Training Log Archive: sare

Went for a hike up Mt. Temple with a friend from canmore. We did the 1st peak but had an interesting time getting up... total time: 7hrs

We quickly read through the gide book and then left it in the car cause we didnt want to carry it. Halfway up the trail we met a cliff face in the large re-entrant we were following up. It looked like people had climbed it in the past but it was too steep for us without a rope. The book said technical but we werent expecting it to be this technical!!! So we decided to follow the cliff and meet up with the main peak trail. Soon enough we found another reentrant in the cliff a little less steep and no overhangs this time. Carolyn got up but rock climing is my worst sport and the problem with me was that if Im not sure I can climb down again I won't climb up. So carolyn tried to come back down but couldnt. We decided that she would go ahead and I would try to find the path to the main peak and we'd meet there.

I went around the next spur following the cliff and low and behold there was a re-entrant that could easily be walked up :) Haha if only we had brought the book or paid attention to what it said before hand. But I'll always remember that trip, there was a spectacular view at the top as we could see over several mountain ranges.

Running in the rain around the perimeter of the Barrier lake map + more in CCH