The recent snowfall here in Canmore is great for skiing but a bummer for scrambling mountains! This is a picture of Ha Ling Peak, which is 20 km return and 3600' vertical from my front door. The story goes that Ha Ling was a Chinese cook for the railway in 1896 and was bet $50 he couldn't climb the peak and be back in Canmore in 10 hours. He took 5 hours, and then had to climb it again the next day with witnesses as proof! I took longer than Ha Ling yesterday but I still would have won $50. Our route on Kilimanjaro has almost 5 times the vertical of Ha Ling Peak and is 67 kms long. Jamie
Kilimanjaro
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The recent snowfall here in Canmore is great for skiing but a bummer for scrambling mountains! This is a picture of Ha Ling Peak, which is 20 km return and 3600' vertical from my front door. The story goes that Ha Ling was a Chinese cook for the railway in 1896 and was bet $50 he couldn't climb the peak and be back in Canmore in 10 hours. He took 5 hours, and then had to climb it again the next day with witnesses as proof! I took longer than Ha Ling yesterday but I still would have won $50. Our route on Kilimanjaro has almost 5 times the vertical of Ha Ling Peak and is 67 kms long. Jamie
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