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GDT Day 10 – A Break For Now
Honestly I haven’t seen a storm like this in a long time. It has been raining hard all night here in Coleman; it’s thundering and lighting and it’s
GDT Day 9 – We Love Trail Angels
It’s time to get out of this campground! So I got up early and started preparing. It hadn’t started raining yet during the night but was coming in;
GDT Day 8 – Resting Part 2
Not much to report at all! It was purely a rest and organizing day! The Germans packed up in the morning and headed out; Vivian moved on to her
GDT Day 7 – Resting Part 1
Sadly I cannot add a video here of the loud trains … just across the creek … day and night. Surprisingly I didn’t hear the 1am train last night since
GDT Day 6 – Reaching Hot Water
I hadn’t heard the end of the girls’ discussions for their plans for today but it made sense that they wanted to get an early start (when I heard
GDT Day 5 – All Time Steepness and Exhaustion
Holy smokes … I’m pretty sure that was the hardest and scariest day of hiking I have done. 12km from Scarpe Pass to Grizzly Lake, taking the Barnaby
GDT Day 4 – Smokin’ Smoke
No nightly noisy visitors but in the evening the deer were just walking by our tent and eventually Ksanka did try to run through the mesh … yeah
GDT Day 3 – Who Put Pebbles On The Tentpads!
1:30am: I am woken by footsteps. I open my eyes to see if there’s a headlamp; maybe German guy went to the toilet? Nope. I try to get back to sleep.
GDT Day 2 – Up We Go … Really Up
We did pretty well getting to Akamina campground around 3pm but it felt like a very long day for sure! Our night in Waterton was okay, after the
GDT Day 1 – It Started With A Bang
Well the adventure started with a bit of commotion! At the very last minute, namely 7pm before our early morning departure the next day, my friend’s
