Got back last week from my trip to the Canadian Rockies, it was AMAZING, I want to live out there!

My daughter and I did all the touristy stuff (mountain climbing (small ones), tramways, Icefield Tour, nature walks, gift shopping) in Jasper, Banff, Revelstoke and Kamloops.

I carried basic EDC and limited survival gear but never needed it much in the field. Just used the water, raingear, bug dope, warm clothes and trail food.

The most difficult time I had was the walk from returning our rental car, back to our hotel in Kamloops. The walk was only about 4km so I thought it was no problem. I did not take into account that Kamloops is very hot and that the walk was all up a really long steep hill. I had dropped all of our gear at the hotel so we also had no water with us. After about 3 km I was hot, very, very hot and I was having real trouble continuing. At about 3.5km we came to a fast food place, I went into the washroom and cooled myself down with water. We then drank cool beverages in the air conditioned resturant for about an hour until I was feeling back up to par.

Funny how I had just spent a week climbing mountains and glaciers only to nearly drop in the city from heat, exercise and dehydration. You just never know when a survival situation will happen.

Mike