Club Events 2004 : 2004-02-08 : COC - Johnston Canyon

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It turned out to be a perfect day for a winter hike.not too cold, not all melty and drippy either, and only a couple of renegade snow balls to speak of (boys will be boys after all!)

We took off in two cars for Banff National Park and met up at the Johnston Canyon parking lot and set off from there to the Upper Falls. Sharing the snowy trail with us were some die hard ice climbers, families with young children, and even a couple of elderly ladies with little picks at the bottom of their canes (pretty neat idea actually, like a cross between a ski pole and a cane). We made several photo stops along the way admiring the blue ice and the frozen falls. Our ultimate destination proved to be worth it. The frozen Upper Falls were pretty spectacular. This was our "lunch stop" with the various groups of ice climbers providing us with some in house entertainment. We took turns picking on various members throughout the walk with Rhonda getting it more than most. (Thanks for being a good sport Rhonda. I really need to work on not saying every little thing that comes into my head!) We were all back down to the parking lot by 1:45 and still ready to go, so we took in another small loop in Banff before hitting the highway home.

The event unofficially continued at Kilkenny's over dinner and a couple of drinks. Merv joined us for a drink and some of us (OK me and Dave) pigged out on the BEST Chocolate Mud Slide Thing EVER! Some interesting conversations ensued involving cotton, probes, little Johnny jokes and pigs.not necessarily in that order.

-- Lana


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