. Climbs & exploration in the Canadian Rockies . was not at all tohis taste: which was not surprising, as BearCreek, even when low, is always more or lessof a trial to the inexperienced. However, hefaced the ordeal with exemplary fortitude : only,when safe on the further shore, he shook hishead gravely and in his broken English enigma-tically observed, Several times you cross it;but once is the last time! Across the stream we proceeded on our wayup the Middle Fork along the south bank. Theweather was very fine, and the scenery round thisdehghtful spot seemed more beautiful than front t


. Climbs & exploration in the Canadian Rockies . was not at all tohis taste: which was not surprising, as BearCreek, even when low, is always more or lessof a trial to the inexperienced. However, hefaced the ordeal with exemplary fortitude : only,when safe on the further shore, he shook hishead gravely and in his broken English enigma-tically observed, Several times you cross it;but once is the last time! Across the stream we proceeded on our wayup the Middle Fork along the south bank. Theweather was very fine, and the scenery round thisdehghtful spot seemed more beautiful than front the silver spear-head of Forbes pierceda sky of deepest blue ; on the left, through theglades in the forest, which just here is much lessdense than elsewhere, we had peeps of the nobleobelisk of Pyramid, by far the most strikingobject in the panorama; while northwards wasan uninterrupted view up the valley of theNorth Fork, with its rugged mountain masseson either side. The landscape in the nearer foreground is pleasantly diversified by open 258.


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