We did it!

A couple of years ago Maya and I went on a solo hike up Mt. Royal. On the way down a woman with a baby on her back pointed out that if you followed a different path it was also possible to climb Mt. Victoria. I took her suggestion and we climbed it as well. It was an extremely challenging hike, with 2700 feet of altitude gain in just under 2.5 miles (if you're only counting the Victoria side!). We were both wasted by the time we finished, but had had a really great experience, which was shared with Karen, Matt, and Anne Justine upon our return. This year, Karen set her sites on climbing it with me to return some of Maya's ashes to the mountain. She did it! Putting one foot in front of the other, traveling from one tree to the next, and never giving up, we made it back up. The views were amazing.