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Ha Ling Peak: Ten

It was suspiciously windy in the valley when we set off for my tenth Ha Ling Peak ascent of the year, and the Moosling’s first ascent on the outside.

We were just below the treeline when a stop was called for a nappy/diaper change and a feeding. The change on the mountain side went smoothly, apart from the boy starting to slide down off the changing pad thanks to the lack of handy flat ground. Then it was onwards and upwards and into the wind. And by golly was there a lot of it.

 

Mountainside diaper change

 

We were about 100 metres short of the summit when we were hit by a gust strong enough to leave everyone crouching (and one of us minus a pair of sunglasses) – and that was about when we decided we didn’t want to be blown off the mountain, so maybe we’d just go and enjoy the view from the saddle.

 

A little bit windy – on the edge of the saddle

 

So after narrowly avoiding a terrible windy fate, we hiked back down again (as you do), and were terribly grateful to arrive in the trees where the wind could no longer throw rocks at us.

 

Goat Valley views, heading back down again

 

And the Moosling slept snug in his baby sack and sling all the way to the bottom of the mountain, blissfully unaware of any wind (or the trembling leg muscles).

 

Food break

 

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Nine months

Not really nine months, but more like six, as the first three were pretty uneventful – on the outside at least…

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Rocky Mountain Finn

 

Out for a walk along the Bow River

 

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The Moosling has arrived

 

 

And he’s a boy!

Arrived into the outside world 3am, Monday 23rd August.

Adventuring will resume once I’m feeling a bit more mobile. Right now even the walk to the mailbox is more than I can handle (I got most of the way there, then decided I was close enough and headed for home… it’s probably a whole 100 metres or so after all).

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Counting down

So life is getting a bit less comfortable. The moosling is at 40 weeks today, so has hit the official due date (unless you go by scans, which put it at a few days later… either way, moosling arrival is impending). And I can’t walk around much, or get comfortable, so in the meantime, I wait. It could be today, or could be another couple of weeks…