Go Take a Hike

From what I understand, there’s a beautiful hike in Nova Scotia called Cape Split. The reason I say “from what I understand” is because I’ve never hiked it. I’m someone who is very outdoorsy, as you know I’m very active, I love camping, I love sports and I love the wilderness, but I’ve never been someone who liked hiking.

Before my drive across Canada, I had never been on a hike before. I had been invited to hike Cape Split more times than I can count, but I always thought that walking for 4 or 5 hours up and down a hill was pointless and stupid. Who the hell wants to walk that much?

Well, apparently, I do?!

After going on a hike in Jasper, Alberta, I fell in love with hiking and it’s now become a weekend adventure for the missus and I in the North. We’ve found three hikes here so far that we love and are looking forward to finding more.

I’ve now learned why people walk up and down hills for 3 to 5 hours. The scenery is usually beautiful and It’s a great way to spend a beautiful sunny summer’s day. Not to mention, it’s a great way to get exercise. My pack on Saturday weighed in at 30 lbs and on the 8 km hike we did two weeks ago, I burned over 900 calories. Between the added weight of the pack and the climbing and hiking, it’s a nice little workout.

We packed 3 Gatorate G2s, fruit salad, 3 chicken breasts, beef jerkey and I made us our own trail mix with almond slivers, cashews, wallnuts, banana chips, dried pommegranite and pumpkin seeds.

I can’t wait to keep trying out different hikes in Yellowknife (where these pics are from) and I look forward to the day when I actually go back to Nova scotia and hike Cape Split! But even more so, I’m really looking forward to doing more hikes around the world when I travel because I plan hiking as much as possible from now on.

Do you ever go for hikes? Have you ever turned down a hike? If you have, learn from my mistakes and go take a hike.

Here’s some pics of our hike on Saturday and a video of a 360 panoramic view from where we had a picnic.

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