Grind

So on Sunday, Q and I did the Grouse Grind. We managed to do it in 1 minute less time than the website said the average was, as we finished in 1 hour and 29 minutes. Q had never done the grind before and I hadn't done it in a really long time. We looked up some statistics before hand, like the record for fastest time is 24 minutes and the record for most times in one day is 13 times up the grind. Ridiculous!

Looks like Q was still sleepy at the start.

It was much steeper than this.

At points we were close to the gondola.


Kind of a view from the top, but most people
don't go up the grind for the view.

Q watches the giant wheels that are used to pull the gondolas up.

We didn't stay up there long, choosing instead to take the gondola back down and go eat some lunch/dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It was delicious and well needed after the hike.