Reaching the Top – A Lesson in Sustained Effort

My sixteen-year-old daughter, Ana, and I have a shared passion for climbing mountains. We are not so epic that we climb with ropes or specialized gear (although we’d like to try that next year), but we do prefer the challenge of scrambling over hiking. The difference being that, when scrambling, sometimes you need to use both your hands and feet to climb, whereas if you are only hiking, your feet can do all the work.

Earlier this summer, we decided to tackle Big Sister located near Canmore, C...