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The stones of Banff

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2006 / September 7

I never wanted to be a mountain climber. Never wanted to walk a narrow ledge with nothing to cling to but a crumbling rock wall and thin air. Stupid, I know. But, promise me a stone cabin of unparalleled honesty and defiance that requires one of the toughest scree slogs in the Rockies, and I'm willing to see the intelligence of the argument. Why did I climb up 600 metres of sliding, cascading, hateful rock? Because of the architecture on the mountain.

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