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Battle Creek Showdown 2025, first MTB race with my kids !!!

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 What a blast this weekend, I signed up for a 4 hours MTB race with Amit and decide to registered my kids in the same race (Nic and Lucas). We camp at Cypress Hills Provincial Park south from Medicine Hat to be on the race venue. Left Calgary Thursday afterwork and with a 4 hours drive we arrived to the park just before dark.. We have been camping in that park since 2011 (Nic was only 6 months old at the time and it was a great place to camp, bike and enjoy a nice lake). The race format in a team of two is that everyone must do a lap at the time, and once the rider has finish the lap the next can go out. Nic started with the first lap with a lemans start. We pre-ride the course the day before and they knew what to expect, no surprises except the fact that they were going to be going at race pace !! I did the first lap as well with Amit in a team of two, and when I finished we waiting for Nic and Lucas went out for lap 2, Nic seems happy and was pump !! Lucas went out and finish...
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Mount Yamnuska with Nic, 2025

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Time for a new adventure with Nic in 2025 !! Mount Yamnuska traverse, around 10.6kms with 1,000 mts of elevation gain :-) Mount Yamnuska, Summit 2025 Saturday July 12th was the day, left home at around 9:00am (a bit late, but not too late). After a quick drive we parked in the last spot available in Mount Yamnuska, got all the gear and left at a steady pace. We brough harnesses and rope to go across the chain section in a safety and responsible manner.. The hike is relatively easy all the way to the main crux (the chimney), from there the terrain is a bit more loose and expose at time. Once we get to the chains section is time to pay attention to what you do.. We brough harnesses and rope just to be safer while crossing as it could be really windy at times. After the chains there is a bit of scramble down that is also tricky and could lead to high consequences if tripping... I kept Nic on the leash until we started to climb again. At the summit there is plenty of space to seat and have...
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