Deep thoughts in the Deep Woods
Carrie posted in Recreation on May 21st, 2007
Today we emptied the hostel and 6 of us went on a hike together around Shwatka lake. Shwatka Lake is the lake that was created by building the dam before the Whitehorse Rapids. We walked along the Millenium Trail and up past the fish ladder and we climbed up the steep slope and walked around the Hidden Lakes also. All in all we walked around 17 km in about 5.5 hours with 2 breaks. It was a good trek! We walked around the lake and up and down these mountains that were so sandy. The sand really threw me off because I’m used to hiking on Canadian Shield. We walked to Miles Canyon which was a cool canyon at the entrance the Shwatka and crossed this suspension bridge. Some of the trails were perrilously close to the edge of the cliffs but we pulled off our best mountain goat manoeuvre and made it through. However it was also the most philosophical hike I have ever been on. During our breaks we discussed the impacts of the Second World War and the Holocaust on the current German generation and history lessons as well as the consequences and changes regarding the fall of the Berlin wall. The second break ended in a discussion about the homosexuality and creationism, religion and rainbows. It was deep. Then we talked about our favourite ice cream flavours. It was good while it lasted.
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