took amy scrambling for the first time (climbing a mountain without ropes) on what was supposed to be a "moderate" route up cinquefoil mt, ended up being one of the more difficult i have done, amy had a bad time and was mad at me.
went climbing in hidden valley, cool limestone canyon, very sharp rocks. did some multi-pitch climbing (climbing a wall taller than a rope length so you have to split it up into multiple pitches), very fun.
hiked the tonquin valley, very nice trail, the ramparts are very tall, amethyst lake is beautiful. taught brendan's dog to go and get me beers, it helps that brendan's dog also likes to drink the beers.
first view of cinquefoil, thinking "surely we don't go up that vertical section, surely we come around the back side"
goats
making our way
goats
amy hates scrambling and is v grumpy
good views though
elk
multi-pitching
rapping
cool rock, v grippy slab
hidden valley is a very cool canyon, very cool rock formations
amy heading up the last pitch of the day, about 20 stories up
high point
starting the tonquin valley, one day we will climb edith cavell (left), today is not that day
alpenglow on oldhorn
trees
fireweed and ramparts on the tonquin valley
went for a swim in amethyst lake
put up a few new bouldering routes in this stream
sunset on the ramparts
hiked up in the dark to see sunrise alpenglow on the ramparts
mt clitheroe, wanted to climb this but were too beat by the time we got there, also rated as "moderate" by the same book so who knows how hard it is
surprise point
sunset surprise
killed some time at lake louise hiking the teahut hike, managed to take a photo without a million people in it
hiked the parker ridge trail which was pretty chill, renjo however has no chill
taught renjo a new trick
hiked wilcox pass, saw some glaciers, renjo tried to herd some goats
renjo
glaciers
bork
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