If we had any more fun they would make it illegal! That pretty well sums up this fabulous traverse. Would you like a few more details? OK. We did a quick car shuttle leaving one on highway 40 by Wasootch Creek and then continued on to Heart Mountain on the #1.
We puffed up Heart Mountain and spent some time going over various climbing techniques while the skies loomed dark above and the wind blew like a politician.
From the summit we could see our next objectives – the 2 peaks of Twin Peaks.
Getting there was great fun and with some very interesting down climbing on rather steep but solid rock.
We then set off again for our next summit - Trophy Wife Peak (for which there really is a summit register).
Although just a mere km away it took several hours of travel over the very exposed and challenging rock. The micro route finding is a great challenge but very rewarding. We celebrated this summit with an appropriate oral fixation ~ dark organic chocolate.
Our next unnamed up hill section was quite tame – thank goodness! We motored on to the Lorette/Mary Barclay col where we parked our tired bottoms and viewed the wonderful traverse we had just completed. It was now time to leave our lofty ridge and descend via the gully to our next objective - the Kananaskis River. It was nice to be able to relax as we worked our way down and not have to be 100% focused on our ever move.
Our crossing spot soon became visible and our only regret here was that there was no film crew recording this event. We striped down to our knickers – (Dee bless her heart, kept praying to God that they wouldn’t come off in the current. I kid you not!) It is possible to cross rivers with significant water providing it is done in precise military fashion. We got across with no problems and the hooting and hollering that followed cleared the valley of all wildlife for miles. Greg, Jeannine, Dee and myself Ealaine are please to report that our trousers are back on and ready to scramble.
