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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.