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| Logs jammed at the bottom of Moraine Lake next to the Rock Pile |
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| The Rock Pile stands today as it was discovered over 100 years ago |
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| Tricia preparing for her ascent |
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| View from the top. This view used to grace the back of the $20 bill. I had to climb over a guard rail and several slippery rocks to get here (don't tell mom) |
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| Us near the top of the Rock Pile |
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| Log jam from above |
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| Tower of Babel. Good climbers make it up in 8 hours, bad climbers make it down in 10 seconds. |
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| Rain on Moraine Lake |
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| My lovely wife isn't afraid of the rain - she insisted we go for a 2 hour hike. |
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| All our words from loose using have lost their edge. - Hemmingway |
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| A view from the far end of Moraine Lake |
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| Indian Paintbrush in the rain |
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| A taste of things to come. Our next stop was the Athabasca Glacier. |
Thursday, July 21st
Samuel Allen was the first European to visit in 1894 calling Moraine a "dark and gloomy lake". It was later named "Moraine" by Allen's associate Walter Wilcox (moraines are mounds of sediments and rocks deposited by glaciers). Wilcox described the view from the Rock Pile, "no scene had ever given me an equal impression of inspiring solitude and rugged grandeur" and added that contemplating the view was the happiest half hour of his life. Moraine is only 15 minutes away from Louise, but the locals insisted that it was the better of the two. We couldn't comprehend any scale of comparing such beautiful places. We visited the dark and gloomy lake on July 21, 2011.
Samuel Allen was the first European to visit in 1894 calling Moraine a "dark and gloomy lake". It was later named "Moraine" by Allen's associate Walter Wilcox (moraines are mounds of sediments and rocks deposited by glaciers). Wilcox described the view from the Rock Pile, "no scene had ever given me an equal impression of inspiring solitude and rugged grandeur" and added that contemplating the view was the happiest half hour of his life. Moraine is only 15 minutes away from Louise, but the locals insisted that it was the better of the two. We couldn't comprehend any scale of comparing such beautiful places. We visited the dark and gloomy lake on July 21, 2011.
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