 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,160 Randall is on Harvey's heels down 711 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:07,920 the trail but he can't keep up. 712 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,960 Drained of all energy, Randall is tapped out 713 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,160 and ends his race in Glacier as he watches 714 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,560 the train and Haggard depart without him. 715 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,960 On the other side of the mountain Galbraith 716 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,640 sees the trailhead in sight. 717 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:50,440 As he approaches, he borrows a verse from Sir Walter Scott's 718 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,320 "Highland Gathering," and makes it his own; 719 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,800 Speed, Molise, speed! The trail is past, 720 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,600 Heisler's house appears at last, 721 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:02,600 And peeps like moss grown rocks half seen, 722 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,960 Half hidden in the copse of green. 723 00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,920 There may'st thou rest, thy labor done, 724 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,160 Hugh Diehl and "Betsy" shall speed thee on. 725 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,720 Joe arrives at Heisler's Ranch at 9;40 am 726 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,600 after a 32-mile round trip to the summit. 727 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:23,440 Almost 12 hours exactly from the time he left Bellingham. 728 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:27,480 With an overcoat and goggles for the trip, he climbs in Betsy, 729 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,840 and speeds through Deming for Bellingham and the finish line 730 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:32,880 Galbraith will later say; 731 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,880 it was the most terrifying ride of his life. 732 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:49,280 Haggard is in first place aboard the Number Three Special. 733 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,000 His team lifts him onto a makeshift table, 734 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:53,720 strips him of his soiled clothes, 735 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,280 and begins rubbing him down. 736 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,560 Golithon, with the throttle wide open, 737 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:13,120 is speeding down the rails at 65-miles an hours, 738 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:16,520 rounds a bend and suddenly sees a big red bull 739 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,120 standing on the track. 740 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:20,280 With only seconds to react, 741 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,120 he pulls on the whistle cord to warn his passengers. 742 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,440 In the rear carriage car, 743 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,480 Haggard hears that whistle scream... 744 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,000 and everything goes topsy-turvy. 745 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,600 Haggard, still undressed, emerges from the wreckage. 746 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:32,480 I am alright, but I am afraid I have lost the race. 747 00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:37,560 The conductor attaches a phone to the train's private line, 748 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:39,440 and calls ahead to Maple Falls 749 00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,200 asking for a saddle horse to be made ready. 750 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:45,640 A local farmer, on horse and carriage 751 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:47,520 rushes over and offers help. 752 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,240 Harvey still has a chance if he can get to Kendall, 753 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,440 where an auto can take him to Bellingham. 754 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,920 Worried that the open ride will chill the depleted runner, 755 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,160 a bathrobe is given to Haggard for the trip. 756 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:04,160 For the club's Executive Committee it appears a calamity 757 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:08,520 and a media nightmare are about to unfold. 758 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,640 But as the regional papers sensationalize the wreck, 759 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:15,160 the would be disaster turns into the best PR stunt 760 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:16,960 the Club could have hoped for. 761 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,640 Three men dead, including Golithon, 762 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,000 but in reality no one is killed, 763 00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:26,480 except for the big red bull. 764 00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,160 The carriage takes Haggard to Maple Falls, 765 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,560 where a horse named Buster waits to carry him several miles 766 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,160 to Kendall crossing, the nearest drivable road. 767 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,320 Harvey isn't known for his horsemanship 768 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,640 nor Buster for his patience. 769 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,760 At Kendall Crossing, Haggard makes his transfer 770 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:34,600 for the last leg of his journey, 771 00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:37,120 only to have his car break down several times 772 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:39,320 after slamming into potholes along the way. 773 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,960 Harvey later describes his journey as a blur; 774 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:48,120 a whirling dream,a moving picture show running amuck. 775 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,160 In Bellingham the crowd roars as 776 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:59,320 Joe Galbraith and Hugh Diehl speed into town. 777 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,880 Joe, shaken from the ride, stumbles out of the car 778 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,440 and takes the last leg of the journey 779 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,720 to the top floor of the Chamber of Commerce. 780 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,160 Runner comin' in, runner comin' in! 781 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:15,560 Exhausted, delirious and euphoric, 782 00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,240 Joe has to be reminded that his certificate needs to be 783 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,560 presentedand the official record book signed 784 00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:22,120 before he can be declared the winner. 785 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,880 You have to register, over here, sir... 786 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:37,160 In a time of 12 hours and 28 minutes, Joe Galbraith, 787 00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:41,120 is the champion of the 1911 Mount Baker marathon. 788 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,920 Mr. Galbriath, congratulations, you are the first winner 789 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,520 of the Mount Baker Marathon. 790 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:14,320 Just minutes behind Galbraith, Harvey Haggard arrives. 791 00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:16,840 As his machine roars down Magnolia Street, 792 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,320 Haggard yells for his driver to pull over, 793 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:21,640 in fear that the crowd will surround them. 794 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:24,560 He jumps out and sprints down the street to 795 00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,240 the Chamber office, still wearing his bathrobe. 796 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,360 Haggard's trials and tribulations during 797 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:52,800 the race make headlines. 798 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:54,720 He survives a train wreck, 799 00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,760 a buggy and horse ride and a detour in 800 00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,360 a speeding automobile, all for second-place. 801 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,960 To Harvey Haggard, the mule packer from the Pulson Mine, 802 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:09,320 second place isn't first, but he's happy to be alive. 803 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:33,720 After the first race there were days and nights of celebrations. 804 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:36,920 The last of which was a giant barbecue, 805 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:38,640 and on the menu? 806 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,880 The big red bull who had derailed 807 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,960 the Glacier route Haggard train. 808 00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:55,360 So, this first year was a real success. 809 00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,400 Nobody else is doing anything remotely like this 810 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,320 and it is a testimony to the remarkable stamina, 811 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,200 toughness and courage of the men of this region. 812 00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:09,480 So, they plan to do it again in the summer of 1912. 813 00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:26,040 It is 1912. The Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic. 814 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,800 Explorer Robert Falcon Scott perishes during 815 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:32,040 an expedition to the South Pole, 816 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,400 and in Bellingham, the Chamber of Commerce begins an 817 00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:38,760 aggressive campaign to raise funds for the second marathon. 818 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:45,040 Henry Engberg is a local pharmacist who always seems 819 00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:47,800 to be outshined by his 19-year old wife, 820 00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:52,040 Madam Davenport Engberg, a virtuoso violinist, 821 00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,160 and the first woman in the United States 822 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:56,040 to conduct her own orchestra. 823 00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,320 It is now Henry's turn to be in the spotlight 824 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,440 as the newly elected president of the Mount Baker Club. 825 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,720 Engberg plans to make his mark by expanding 826 00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:15,320 the marathon into a three-day celebration 827 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:19,080 and to raise the first place prize to 500 dollars, 828 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:23,320 which attracts competitors from Boston, Canada and California. 829 00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:28,080 He introduces a new marathon logo, the Mount Baker Club goat. 830 00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:34,320 J.J. Donovan, railroad baron and lumber tycoon is a supporter 831 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,960 of the Chamber of Commerce and the Mount Baker Marathon. 832 00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:41,800 His status in the community and desire to promote business 833 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:45,800 in the region attracts investors to Engberg's cause. 834 00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:54,400 The club arranges for the U.S. fleet to anchor in the bay 835 00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:56,840 so that people can tour the famous warships. 836 00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:05,560 There is no shortage of new festivities. 837 00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:09,120 Motorboats race on the lake, 838 00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:11,680 parades fill the street 839 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,000 and a circus attracts huge crowds. 840 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,280 Parachute jumps and hot air balloon rides are offered 841 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,760 and many see an airplane fly overhead 842 00:52:25,880 --> 00:52:27,280 for the first time in their lives. 843 00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:36,000 SFX; Airplane 844 00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:50,800 A group of citizens, drivers and shopkeepers confront 845 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,560 the race committee about safety concerns. 846 00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:56,600 The group wants to move the automobile race outside the city 847 00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:58,560 for fear of speedy autos crashing 848 00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:01,200 through store fronts or into the crowds. 849 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:05,160 They are met with derision by the race committee. 850 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,280 "You care more about the race than those in it 851 00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:10,640 and you won't be happy until someone's dead!" 852 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:14,360 "If you don't drive we'll find red-blooded men who will!" 853 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,240 Subsequently, the public is barred from future 854 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:24,360 committee meetings. The event will go on as planned. 855 00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:36,800 Joe Galbraith, the previous year's champion makes headlines 856 00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:37,880 when he breaks his arm and shoulder 857 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:40,160 in an auto accident while training 858 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,680 and counts himself out of the competition. 859 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,520 Joe's brother, Hugh, decides to go in his place. 860 00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:54,400 The time for the race nears, 861 00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:57,320 and over 20,000 people crowd the streets. 862 00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,560 However, a storm is brewing on the mountain. 863 00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:04,000 When summit judges Nathan Davis, and J.W. Collins 864 00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:05,400 reach the snow-line, 865 00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:07,400 they realize the weather conditions are far 866 00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,760 too dangerous to send runners up the slopes. 867 00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,680 Davis, concludes that the race must be stopped. 868 00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:19,600 Davis knows his decision to halt the race is not going to be 869 00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:22,400 taken lightly back in Bellingham by the executive committee. 870 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,640 He and Collins head off the mountain 871 00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:27,040 and on their way down they run into Ranger Carl Bell. 872 00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:28,960 They explain to him the situation 873 00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:30,360 that they are facing on the mountain. 874 00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:33,160 Carl decides, I need to go into town with these guys 875 00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:35,000 and help support their cause. 876 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,920 They head into Deming and once they get there they 877 00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:40,400 run into Joe Galbraith, the previous years winner. 878 00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:43,520 And they solicit his help to come into town also. 879 00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:45,360 Once they were about ready to take off, 880 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:49,040 Davis realizes there's no judges on the mountain 881 00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,880 and Engberg is not going to be a happy man. 882 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,080 So, he jumps out of the car and runs into the hotel 883 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,120 and tells the switchboard operator 884 00:54:56,240 --> 00:54:59,400 "Call into town and let the executive committee know 885 00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:02,000 they're not on the mountain and they are on their way in." 886 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,240 As in the previous year, 887 00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:09,000 the race is scheduled to start at 10pm, 888 00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:10,640 but at 5pm at the Chamber 889 00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:11,920 of Commerce rooms, 890 00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:14,280 Engberg, and the Mount Baker club's 891 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:16,800 executive committee are in a state of denial. 892 00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:18,720 Reporters, investors, 893 00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:21,080 promoters and even citizens corner board members, 894 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,040 asking what is to become of the race. 895 00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:25,400 Then, shocking word from Deming, 896 00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:28,600 the judges are on their way back to Bellingham. 897 00:55:28,720 --> 00:55:30,640 The committee is flabbergasted. 898 00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:33,600 The club members become nervous, 899 00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:36,160 are they courting disaster? If so, 900 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,040 the blame may lie at their feet. 901 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:42,440 Davis and Collins enter the committee meeting room, 902 00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:45,120 with Ranger Carl Bell and Joe Galbraith. 903 00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:49,680 It's the trail. It is completely buried in snow. 904 00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:51,320 And the judges are standing in my office instead of 905 00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:54,480 The reception is as cold as they expected. 906 00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:56,400 Engberg is angry. 907 00:55:56,520 --> 00:55:58,880 Nothing Davis says seems to make an impression. 908 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,520 And so you gave up? It is all costing money, 909 00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:05,080 money we don't have unless we pull this off. 910 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:08,640 And, it is costing the city its reputation, 911 00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:10,360 not to mention my own. 912 00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:11,440 Your reputation? 913 00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:14,160 If you start men up that mountain now, 914 00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:15,520 you're sending them to their deaths. 915 00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,920 [Arguing] 916 00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:19,920 [BANG,BANG,BANG] 917 00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:22,720 Joe Galbraith stands before the executive committee 918 00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:24,840 with one arm raised in a plaster cast. 919 00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:30,120 If you would lay $5,000 dollars in my hand to climb 920 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:32,600 the mountain tonight, I would not go. 921 00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:34,080 To try it would be worst than suicide. 922 00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:38,320 Engberg's decision will seal 923 00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:40,520 the fate of the Mount Baker marathon. 924 00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:45,800 Let me make something perfectly clear so there is no mistake. 925 00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,800 When this resumes it will not again be halted. 926 00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,600 The runners will run up that mountain regardless 927 00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:56,240 of weather or trail conditions, 928 00:56:57,760 --> 00:56:58,960 neither I, nor this committee gives 929 00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:01,200 a damn if it takes them three days 930 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:03,320 they will run up that mountain. 931 00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:05,600 Mr. Davis you will make preparations 932 00:57:05,720 --> 00:57:09,080 to stay on the summit for a week, longer if necessary. 933 00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,240 This city will not be seen by 934 00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:13,720 the rest of the country to be some, 935 00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:15,960 backwater hicks in some jerk-water town 936 00:57:16,080 --> 00:57:17,920 who can't pull off a simple race. 937 00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:19,320 Do I make myself clear? 938 00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,120 [All] Yes, sir... 939 00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:23,960 Go on. Leave. 940 00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:42,000 The official postponement is not announced until after 9 p.m., 941 00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:44,680 just one hour before the scheduled start of the race. 942 00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:49,200 Postponing the marathon is a heavy blow for those invested. 943 00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:52,080 The city is filled to capacity, more than doubling 944 00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:54,320 the number in attendance from last year. 945 00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:56,960 Headlines in the morning papers read as if 946 00:57:57,080 --> 00:57:59,400 the Mount Baker Club has saved the day, 947 00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:01,680 averting a near disaster - 948 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:04,720 "Committee refuses to send men to death." 949 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:11,760 Engberg knows for every day the race is delayed visitors, 950 00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:14,360 and their money are leaving the city. 951 00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:17,320 He has to start the race to avoid financial ruin. 952 00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:25,720 Fortunately, as the day of the race dawns the weather clears 953 00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:27,960 and the judges once again head for the summit, 954 00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:30,520 but this time prepared for any 955 00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:32,960 weather conditions that might arise. 956 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:37,680 As a simple matter of fact, when you ascend 10,000-feet 957 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:39,240 you can expect the temperature is going 958 00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:41,120 to be approximately 35-degrees Fahrenheit lower 959 00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,600 than it would be at sea level. 960 00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:46,640 And so, if the temperature is 70-degrees at sea level, 961 00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:49,200 it could be 35-degrees at the summit of Baker, 962 00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:50,920 and that doesn't even count the wind, 963 00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:53,520 they would have been at the mercy of the weather. 964 00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:57,120 Ie climbed Mount Baker between 50 and 70 times. 965 00:58:57,680 --> 00:59:01,840 I've had days on the summit that were perfectly calm, 966 00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:03,480 sunny and pleasant 967 00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:05,840 and I had days that were brutally cold. 968 00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:07,680 Where you were just trying to get out of there 969 00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:10,240 before you lost fingers and toes to frostbite 970 00:59:10,360 --> 00:59:12,600 A windy cold night on the summit of MountBaker 971 00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:14,040 for those judges a hundred years ago 972 00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,440 would have been pretty rough duty up there. 973 00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:20,120 The first year of the races accommodation for judges 974 00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:21,600 were not very good. 975 00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:25,560 The judges practical froze to death when they were there. 976 00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:27,520 So, for the second race, 977 00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:30,320 they decided to have better accommodation. 978 00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:34,480 A canvas and metal structure was built on the very top 979 00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:38,120 of Mount Baker that was big enough to hold six people. 980 00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:43,360 Camping on the summit can be a very pleasant experience, 981 00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:47,400 or it can be a very, very, very unpleasant experience. 982 00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:49,560 If you have a snow shelter its probably 983 00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:50,480 going to be a more pleasant 984 00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:52,160 because high winds will be buffeted 985 00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:54,920 by that more easily than a tent will. 986 00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:57,480 The wind conditions on top of Mount Baker are commonly 987 00:59:57,600 --> 01:00:00,520 40 , 50 miles an hour, often 60 miles an hour or more. 988 01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:05,040 It can be arctic up there. It can be like, Denali honestly. 989 01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:08,400 It's serious up there. Very serious, 990 01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:10,680 especially for people who aren't 991 01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:12,760 prepared properly for those conditions. 992 01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:14,920 Which, back then, nobody was. 993 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:22,240 One of the disadvantages of the first year's race was that 994 01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:26,760 once the racers left the train or cars on the route 995 01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:28,400 to the top of Mount Baker and back, 996 01:00:28,520 --> 01:00:32,080 nobody had any idea where they were or 997 01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,880 who was ahead during that part of the race. 998 01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,440 In the second year they laid telephone 999 01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:39,440 wires way up the mountain, 1000 01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:43,680 so they could have stations and relay back to Bellingham 1001 01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:46,640 how the racers were doing and who was a head. 1002 01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:52,320 Nine runners, including Harvey Haggard, 1003 01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:55,880 in his second bid for first place start the race. 1004 01:00:56,000 --> 01:01:00,120 Turner Riddle, John Magnuson and Joe Frankovis 1005 01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:03,360 also return to try for the $500 purse. 1006 01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:07,680 Hugh Galbraith finds himself in Betsy two, 1007 01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:09,080 speeding toward Deming, 1008 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:11,160 just like his brother the year before. 1009 01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:14,720 His cousin Victor Galbraith joins the race as well. 1010 01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:18,160 Yeah, I was going to run. 1011 01:01:18,280 --> 01:01:20,440 I did get as far out as the Hiesler ranch 1012 01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:23,520 in one of the Betsys', one of the little Ford cars they took. 1013 01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:25,840 But, riding around those sharp turns and 1014 01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:28,640 stopping and starting quick, it made me seasick. 1015 01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:31,960 I got so sick that I simply couldn't go any farther. 1016 01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:33,000 That's all there was too it, 1017 01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:34,160 so I quit. 1018 01:01:56,280 --> 01:02:00,680 Lead Judge Nathan Davis snaps a photo of John Magnuson 1019 01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:03,720 as he takes his mandatory break at the summit, 1020 01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:06,320 the only known image of a runner at the peak. 1021 01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:16,160 The runners break all of the trail times set by 1022 01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:19,080 the previous year's contestants by over two and a half hours. 1023 01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:38,840 Harvey Haggard, his second chance on the Glacier trail, 1024 01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:41,440 comes down the mountain in first place 1025 01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:44,240 and climbs aboard the Number Three Special. 1026 01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:47,920 Harvey Haggard, whose run in with the bull left him 1027 01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:50,280 struggling for second place the year before, 1028 01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:54,000 is now champion of the 1912 Mount Baker Marathon. 1029 01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:57,160 But the race is far from over. 1030 01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:13,880 And there were huge, huge crowds. 1031 01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:17,440 And they would wait all night long for reports. 1032 01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:19,320 No body went to bed. 1033 01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:22,480 The automobile races they had with the Baby 40 1034 01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:25,200 and the Betsy I and II and the National 1035 01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:26,720 and several other cars. 1036 01:03:26,840 --> 01:03:29,840 They would come down that stretch of Elk Street 1037 01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:33,600 with flames spurting out of the adjusted tubes 1038 01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:34,920 that stuck out of the sides of the cylinders 1039 01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:38,040 at a speed of 72 miles an hour, 1040 01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:40,040 which in that day was considerable. 1041 01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:43,680 I happened to see the as he skidded. He lost control. 1042 01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:44,760 His breaks had gone out 1043 01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:47,480 and he came around the corner there. 1044 01:03:47,600 --> 01:03:51,200 There was a vacant lot with some cordwood piled along side, 1045 01:03:51,320 --> 01:03:53,280 and a big crowed in front of it and he... 1046 01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:58,520 [Screeching tires, car crash, screams from the crowd] 1047 01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:02,600 plowed right into that crowd losing control of it. 1048 01:04:02,720 --> 01:04:05,280 Quite, looked to be a very bad accident. 1049 01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:08,080 One was quite badly hurt. 1050 01:04:09,920 --> 01:04:12,960 [Get a doctor! Get a doctor!] 1051 01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:19,880 The worst fears of the storeowners come true. 1052 01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:23,760 A.A. Rogers, a Civil War veteran is hit by a car. 1053 01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:27,960 He is taken to his home and then by ambulance to the hospital, 1054 01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:30,520 though gravely injured, he survives. 1055 01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:38,520 Harvey Haggard is awarded the $500 dollar prize and news 1056 01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:41,920 of the marathon is reported in papers from coast to coast. 1057 01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:44,160 The race generates so much interest 1058 01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:45,160 that the Mount Baker club 1059 01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:47,000 and Chamber of Commerce believe 1060 01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:49,800 they finally have a formula for success. 1061 01:05:18,120 --> 01:05:19,920 It is August of 1913. 1062 01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:22,000 Europe in on the brink of war. 1063 01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:26,720 Woodrow Wilson is the new President of the United States, 1064 01:05:29,240 --> 01:05:30,960 and The Mona Lisa is recovered in Italy. 1065 01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:37,880 The Mount Baker club has a new president, Raymond Greene. 1066 01:05:39,200 --> 01:05:41,480 The race festivities are expanded. 1067 01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:43,640 The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus 1068 01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:45,720 is in town for the celebration 1069 01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:48,760 and more than 20,000 spectators travel to the city 1070 01:05:48,880 --> 01:05:50,840 by boat and train to watch the race. 1071 01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:56,240 There was a lot at stake in 1913. 1072 01:05:56,360 --> 01:05:58,240 The Mount Baker club wanted to make this 1073 01:05:58,360 --> 01:05:59,920 the biggest marathon yet. 1074 01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:01,840 And in doing so, they were gambling. 1075 01:06:01,960 --> 01:06:03,600 They were spending far more money 1076 01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:04,960 than what they had coming in, 1077 01:06:05,080 --> 01:06:07,680 and their expenses far exceeded their banking accounts. 1078 01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:11,960 This year, the marathon will start on August 1079 01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:15,280 the 16th at 5;30 in the morning, 1080 01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:17,720 to give the crowd a better chance to see the race, 1081 01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:20,440 but unfortunately the earlier starting time 1082 01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:23,920 will also add to the dangerous trail conditions faced 1083 01:06:24,040 --> 01:06:25,280 by the runners on the mountain. 1084 01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:30,440 Proven that the Glacier route is the fastest 1085 01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:33,480 the race is changed to even the odds. 1086 01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:37,120 The runners will travel by train or auto to the mountain 1087 01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:40,680 and once they reach the summit will return by opposite trail 1088 01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:42,600 and mode of transportation. 1089 01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:46,920 Each runner will travel by train, by foot and by auto. 1090 01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:52,960 Once again, bad weather assaults the mountain 1091 01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:55,560 and another storm is brewing between Nathan Davis 1092 01:06:55,680 --> 01:06:57,040 and Raymond Greene. 1093 01:06:57,720 --> 01:07:00,520 Davis, stationed on the mountain at the snow-line 1094 01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:02,480 calls Greene at the Chamber. 1095 01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:03,880 [Phone rings] 1096 01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:08,360 The storm is upon us, and its not letting up. 1097 01:07:08,480 --> 01:07:12,360 I have to advise you to postpone the race. 1098 01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:17,400 Do not send the runners. It is not safe. 1099 01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:18,640 What are your instructions? 1100 01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:24,240 You stand fast Mr. Davis. Wee aware of the situation. 1101 01:07:24,360 --> 01:07:27,040 We are just as concerned for the runners as you are. 1102 01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:29,960 We will advise you in the morning. 1103 01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:32,080 A lot can change in twenty-four hours. 1104 01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:34,800 [Phone hangs up] 1105 01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:35,960 Greene did not want to have a debacle 1106 01:07:36,080 --> 01:07:38,120 like Engberg had in 1912. 1107 01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:40,520 He was going to gamble. He was gamble 1108 01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:41,880 that the weather was going too break, 1109 01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:45,080 and he was willing to gamble on the lives of his runners. 1110 01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:48,440 He was going to start the race on schedule no matter what. 1111 01:07:49,880 --> 01:07:51,600 The morning of the race, Davis, 1112 01:07:51,720 --> 01:07:53,920 weathering the storm at Mazama Park, 1113 01:07:54,040 --> 01:07:56,240 assumes his plea to postpone the race has been heeded, 1114 01:07:56,360 --> 01:07:58,960 he and his fellow judges pack up their camps. 1115 01:07:59,080 --> 01:08:01,040 But back in Bellingham, 1116 01:08:01,160 --> 01:08:03,240 confusion among the race officials, 1117 01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:06,360 and investor's resistance to postpone, 1118 01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:09,440 override fears for the safety of the runners. 1119 01:08:10,320 --> 01:08:13,760 The race starts and 14 runners unknowingly 1120 01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:15,240 speed toward the storm. 1121 01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:19,440 The officials on the Glacier side 1122 01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:21,080 have already left their camp 1123 01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:24,240 On the Deming side, Davis and his men are heading 1124 01:08:24,360 --> 01:08:26,640 off the mountain when they are shocked to see a 1125 01:08:26,760 --> 01:08:28,400 mud-covered Paul Westerlund, 1126 01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:30,400 a professional runner from California, 1127 01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:32,400 advancing up the trail toward them. 1128 01:08:32,920 --> 01:08:35,480 Davis tells the man to go only as far as 1129 01:08:35,600 --> 01:08:36,800 the saddle of the mountain, 1130 01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:40,040 an area 1,500 feet below the summit. 1131 01:08:40,160 --> 01:08:44,400 He is told do not attempt to summit under any circumstances. 1132 01:08:47,480 --> 01:08:49,880 With no judges on the other side of the mountain, 1133 01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:52,680 the Glacier runners continue onto the summit, 1134 01:08:52,800 --> 01:08:55,560 just missing the Deming runners coming down from the saddle. 1135 01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:01,160 Millard Burnside, a local mountain man forced 1136 01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:02,840 to run without his pet bear, 1137 01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:05,000 is the first to reach the summit. 1138 01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:07,160 Three more runners soon follow. 1139 01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:10,160 Confused, they call out for the judges, 1140 01:09:10,280 --> 01:09:13,600 search the area, but can find no one to report to. 1141 01:09:15,360 --> 01:09:18,560 Burnside decides to end his bid and to stay behind 1142 01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:20,720 to assist any others who reached the summit. 1143 01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:25,800 The last runner to leave Burnside is Victor Galbraith, 1144 01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:30,120 cousin of Joe Galbraith, the champion of the 1911 marathon. 1145 01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:37,440 When you're on the summit area of Mount Baker and the clouds 1146 01:09:37,560 --> 01:09:41,000 come in it is very difficult to tell which way is which, 1147 01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:43,840 because everything slopes away, so it's hard. 1148 01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:47,440 You think you're going back the direction you came from, 1149 01:09:47,560 --> 01:09:50,160 but you could be off a couple of degrees and as you get 1150 01:09:50,280 --> 01:09:52,760 a little lower it pulls you a little more to the side 1151 01:09:52,880 --> 01:09:53,920 and you can go off completely 1152 01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:55,320 the opposite side of the mountain. 1153 01:09:55,440 --> 01:09:56,920 This happens, that's how people get lost. 1154 01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:05,240 Victor Galbraith, alone as he comes down the mountain, 1155 01:10:05,360 --> 01:10:06,960 takes an impulsive shortcut. 1156 01:10:34,240 --> 01:10:38,840 You go from being on the surface, to just being 1157 01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:41,760 in this black pit that you can't get out of. 1158 01:10:41,880 --> 01:10:44,160 Victor Galbraith knocked himself out for a little while, 1159 01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:46,360 and then he had to come to, 1160 01:10:46,480 --> 01:10:48,280 and deal with this environment. 1161 01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:50,240 Man. that's a tough guy. 1162 01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:53,120 From probably the most dangerous perspective, 1163 01:10:53,240 --> 01:10:55,400 potentially icefall could come down and hit you. 1164 01:10:55,520 --> 01:10:58,280 It could be drippy, spindrifts coming down. 1165 01:10:58,400 --> 01:10:59,240 Snow coming down. 1166 01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:00,680 Galbraith being at the bottom 1167 01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:05,520 of a crevasse for five hours is pretty bad. 1168 01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:08,600 Especially the fact that he was injured, 1169 01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:10,960 nobody knew where he was, 1170 01:11:11,080 --> 01:11:15,280 his expectancy was honestly less than five hours. 1171 01:11:18,280 --> 01:11:21,840 The other runners didn't even notice he was missing. 1172 01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:24,160 He tried to keep warm and active 1173 01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:26,120 by running back and forth. 1174 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:30,440 The bottom of a crevasse is like a refrigerator. 1175 01:11:30,560 --> 01:11:35,000 And, if you're dressed light for a quick ascent and descent 1176 01:11:35,120 --> 01:11:36,800 and you're stuck inside a refrigerator 1177 01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:38,560 for four to six hours, 1178 01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:42,600 your chances of survival, if not found are very limited. 1179 01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:45,200 If he didn't have any safety equipment to get out of there, 1180 01:11:45,880 --> 01:11:47,160 He's popsicle material. 1181 01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:48,680 Yeah, I mean... 1182 01:11:57,280 --> 01:11:59,440 My Dad and my Uncle Aud, 1183 01:11:59,560 --> 01:12:01,440 heard that he had fallen in a crevasse. 1184 01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:04,560 They sent a team to follow his trail up to 1185 01:12:04,680 --> 01:12:06,440 the top of the mountain. A rescue team. 1186 01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:09,800 And they told my Uncle Aud that they were going, and he said, 1187 01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:12,160 "Well, I'm just going to start up through here, 1188 01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:13,880 because I think I can get there more quickly 1189 01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:15,680 than following his trail." 1190 01:12:15,800 --> 01:12:18,120 He and my dad in fact started right up 1191 01:12:18,240 --> 01:12:21,120 and went straight to where my cousin was. 1192 01:12:22,440 --> 01:12:25,760 They saw where his tracks had gone down into the crevasse, 1193 01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:27,760 and my uncle yelled, 1194 01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:33,080 "Victor." And he said, "Aud old boy, is that you?" 1195 01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:35,400 He said it sounded like the voice of angels. 1196 01:12:38,680 --> 01:12:41,800 He though he was dead. He had been in there a long time 1197 01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:44,680 and he was probably at that point almost unconscious. 1198 01:12:44,800 --> 01:12:47,160 They put ropes down and pulled him out. 1199 01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:49,880 He's lucky he survived, and he's lucky people found him, 1200 01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:51,120 'cause there's no way 1201 01:12:51,240 --> 01:12:52,760 you can live very long in that environment 1202 01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:54,480 when you're not very well equipped 1203 01:12:54,600 --> 01:12:55,840 and not very well prepared. 1204 01:12:56,920 --> 01:13:01,280 He was brought by improvised toboggan back down the mountain. 1205 01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:05,160 Newspaper articles said that he had cuts and bruises, 1206 01:13:05,280 --> 01:13:08,000 but perhaps the problems were worse. 1207 01:13:08,120 --> 01:13:12,200 Years later, his family said he was still suffering 1208 01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:14,960 from problems related to the fall. 1209 01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:38,840 The rest of the runners continue the race. 1210 01:13:41,280 --> 01:13:43,400 As they come off the Deming trail, 1211 01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:46,720 many of the runners are so disoriented and delirious 1212 01:13:46,840 --> 01:13:48,760 that they run past their waiting automobiles. 1213 01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:09,360 Drivers have to herd their runners and even lash some of 1214 01:14:09,480 --> 01:14:12,120 them to their seats before starting back to the city. 1215 01:14:26,280 --> 01:14:28,760 Huge crowds await the runners back in Bellingham 1216 01:14:35,280 --> 01:14:38,000 The first through the Chamber door is Paul Westerlund, 1217 01:14:38,120 --> 01:14:40,160 the runner who had traversed the saddle. 1218 01:14:52,280 --> 01:14:55,200 The poor condition of the returning runners is obvious. 1219 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,280 It is not long before Nathan Davis 1220 01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:01,640 and the contestants tell the story of the botched race, 1221 01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:04,960 and of a runner lost in a crevasse. 1222 01:15:16,760 --> 01:15:20,000 I can only say, hereafter get someone else to 1223 01:15:20,120 --> 01:15:22,000 act as judge on the mountain. 1224 01:15:22,120 --> 01:15:24,000 I am done. 1225 01:15:30,880 --> 01:15:34,680 The marathon is won in a record time of 9 hours and 39 minutes. 1226 01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:36,560 But who actually won the race? 1227 01:15:36,680 --> 01:15:38,080 Is it Paul Westerlund, 1228 01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,680 who crossed the saddle to finish first? 1229 01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:44,560 Or is it John Magnuson, who reached the summit only 1230 01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:47,280 to arrive in Bellingham in third place? 1231 01:15:47,400 --> 01:15:49,760 Three and a half hours behind Westerlund. 1232 01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:53,600 The Mount Baker club offers a take-it-or-leave-it deal. 1233 01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:55,760 Barroom brawls break out over 1234 01:15:55,880 --> 01:15:57,880 which township should be declared the winner, 1235 01:15:58,000 --> 01:15:59,560 and the runners demand their awards. 1236 01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:05,480 If those summit contestants make trouble, 1237 01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:08,480 I'll&I'll award the prizes to the Saddle runners. 1238 01:16:08,600 --> 01:16:10,520 I will not change my ruling. 1239 01:16:13,960 --> 01:16:16,440 Everything that could go wrong in 1913 did. 1240 01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:18,440 The people were disappointed with the race. 1241 01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:20,840 The Mount Baker club was financially strapped. 1242 01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:23,360 Runners were protesting the results of the race. 1243 01:16:23,760 --> 01:16:25,040 And, to make things worse, 1244 01:16:25,160 --> 01:16:28,160 newspapers were calling the marathons human horse races. 1245 01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:35,960 J.J. Donovan writes an open letter to the newspaper. 1246 01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:39,760 The third marathon is over and no runner is killed. 1247 01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:42,200 A fourth may not be so lucky. 1248 01:16:43,080 --> 01:16:45,200 It is time to stop. 1249 01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:48,280 Without the financial support 1250 01:16:48,400 --> 01:16:51,120 from Bellingham's affluent society, 1251 01:16:51,240 --> 01:16:54,160 the Mount Baker Marathon is bankrupted. 1252 01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:06,120 The town of Glacier, seizing an opportunity to be 1253 01:17:06,240 --> 01:17:08,280 crowned gateway to the mountain, 1254 01:17:08,400 --> 01:17:10,920 announces a "Race for blood," 1255 01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:14,680 doubling the marathon purse to an astonishing $1,000, 1256 01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:16,680 to settle once and for all 1257 01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:21,040 who is the real winner of the 1913 marathon. 1258 01:17:21,160 --> 01:17:23,120 Two runners are willing to take up the challenge. 1259 01:17:23,240 --> 01:17:24,800 Paul Westerlund, 1260 01:17:24,920 --> 01:17:27,520 who feels he needs to defend his name and title. 1261 01:17:27,640 --> 01:17:29,320 And Millard Burnside, 1262 01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:31,240 who abandoned the race at the summit. 1263 01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:33,480 Burnside declares that if he hadn't chosen to freeze 1264 01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:36,040 on the summit he would have won the race. 1265 01:17:36,160 --> 01:17:37,600 The other contestants, 1266 01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:39,720 are too bitter and disillusioned, 1267 01:17:39,840 --> 01:17:41,280 they refuse to compete. 1268 01:17:41,880 --> 01:17:45,920 In the early hours of August 31, 1913, 1269 01:17:46,040 --> 01:17:47,280 the Number Three Special, 1270 01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:50,320 the train that had delivered runners to Bellingham, 1271 01:17:50,440 --> 01:17:52,840 now delivers spectators to Glacier. 1272 01:17:55,400 --> 01:17:59,480 The Sumas marching band plays to a crowd of 15,000 people, 1273 01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:02,960 who surround the trailhead to witness the historic event. 1274 01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:07,960 Not only does Paul Westerlund win the match, 1275 01:18:08,080 --> 01:18:11,160 he also breaks all previous trail records 1276 01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:14,800 with a staggering time of 6 hours and 2 minutes. 1277 01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:19,000 Millard Burnside limps in 37 minutes later. 1278 01:18:20,280 --> 01:18:21,960 It will prove to be the last time 1279 01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:25,040 a finish line is crossed in a Mount Baker Marathon. 1280 01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:32,040 It would have continued if the management 1281 01:18:32,160 --> 01:18:34,160 had been good all the way through. 1282 01:18:34,400 --> 01:18:36,640 A great deal of the trouble that closed those marathons 1283 01:18:36,760 --> 01:18:40,120 was the fact that people were afraid of subjecting 1284 01:18:40,240 --> 01:18:42,840 these runners to such great hardships. 1285 01:18:42,960 --> 01:18:47,080 So, it could have kept just the same as an annual event, 1286 01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:49,640 which would have drawn tremendous crowds. 1287 01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:52,760 Well, the first race or two they didn't care whether 1288 01:18:52,880 --> 01:18:54,160 they had any money or not. 1289 01:18:54,280 --> 01:18:56,120 They weren't interested in the money part of it. 1290 01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:57,920 They were just interested in getting up Mount Baker 1291 01:18:58,040 --> 01:18:59,400 and back the quickest. 1292 01:18:59,520 --> 01:19:02,720 It was a big event, and it continued to be a big event 1293 01:19:02,840 --> 01:19:03,920 for two or three years 1294 01:19:04,040 --> 01:19:06,600 until it began to get commercialized, 1295 01:19:06,720 --> 01:19:10,400 and the professional racers came up here. 1296 01:19:10,520 --> 01:19:13,440 And then, well, my cousin fell in a crevasse, 1297 01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:16,000 and a couple different things happened, 1298 01:19:16,120 --> 01:19:17,880 and the interest kind of died out. 1299 01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:19,840 and they just dropped it that's all. 1300 01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:37,160 More than a century has past since 1301 01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:40,360 the Mountain Runners attempted to conquer the summit. 1302 01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:44,160 Their names and faces have faded with time. 1303 01:19:44,680 --> 01:19:48,760 For every man who succeeded, there were far more who failed, 1304 01:19:49,080 --> 01:19:53,880 and still, the mountain, Koma Kulshan, 1305 01:19:54,680 --> 01:19:56,120 beckons . . . 100893

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