Category: GDT
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GDT day 11
I camped with Luke and Carlos last night. We even had my first campfire of the hike. It was really nice to have some company at camp. I left ahead of them this morning but we were planning to meet up again to camp. The first part of the day was a lot of uphill,…
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GDT Days 9-10
Breakfast this morning was quiche and cinnamon roll, so delicious. After breakfast, I packed my bag since I have to change accommodations tonight as the BNB was fully booked. I went to the museum and learned more about the history of Coleman before hanging out at a cafe, where I was also able to pick…
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GDT Day 7-8
I had my earliest start yet, at 7:45. I was awake but it still took some mental convincing to get out of my warm sleeping bag into the surprisingly cold air. The tent was soaked with condensation again and my attempts to dry it with no sun nor breeze were futile. As I set off,…
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GDT Day 6
I slept quite well thankfully and met my campsite mates in the morning, a couple who are doing section A and had come down off Barnaby ridge when they realized they wouldn’t make it to the Barnaby lake campsite. They told me of an 8 meter cliff up there that you have to climb up/down…
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GDT day 5
What a day on the great divide. I did not sleep great as I had thought might happen. But all was well in the morning, although it was chilly and there was so much condensation on my tent fly and everything felt damp. I warmed up quickly with a big climb up to a ridge…
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GDT Day 4
It got very windy last night for a few hours, but luckily the tent sites were well protected. I also saw flashes of light, which must have been lightning, but too far away for me to hear the thunder, which I thought strange. As I left the campsite, I bumped into the ranger who checked…
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GDT Day 3
I got up around 7 since I had been awake part of the night and the other GDTers had already set off by the time I got to the cooking area. It was cloudy and chilly and so I kept my rain coat on as I set off. It was back to the road and…
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GDT Day 2
I started the day by heading into town where I got myself a breakfast sandwich and flat white. I spoke to Mom for a few minutes after eating and then walked back to the campsite to finish packing up. When I packed my food, I realised that a bunch of my biodegradable ziplocs had holes…
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GDT day 1
I had flown into Calgary the previous night and shuttled to a hotel near the airport. I hadn’t realized the flight was 4.5 hours, but it gave me a chance to finish the book I was reading and I had just about the only empty seat next to me in the flight. The trip out…
On the Trail with Stella 