I Took The Path Less Traveled By: Mt. St. Victoire 1998

*I hope people use their own wise judgement when hiking always plan ahead and be prepared. One should never go beyond their abilities.*

Over the years I've had a few goals my first was to Summit all the Peaks of Waterton. Here is My Waterton Summit List I completed that goal on September 26, 2016.

My next goal I'm still working on and that is to summit the 6 10,000 foot Summmits of Glacier National Park. I have one left Kintla.

My 2018 Goal that I accomplished was to summit 40 peaks in my 40th year and that I finished on September 26, 2018.

Not sure what will be my next goal, once Glacier's Summits are done?

I commonly use 3 Hashtags on my social media. The first one is #itookthepathlesstraveledby which is to reference this blog. The next two relate to my father and grandfather who were also hikers. #milesformarkellingson is to remember my

Dad, Mark Ellingson and #dustfromthetrailandhowitsettledonme is to remember my Grandfather Earl Ellingson

December 29, 2015

Mt. St. Victoire 1998

This hike was while I was a missionary for my church in France. On a day off a group of us drove to this mountain and hiked it. It wasn't the highest peak I've done but it was probably my first hike in a non pine tree forested area. The day was beautiful and the view was nice from the top even though it was a little hazy in the distance. This mountain is featured in paintings by Paul Cezanne. The one thing I found great about this hike was seeing the nuclear reactors in the distance. Reminded me of the Simpson!