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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
The Tower
- Location: Kananaskis Country (Highway 742)
- Activity: Scrambling
- Height: 3,117 m (10,227 ft)
- Elevation Gain: 1,350 m (4,429 ft)
- Distance: 17.3 km / Round Trip (10.7 mi)
- Avg Steepness: 8.9°
- Estimated Time: 8-11 hrs
- Technicality: Advanced
- Fitness Level: Hard
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Pink line is the actual track I took which was recorded by my GPS. If you are going to use my GPX, keep it mind that I couldn't get to the summit because I thought I took a wrong route, but I was dead on target. So trust my track and keep going beyond.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
This is Rummel Lake and Lower peak of Mount Galatea. Famous cross-country ski trail I heard. I might want to try in winter time.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
South end of the Tower. This mountain is officially unnamed.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
This is Mount Galatea as I mentioned earlier.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
Many people stop at Rummel Lake, but the real pretty view is beyond the lake I think. I love these green glass valley.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
Going farther more, trail became hard to track and invisible.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
Not knowing where to start climbing the Tower, I followed trail and came to the end. Oops, I guess I have to find my own way.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
So this was my way. As my bible mentioned, the slope was quite steep. Steep enough to use hands constantly. Scramble scramble.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
Summit of Mount Galatea, I was watching this mountain and thinking this mountain is almost no way to hike at least from this side I am seeing. In fact the bible says hike from the other side but still it is rated difficult.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
This is where I stopped. After hiking with uncertainty and seeing the where the peak is and where I was, I convinced myself, I took wrong route. But after looking at the picture in the bible, the summit I thought it was wasn't the summit and actually I was on the right pass. I should have carried the book with me.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
Mouse over to the image to see where I went.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
Left is Mount Birdwood, the far side in the center is I believe Mount Vavasour, and the right is Mount Smuts, one of the most difficult mountain to clime from probably any hike/scramble books available in the Canadian Rockies. Doesn't look that hard at all from here but according to the bible, only few parties make to the summit each year and many back off and some have required rescuing... And yet I am daring to challenge that mountain someday.
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The Tower Attempt | 2008-08-09
Ch, Charlie! Is that really you? He said "Bowwwww."
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