So growing up I was never really a hiker. Vacations were spent mostly at the beach rather than the mountains...and I still would rather have it that way (judge me if you will...I'm a beach girl and proud of it). I've never been against hiking. When friends have wanted to go, I've always been up to the challenge, but I'm not the person who looks for places to hike everywhere she goes.
Well if you're living in Vancouver...hiking is everywhere...and there are amazing things to see while you're doing it. There are pretty famous hikes here and one of the best ones happens on the Chief.
By about hour 6-7...it just gets comical that you have been walking and climbing for so long, but when you get to the top of that last peak you pretty much feel like this:
Well if you're living in Vancouver...hiking is everywhere...and there are amazing things to see while you're doing it. There are pretty famous hikes here and one of the best ones happens on the Chief.
If you look closely, you can see 3 different peaks that kind of look like stair steps...simple right?? I mean hikes are just casual walks through the woods and every now and then you might have to go up hill, right?? Man I was so wrong. As in the words of Honey badger (ask someone if you don't get the reference), the Chief don't play!! And it doesn't care that you have been doing Insanity regularly...it's gonna kick your but anyways...and its gonna have fun doing it.
The hike is pretty much straight up and like climbing stairs that were designed for a giant. At the really intense parts...there are chains and latters to help you up the mountain. I had no idea what I was in for. We did all three peaks...because after all...only wimps do less!! There may have been a couple times where I wanted to sit down, cross my arms, and say "I'm not going any further," but thankfully I kept putting on foot in front of the other....and it led to views like this:
And this one!! I'm sitting (or trying not to die) on peak one and looking at peak 2 and 3
We even made a new friend...
