Lady of the temple!

Half August, only 2 weeks have past since my last writing, but so many things have happened that I don’t even know where I should start. After the Christmas party I spend one of my days off at Herbert Lake, pretty much the only lake where you can stay in longer then 30 seconds. We had a picnic, some beers, a nice swim and the evening ended in the bar in Lake Louise and at Dance night, this is a weekly party for all the staff of RCR. It was my first time there and actually my first time out of west Louise since I got here, so it was pretty exciting. Unfortunately it was totally not my thing, but we had some beers and some laughs and at least I know what everybody’s talking about now and I know I’m not missing out on anything.
In the first week of august we had another big staff dinner, roasted pig. It was pretty cool to see a whole pig hanging on a roast, it reminded me a bit of the comic books Asterix, where they always have a huge buffet with a wild pig in the end, it looked so tasty.
Off course on my day off I went on another hike with the usual company. We walked the plain of the six glaciers at Lake Louise, where you walk all the way up to the tong of the Victoria glacier. After that we drove up to Emerald Lake, another gorgeous lake in the middle of the mountains and made a small walk there (5 km in 45 minutes, not that bad). Our last stop was the Takakaw Falls, the second highest falls in Canada, not far from our Lodge. It wasn’t as impressive as the Niagara Falls, but much nicer because it’s in the middle of nowhere with no tourists around. Despite the bad weather we had it was an amazing day.
The next day I tried to sleep in a bit and tried my running skills once more. There’s an old highway which is closed for traffic and which runs from our hotel all the way to lake Louise, it’s about 12 km, so a good exercise and a pretty high chance of seeing bears (which is less attracting if you’re running alone). That run I saw two big black bears and on another run a couple of days later I even saw a mamma bear and her cub. I didn’t see them until I actually was right beside them (about 5 metres away), but besides a scare nothing happened. I was just pissed off that I didn’t had my camera with me.
That week we also had a big birthday party for all the staff members who have their birthday here. Again free food and drinks and some stupid games made the evening a success. (My evening ended in the toilet unfortunately, my stomach couldn’t handle all the greasy food in combination with punch)
It’s Friday evening at the moment and I’m exhausted after my last 2 days off. I first went horseback riding for 7 hours, which gave me such a sour bum that I wasn’t able to go sit properly without feeling mussels that I didn’t even knew that I had them. The next day it was a rise and shine at 6am (even before sunrise) because we were going to climb Mount Temple, a 3500 metres high summit which rise above the Valley of then peaks and gives you pretty much a view over the whole valley around Lake Louise. We managed to do the hike on 9 hours, with a small detour which turned the walk into a mountain climb. The trail wasn’t always that visible and so we ended up on the other side climbing up with our hand and feet, pretty sketchy but when we finally reached the top after 5 hours, the view was definitely worth the pain (undescribable!). Proud and with a satisfied feeling we walked the right path down again, which wasn’t always that simple either with all the loos rocks and the steep descent (bruises can prove it).
So now I’m ready for bed and hopefully I my legs are willing to work tomorrow. When I get a chance I’m gonna put some pictures up which are worth while looking at.