There were a lot of people doing things for the first time in the new century and millennium so we decided as a group of friends to do our own "first." So after a dance on new years eve we headed up to Waterton to be the first to climb bears hump in the new millennium. We had quite the blizzard driving on the way up and some of our group turned back as the roads were to treacherous, but the remaining group forged through and had a great time. We sat/slept in our vehicles at the parking lot for the hike and waited till morning. One friend even brought a tent and slept in it, the ranger came along and said we shouldn't pitch tents in that area but he was ok with it for this night. Eventually the sun started to come so we headed up the hike and got to see the sun rise...well not really. Because we didn't realize that in winter, Vimy peak would be obstructing the sun rise because in the winter the sun doesn't rise very high in Canada. It was still a fun day and we had our claim to fame.
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Our group on the dawning of the new millennium! |
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View of Waterton Lake that morning |
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