June 11 – September, 1909

In 1909 George R. B. Kinney [1872–1961] had planned to return to Mount Robson with his companions of 1907 Coleman – Laggan to Robson and 1908 Coleman – Edmonton to Robson. But in May, Kinney learned that a team composed of Arnold Louis Mumm [1859–1927], Geoffrey Hastings [1860–1941], Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery [1873–1955], and Moritz Inderbinen [1856–1926] (a Swiss guide) were going to attempt Mount Robson that summer.

Dr. Coleman had already arranged to try the ascent for the third time the year following, but was forstalled by the Rev. George B. Kinney, who had been a member of his party the two previous years, and who, it was understood, would also be a member of his party on this third attempt. Kinney, accompanied by a young Ontario river driver named Donald Phillips, a lad who had never climbed a mountain before, succeeded in reaching the summit, the ascent being made by the northwest and west faces. [Wheeler, Arthur. ACC/1911 expedition, 1911. CAJ, Vol 4]

On Friday, June 11th,” Kinney wrote in the report of his climb published in the Canadian Alpine Journal [Kinney and Phillips 1910], “with only two dollars and eighty-five cents in my pocket, but with three good horses packed with three months’ provisions, I started off alone (from Edmonton) for Mt. Robson, hoping to pick up someone on the trail to share fortune with me.”