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8r4d What with all this hiking I haven’t posted much about #running much lately, but this morning was the Edmonton Marathon #halfmarathon #race wherein I had volunteered as a pace bunny for what eventually became the 2:30 finishers time. It started off super foggy this morning, caught a ride with Lucas, shook hands with the founder of the Running Room store, ran for almost exactly two and a half hours (off by 11 seconds) and have been zonked the rest of the day. Oof!

Sunday the 18th of August, 2024, before dinner.

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Guinn’s Peak | 1 year ago

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8r4d The view from way up high was worth the climb.

If you hadn’t noticed yet, I took quite a few amazing #panoramic photos on our #hike last weekend. Obviously it would be a terrible shame to not post these, or worse post them as itty bitty resized and elongated postage stamps. With that in mind I added some new code to this site that recognizes panoramic perspective pics and displays them in a little slider box instead of the normal carousel. If you see that little slider icon in the bottom right of the picture, you can slide it back and forth to see the whole panorama.

Tuesday the 13th of August, 2024, during prime time.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

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8r4d Waking up to this view even for a single day was an amazing thing. Try three mornings.

Tuesday the 13th of August, 2024, during prime time.

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Guinn’s Peak | 1 year ago

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8r4d What a #hike view! We climbed to the very top, but the view was fantastic even part way up.

Tuesday the 13th of August, 2024, at the dinner hour.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

On our last full day backcountry camping in August, we decamped over Guinn’s Pass and down to the Galatea trail out. #hike

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, in mid-morning.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

In August we spent three nights camping at Ribbon Lake, and spent a couple full days hiking, including one ascent up to the top of Guinn Peak. #hike

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, in mid-morning.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

In August we hiked up through Ribbon Falls, up the headwall (a cliff-face accent with mountain ladders) and to our campsite at Ribbon Lake. #hike

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, in mid-morning.

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The Hike Down | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day four recap part 2. #hike out

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, at breakfast.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day four recap part 1. Our #hike out went over the Guinn Pass which is a major ascent out of the small valley where our camp had been. It took nearly 2 hours just to get to the top of the pass with heavy packs. And we still had 10k down to the car after.

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, at breakfast.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

The footage is not spectacular but in the moment I was more concerned with safety. We were 12km into the backcountry here, camping for 3 nights and this was a few minutes from camp. This black #bear had been hanging around and even came into camp once while we were there. A little surreal. #hike #wildlife

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, during morning coffee.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

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8r4d We saw so much #wildlife on our #hike it almost got a little too much. Up close and personal with a bunch of small critters was fine, but we did encounter a bear on the trail at a distance of less than 25m and had to use our bear smarts to deal with that.

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, during morning coffee.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day three recap part 2. Then it rained for a while and there wasn’t much to do besides hide out in the tent to read and nap. #hike #rain

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, during morning coffee.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day three recap part 1. After two long days of hiking we took a rest day and hung out closer to camp. #hike

Monday the 12th of August, 2024, during morning coffee.

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Guinn’s Pass | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day two recap, part 2. A long day #hike up the pass and onto the peak was a preview for our way home a few days later. It was a slog up to the top of the pass but the views were fantastic.

Sunday the 11th of August, 2024, well after bedtime.

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Ribbon Falls | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day two recap, part 1. The only place on the mountain with both great views and a cell phone signal was on top of the falls. #hike

Sunday the 11th of August, 2024, posted at bedtime.

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Ribbon Lake | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day one recap, part 3. We set up camp at the far end of the lake—our home base for the next 3 nights. #hike

Sunday the 11th of August, 2024, in the evening.

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Ribbon Creek | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day one recap, part 2. The headwall involved free climbing with our heavy packs up a cliff face with rebar ladder rungs stuck in the rock. #hike

Sunday the 11th of August, 2024, in the evening.

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Ribbon Creek | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day one recap, part 1. The first leg up to the falls was tough but not too bad. #hike

Sunday the 11th of August, 2024, in the evening.

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Sentry Games | 1 year ago

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8r4d The worlds largest game store? We may have spent some money and bought a new #boardgame this evening.

➚ Hotel Lobbies and Late Night Gaming on Shades of Game

Wednesday the 7th of August, 2024, during prime time.

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Calgary Farmers Market | 1 year ago

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8r4d Staging up for our hike and warming up the legs by walking around the market pondering all the #food that’s way too heavy to carry up a mountain.

Wednesday the 7th of August, 2024, in the late afternoon.

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Heritage Festival | 1 year ago

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8r4d Disaster! So the third day of the #heritagefestival ended up cancelled because a storm hit the site Sunday night and wrecked enough infrastructure—water, power, tents—that it was unsafe for the public. The city was in shock. This rarely happens. In fact I don’t ever remember a cancellation (except during the pandemic.) It was waiting on pins and needles all day to find out how we fared. But alas our crew finally got access late afternoon and tho the damage was minimal on our site, we still had our work cut out cleaning and tearing down the kitchen to wrap up for another year. #volunteering

Monday the 5th of August, 2024, posted before bed.

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Training Day | 1 year ago

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8r4d Despite being on my feet all day yesterday I still owed the #running gods a long run this morning. Only two weeks until the #halfmarathon so luckily the #rivervalley was still cool.

Sunday the 4th of August, 2024, in the late morning.

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Heritage Festival | 1 year ago

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8r4d Day one of #heritagefestival 2024 and between cooking lots of #crepes managing an outdoor kitchen in the #summer #heat and helping with my share of problem solving, I’m definitely ready for a cozy sleep tonight.

Saturday the 3rd of August, 2024, posted at bedtime.

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Buck Lake | 1 year ago

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8r4d The ‘nlaws have a little permanent #camping site out at a little lake in the middle of nowheres alberta and so we drove out for a Friday dinner and a visit

Friday the 2nd of August, 2024, posted before bed.