The Ultrasound

Today Natasha and I went to Kootenay Lake Hospital so she could get a ultrasound done. The baby and Natasha are doing well. The doctor said that the baby is a normal weight and size for 4 1/2 months along in the pregnacy. I have added some photos taken during the ultrasound, the captions in the photos tell what they are of. The one photo without a caption is of the baby's arm.

Rogers Pass - Canada Day Long Weekend

On the Canada Day long weekend my brother Colin and I went climbing. I left Nelson, BC, on the Friday morning and headed north through the Slocan Valley, across the Arrow Lake Ferry, and passed through the town of Revelstoke enroute to the Illecillewaet Campground in Glacier National Park. This was where I hooked-up with my brother who had driven in from Canmore, Alberta. That night we discussed various routes and decided what peaks we wanted to summit, we opted for Mount Sir Donald and Mount Uto (far right and next to it, respectively, in first photo).

The next day started with a four hour hike to base camp followed by a few moments of relaxing. As soon as we regained our strength we headed for the summit of Uto (2927 metres). Our route from camp was to gain the col between Sir Donald and Uto (see picture to right), from there we dawned our climbing gear and followed the southwest ridge to the summit. Base camp to base camp took us approximately 4 hours. This was our warm-up climb and we had to save our energy for the big climb the next day. The photo below is of myself at the summit of Uto. That evening, Colin and I fell asleep quite early, in spite of the annoying mosquitoes.

Day three in the mountains came early. Before I was even awake I was already at the col and getting ready for the climb up the northwest ridge to the top of Sir Donald (3284 metres). A few quick pictures and a bite to eat and we were off. It was an enjoyable climb. Some of the pitches were challenging, others were easier. Our summit of the mountain was almost denied due to some late season snow on the route. It was a good thing Colin found us an alternate route, albeit much harder. After a grueling 5 and a half hours we summited and I came to a stark realization that we were now only half way and that the decent was going to be twice as hard. A total of 9 hour was spent on Sir Donald and I enjoyed every minute of it. The last part of that day was spent hiking back down to the Illecillewaet Campground and relaxing.

The last day was when we decided that next year we are going to hit up the Bugaboos and conquer the Snowpatch and Bugaboo Spires. The last photo is Colin and I at the base Sir Donald.

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