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Can't believe I Actually Did It!
Early today, SFU just experienced a major snowstorm and all the buses were cancelled as a result. To my horror, I was down at Landsdowne buying groceries when they stopped all the buses. Therefore, I waited for 2 hours at Production hoping the situation will get better. I then went to Lake City Way when someone said 144 is still running, return after I knew the bus isn't coming and couldn't handle some high school kids smoking beside me. During 2:15, I finally had enough.
I hiked from Production Way all the way up to SFU Burnaby. Not only that, I was carrying on my back 10lb of Potato, 2L of milk, and 1lb of ground beef. It was a very tiring trek, I was tired and soaked. After 1 hour and 30 minutes of hiking, I made it up at 3:45.
I hiked from Production Way all the way up to SFU Burnaby. Not only that, I was carrying on my back 10lb of Potato, 2L of milk, and 1lb of ground beef. It was a very tiring trek, I was tired and soaked. After 1 hour and 30 minutes of hiking, I made it up at 3:45.
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Congratulations on the hill climb. You probably burned about 300 calories from the hike.
What a trek though, congrats.
:(
walking in the cold just isn't my thing.
Apparently there was this HUGE ass truck that fell over, ON the bridge, blocked traffic going BOTH directions. Traffic was backed up all the way from the bridge to my school.
Right after school, I got on one bus, not knowing this had happened. Then I found it strange that after 5 minutes of normal speed, we slowed down to 1 inch per 1/2 hour. After 1 hour, the bus driver told us what happened. My friends and I decided to still wait a bit first, for another hour. We were sitll only 2 blocks away from school. Finally we had enough, and we walked all the way from my school to Phibbs exchange then across the bridge and then uphill home.
We got home around 8:30pm. It was a great night haha.
Yesterday i also went down the mountain, i live on residence. And about 5 minutus back to the mountain, the 135 bus cannot clumb the mountain, so it stopped. I had two bags of groceries along with one backbag, I was wondering, oh, I have to walk all the way to the residence?? Luckily, at this time, one car passed by, and asked me to get in to the car. The car owner happens to come to sfu to meet his friend, and he carried 3 other sfu students in his car during the bad weather day yesterday, nice guy! :angel:
1.) I could have cut through the suburban housing instead of walking around that first great U-bend at Gaglardi by entering Forest Grove Drive instead of following Broadway.
2.) I could have climbed through the woods and ended up at the University Drive East and Multi-Tenant Building instead of following the rest of Gaglardi.
Call me crazy, however I intend to use this route if I ever get stuck on or off the mountain. I am certified in basic underwater navigation, there shouldn't be much difference on land.
Well, for me today, I had to walk 7 WHOLE MINUTES in the falling snow at nite to get to my class.
It was pretty tough.
I had to put my gloves on.
:)
BUT are you certified in "under-snow navigation" ? lol
ps. if you know you are going to get stuck on campus bring a crazy-carpet, it'll shorten your trip down the mountain
step 1. find stairs
step 2. jump in epic glory and victory
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I wasn't even aware there was a 'lethal' cliff at SFU.
i would never have had the motivation to go that far.
haha.