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Grizzly Peak Attempt 3 | 2010-05-01
My third attempt… The most miserably failed attempt of my life. I have nothing more to say.
My third attempt… The most miserably failed attempt of my life. I have nothing more to say.
It was horrible. Sun-baked snow surface was frozen and by putting my foot didn't penetrate. By shifting my weight on my foot broke the surface. It's so annoying as everyone knows. The other way was to push my foot down then shift my weight but that uses more muscle to keep going. Worse more, higher I went, deeper snow became.
Elk Range.
After 1 hour I realized the highway was only 500 m away. So I gave up going around and traverse backside of Grizzly, instead I looked at possible front-face routes and took a chance. But another 30 more minutes, I realized the highway was only 700 m away. So I gave up for good.
Mount James Walker.
Kananaskis Range.
Highlight of the day. Safeway Sandwich!!
Took me only 10 min to descent.