I Took The Path Less Traveled By: Cragging in the Gap July 28, 2021 Crownest Pass Alberta

*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

August 14, 2021

Cragging in the Gap July 28, 2021 Crownest Pass Alberta

I've only climbed with ropes a few times but this was the most I've probably done in one day. I did 4 climbs and tried a 5th but couldn't make it up. This is a neat little area we went to called the Gap, it is where the Old Man River comes out of the Dutch Creek area. I'd hiked the mountain to the west of us about a year ago, it is called Thunder Mountain. I have lots to learn about climbing, but then again I have lots to learn about lots of things.