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Our kids were incredible Wow! We had our most unexpected epic adventure yet the other day in North C
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Our kids were incredible
Wow! We had our most unexpected epic adventure yet the other day in North Cascades National Park.
We set out for what we thought was to be the biggest hike with the kids: 7.4 mile return with an 1,800 ft elevation gain â thankfully gradually over a series of 35 switchbacks. The Cascades Pass is meant to be the most popular hike in the park with beautiful views of the surrounding mountain peaks and glaciers.
For the first time probably ever, the kids embraced the hike with enthusiasm, positive words and no complaining. This was incredible!
When we reached the end and were rewarded with stunning valley views and tales of other hikers continuing on for another 4 mile return to reach a glacier, the kids decided to make the most epic adventure yet even more epic by continuing onto the glacier.
This time, the extra 4.4 miles would take us on an elevation gain of 2,400 ft. Over a much shorter distance, this meant steep switchbacks, and unbeknownst to us, a very steep, slow and slippery rock scramble at the very end to reach the glacier.
It was only when weâd reach the top and I collapsed onto the glacier that I thought about what was to come.
Oh no, we have another 6 miles still left to walk to get back. There certainly wasnât a zip line taking us the quick way home.
I really didnât think this through properly. I donât think I can make it, how on earth will Savannah? Our food and water supplies were low, the sun was beating down on us, and we were all exhausted.
I didnât have the strength to carry her for too far. I was able to summon a little strength to piggy back her some ways down the switchbacks right at the end when she began to break.
I feel like I broke a million times before she did.
You just never know what your children are capable of until you give them the permission to show you.
Sure, if we had of thought about it a little more, we probably would have decided it was too much of an epic adventure for the kids. But we got caught up in their enthusiasm to take on a hiking challenge and touch a glacier. As a result, we saw what strong, confident, capable beings they are.
They didnât complain once. Their bodies were tired and a couple of times they all got a little weepy, but that is to be expected when you push yourself beyond what you thought your limits were. I was weepy too.
It was their sunny attitudes that helped me push on through when my legs kept telling me know more, and my body felt unbalanced and dizzy.
The youngest child in our group was 6 and the oldest 11.
Well if they could do it, then surely I could too.This is who we must lean on in life â the ones who can show us what is possible by their own displays of courage, strength and determination, Â
They'll help you overcome the obstacles to keep on moving up.
Youâll have an hour or so to jump over to our stories before they disappear to see how beautiful this hike was.
The stats for the day: 13 miles, 4,200 ft elevation gain, and nine hours of straight hiking. We stood on a glacier, which we all know children may not be able to do in years to come, and we saw three bears!!!
Yes. A bear happily munching on berries not too far off the track, and a skittish mother running across the meadow to the forest, which we later knew was because of her cub we saw wandering out of it!! It was incredible
And we had 10 very sore bodies getting iced at the end of the day.
Caz
P.S. What the kids havenât realized, is that now theyâve shown us what they are capable of 7 mile hikes and beyond will become the new norm!!
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