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bike park squirrel was not amused

He sat there looking at me for 20 seconds, then chattered loudly and ran away with his pinecone.

 

 

And just to prove it really was in a bike park:

 

 

Ok, even that shot doesn’t look that much more bike-parky. Rest assured, there were more log rides, and some jumps, and a see-saw. And a 10km single trail loop that started out fairly smooth, but then seemed to get rougher and rougher as you went round it. My hardtail and I are petitioning against the excess of pine tree roots around Canmore. Also perhaps the rocks.

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canada general

hopi rock art

 

 

If you squint your eyes and imagine really hard, you’ll see the pictographs in this photo, from a wall in Grotto Canyon. They’re not behind bars and mesh, so are all nice and polished from thousands of greasy fingers.

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canada general snow

the view from my bedroom window this morning

But… wha? It was so nice last weekend! It’s still August – that’s supposed to be Summer. Isn’t it?
 

 
So, it’s snowing today apparently. Umm, so I guess I’m not going climbing. Maybe I’ll go for a bike ride in the snow? I hear that’s possible.

EDIT. 8.30am, still snowing.
EDIT2. 11.00am, still snowing.

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canada climbing general

it doesn’t look a bit like a heart

Lovely Summer day climbing at Heart Creek.

 

 

Warm sun, cool creek, gentle breeze, plastic dinosaur. All in monochrome. Not a lot of climbing was done, though we did find the waterfall at the end of the creek – the trail leads all the way to it, but then to actually see the waterfall you have to scramble around some polished rock. From the looks of the bolts, there used to be chains going round, so everyone could get there.

 

 
I guess most people just have to be satisfied with the noise of the waterfall these days.
 

 

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bikes canada

mud and pemmican

Another ride up to Whiteman’s Gap, but without the hike up Ha Ling afterwards. It was cold (well, not really cold in the scheme of things for the Rockies, but cold after the nice 20oC temperatures I’ve become accustomed to), and raining as I cycled into the cloud. This left the dirt road lovely and muddy.

 

 

This photo was taken at the top, looking away from town across the dam. It takes just under an hour to bike here from home.

 

 

And it only takes about 15 minutes to get from Whiteman’s Gap back down to town. I can’t guarantee you’ll be clean afterwards though. Or that your camera will be dry after taking it out in the rain for the earlier photo.