Thanks to the abundant energy of the Vice-President, Mikele, the members of the Club smoothly, within a week, transferred from biking into x-country. Last Sunday saw already 14+ persons attending.
"Idź w góry, a otrzymasz ich dobrą nowinę. Pokój Natury popłynie do ciebie tak jak światło słońca płynie ku drzewom. Wiatry wwieją w ciebie swoją świeżość, a burze dadzą ci swoją energię, podczas gdy troski (tego świata) odpadną od ciebie jak jesienne liście." John Muir (1838-1914), szkocko-amerykański naturalista i propagator tworzenia parków narodowych, współzałożyciel organizacji ekologicznej Sierra Club.
Thanks to the abundant energy of the Vice-President, Mikele, the members of the Club smoothly, within a week, transferred from biking into x-country. Last Sunday saw already 14+ persons attending.
Haslo…Yukon 2021.
Wyruszylismy na Yukon z Edmonton, w sobote, 24. lipca. Bylo nas lacznie 8 “YukoPoli” (nazwa grupy to pomysl Beaty): 3 pary w wypozyczonym vanie, Joanna i Piotr, Beata i Witek oraz Grazyna i Marek, plus 4-ta para, Basia i Krzysztof, w swoim pick-up-ie.
Odnosnie trasy to zatwierdzilismy plan wycieczki zaproponowany przez Joanne z pewnymi poprawkami naniesionymi przez reszte zalogi. Nasza trasa to: Edmonton - Haines Junction, 2143 km, oraz powrot do Edmonton, inna droga przez B.C., 2509 km. Razem 4652 km samej “glownej” drogi (zobacz mape ponizej). Lacznie przejechalismy oczywiscie znacznie wiecej bo … 5,500 km!
A group of our Club members participated in the Recovery Camp in Manitou Springs Resort in Saskatchewan. We soaked our aching muscles and bones in the healing waters of Little Manitou Lake for 2-3 days. Here, thoroughly purified, we are "full of energy and enthusiastic about life."
16 October 2021
Powderface Ridge, 2210 m, (Little Elbow, Kananaskis), +594 m, 10 km.
What a beautiful day it was! A sheer joy of being in the mountains in spite of late time in the season.
The history of the Club could probably be traced to early 2000s when, with Randy Iwanciwski (kneeling in red jacket), I organized a series of hikes, also called "pilgrimages," to Roche Miette Mountain in Jasper NP.
Saturday, 2 October 2021
Prairie Mountain, 2210 m, 6.8 km return, +680 m altitude gain, 4.5 hours. Elbow, Kananaskis. (To see pictures in higher resolution, click on them).
It was this time of the year when one of the most prominent members of the Club, the Vice-President, Michal, known in some circles as "Mikele," celebrated his birthday. In the past he would throw lavish parties at his place. This year he chose an open air venue.
26 August 2021
18 August 2021
Mt. Loki, 2771 m, is a "cultish" mountain in the Central Kootenay Valley in British Columbia. I had a pleasure of scrambling this mountain in 2020 (see the photostory). This time I had a privilege of guiding to this mountain the two fantastic ladies - Barbara and Teresa - on Barbara's birthday!
1 August 2021
Do podnóża góry dotarliśmy dość wcześnie. Zapowiadało się na wspinaczkę w bardzo zadymionym powietrzu, co nie zachęcało do radosnego startu. Pomimo tego wspaniała, doświadczona grupa nie poddała się ponurym nastrojom i entuzjastycznie wyruszyła na trasę.
Near Helen Lake, Banff National Park, 4 July 2021
To see a short (3:35 min) film from this adventure, click on the picture.
To see a photostory from this adventure, click this: https://pmdkwe.blogspot.com/2021/07/helen-lake-dolomite-ridge.html
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Przeżyjmy to jeszcze raz ... Let's live through this one more time ... to see a movie from the Onion Peak Hike click on the picture. Aby zobaczyć film, kliknij na zdjęcie.
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KUBALA NIGHT IN EDMONTON By Andy Rutkowski
link to the pictures:
https://point99.smugmug.com/NOC-KUBALY-2021/
video link:
Dear Members,
while professional movies are being worked on, let me share first impressions from the very auspicious event that took place yesterday. In Poland it is known as "Noc Kupały," "Sobótka" or "Noc świętojańska," which in the Western world is often translated as "Midsummer Night" or "Summer Solstice" celebration.
You can find 50 high resolution downloadable pictures here:
https://point99.smugmug.com/MT-BALDY-2021/
"Dancing on Mt Baldy" video link:
Finally it was time to go to the mountains! And what Season Opening it was! Sixteen members of the Polish Men and Women Hiking Club of Alberta attended.
We used to have our Awards Ceremonies in the beginning of February in Polish Syrena Club. However, this year, due to Covid restrictions and closure of the Syrena, we had to look for some alternatives. In the end, the Ceremony took place yesterday, 5th of June, in Hawrelak Park. And what a joyous occasion it was:
To celebrate the first Thursday in June, which happened to be one of the nicest days so far this season, our Polish Beauties under the leadership of Ela organized a bicycle trip in the River Valley.
On May 29 we all met united under this great banner to take the part in our famous End-of-Prohibition hike. It was really nice to see that so many people turned out in support of this worthy cause!
Even some of our dear Members, whom we all love, recovered miraculously to attend our march.
We opened our kayaking season this year by going to the Big Lake in St Albert.
Victoria Day long weekend seemed like a good day to open the season.
This time of the year the lake offers nice kayaking opportunities, since it tends to be overgrown with algae later in the season.
As it happens in life of all "true men" a pivotal moment comes when one has to release his ...
... climbing gear! No, it hasn't happen to me yet, but this time came to one of the Founding Fathers of our Club - Jacek Wojno.
This time we were really lucky. We did not have just one leader, but two beautiful and sexy lady leaders, our Superwomen,
Excellent Ela....
They invited us for a hike in Elk Island National Park on Friday, May 14.
On Sunday afternoon three Trip Leaders plus Ged, the dog, showed up at Rowland Park Lookout to discuss plans for the season and get into form. It was still kind of cold in the wind, but it didn't stop us from the esthetic pleasures of looking at our beautiful city across the river.
A short video by Andy Rutkowski:
WILD HIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG CITY - EDMONTON, CANADA
WHITEMUD CREEK RAVINE - Wonderful 11 km natural hike in the middle of Edmonton, Canada. Whitemud Creek Ravine is a nature reserve in the heart of the city, complete with old-growth forest. Despite its proximity to busy roads like Whitemud Drive and 23 Ave, it’s a great place to distance yourself from the bustle of the city. This video was recorded in mid April and covers the trail from MacTaggart Sanctuary (23rd ave) to Whitemud Park near Fox Drive.