Cape Trinity, Quebec
One weekend the Explore Program took us on an hour and a half bus ride to Cape Trinity. Cape Trinity is a 3.5km hike up the side of a mountain. At the time it felt straight up. It was really tiring and took about an hour and a half to walk up.
The purpose of the hike was to see a statue that was placed at the top of the mountain. The story goes a man had once fallen through the ice of the fjord. He promised God that is he survived that would build a statue of the Virgin Mary at the top of the mountain. The man survived and began the long process of building a statue on top of a mountain, completing the statue in 1881. I can’t imagine how many trips he must have taken up and down the mountain to carry materials.
The statue is not at the top of the mountain but is over the summit and about halfway down again. This means that we can officially say that this hike was uphill both ways, and it was a killer hill. But we made it to the top and had amazing views of Cape Trinity. Then ate lunch at the statue and turned around to trek back down the mountain.
Mountain Top Mayhem
On our way up the mountain, we were passed by a couple of guys running the path, being athletic. But as happens on a wet mountain one of the guys slipped and broke his leg. This complicated the entire day. Our first aid attendant did what they could. Everyone who had extra clothes gave them to the guy as we passed, to prevent shock. One of the guy’s friend had to turn around and run down the mountain to tell the rangers that there was an injury at the top of the mountain. Then he ran back up the mountain with a blanket and an ice pack.
A first aid attendant came up the mountain after the runner. He confirmed the broken leg. As we were going down the mountain we passed two rangers with a stretcher. When we got back to the bottom there was an ambulance just arriving. Then as we were getting ready to leave we realized that two of the students from our group were still on the mountain helping to carry down the man with a broken leg.
This meant that one of the buses had to wait for the students and well as the monitors that were on the mountain or waiting with the ambulance. So we crowded as many people as we could onto the two buses, and people could volunteer to stay. I was going to but there was still room on one of the buses so I left while I could.
Relaxing Evening
When we got back we all fought over the showers and decided to do nothing for a while. Around 5:30 there was a knocked on my door asking if I wanted to go in for Pizza with some other students. The deal is 2 14″ Pizza’s, a large Poutine, and a 2L Pepsi for $30. So that is what we did for dinner. But the real reason that everyone wanted me in for dinner was so that I could phone and order for delivery. I successfully made the call and had us fed.
