Day 7 - Thursday was another big day of Adventure. Little did I know that the training I was doing for the past 2 days with Kelly was actually preparing me for the Big Kahuna! That is, climbing up Grouse Mountain in Vancouver. It's called the Grouse Grind for good reason. It's a tough, steep, uphill hike. It's definitely not for the fainthearted as the signs at the start of the trail warn you. So how did this all happen? Well Kelly casually mentioned the day before, "Oh, we can climb up Grouse Mountain in the morning and have a Latte afterwards". I thought that sound like a good idea. Nice walk, exercise, fresh air, this will be fun. She didn't really let on how difficult it would be and I think Uncle Binnie and Cohen
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