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A century after Conrad Kain's historic ascent of Bugaboo Spire, an expedition aims to recreate his 1916 climb. Just as Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, British Columbia’s Purcell Mountains are covered in ...

Hobnails and Hemp Rope documents the Bugaboo Spire Centennial Climb, a 2016 RCGS flag expedition paying homage to Austrian-Canadian mountaineer Conrad Kain Bugaboo Spire in British Columbia is a ...

SPILLIMACHEEN, British Columbia — Nestled on a rock outcrop at the head of Bugaboo Creek Valley sits the Conrad Kain Hut with a striking view of the Bugaboo Glacier. Named after Conrad Kain, a famous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice picks, hemp rope and goat stew — not the typical gear most modern climbers would pack for a trek up a mountain. But four ...