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Caption: July 18, 2020
Kananaskis Country
Alberta Canada After a month and a half lost in shipping, I finally received an used (although mint) Canon Elan 7 35mm film camera. I wanted this camera for a long time now. It would let me use my Canon EF lenses and reduce the weight of my backpack when hiking and shooting both digital and film.
We left Calgary in the morning, and I wanted to try the secondary roads to reach the Kananaskis Valley. But a wrong turn led us back to the highway, and we ended up losing an hour, stuck in the traffic piling up before the town of Canmore.
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Caption: We eventually reach the gates of Kananaskis Provincial Park. The road skirted around a blue lake on which several paddleboards slid onto the waveless waters.
Then started the dusty and narrow road that was carved on the mountainside. Endless lines of parked cars bordered the small dusty and heavily trafficked road. There and there shone blue and red stripes from the top of the police cars. Hopeless they were trying to regulate the ant alike line of cars.
We climbed further and further and finally the frenzy stopped and we drove on the brown road bordered by pine trees.
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Caption: We chose to hike the Red Tower trail.
The path started across the dusty road from the lake and disappeared into the trees.
We started confidently, fastening our pace until the steep path brought us back to reality.
I cursed when I remember that the hiking poles were back at the apartment in Calgary.
Once the woods out of the way, we started the ascent of a rocky slope on which boulders and rocks would slid under our shoes and sometimes made us lose balance.
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Picture of Kananaskis
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Picture of Kananaskis
Caption: We were getting ready for lunch - a late lunch - on the foot of Red Tower Peak. And we ate with facing the most beautiful view even though it came with a price.
A strong wind steadily blew in our face, which made me lose a few salad pieces that I made sure to pack up afterwards.
Leave no traces.
Picture of Canmore
Picture of Canmore
Picture of Canmore
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Picture of Canmore
Picture of Canmore
Caption: EKTAR 100
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Picture of Canmore
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Picture of Canmore
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Caption: I did try to swim into these green waves, but the lake - fed by the nearby glaciers - held freezing water.
It was, however, perfect for our feet after a five-hour hike.
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Picture of Canmore
Picture of Canmore
Caption: All photographs featured on this story were shot on a single roll of Kodak Ektar 100 - loaded in a canon Elan 7
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Robin
