Rapaki Peak

Nov 29: Strode up to Rapaki. There's a good climbing rock there and also a separate peak that Gord and I climbed up. A few streets down from the house is the start of a pretty wicked bike trail. It's all gravel and almost 45 degrees uphill in some places. After ascending the trail we reached the base of the peak. Then we had to clamber up and beat our own path through the brush. Once at the top we were greeted with gorgeous views and a stone monument. We took a bunch of photos at the top and then decided to climb down, as it was a bit nippy at the top. Our climb down was interrupted by a really sweet crevice. I decided that I wanted a picture of myself pretending to climb up it. After getting that photo, I realized that climbing down it and back up would probably be a fun challenge and victory would be sweeter if I actually completed the climb. So we climbed down the crevice and then back up. Life wouldn't be any fun if nature wasn't full of challenges. We had a little difficulty climbing down at a few places because there was a lot of lichen and moss. This created really slippery footholds and my hiking boots don't have the best grip. Even though it was cloudy, windy and a little rainy, this spot still had beautiful views.