Upon returning to Banff, they learned that they had stopped and listened to a famous waterfall hidden behind the trees - Panther Falls - and they resolved they should return to climb the trail to find it. A few weeks later they did...
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Looking straight down into a deep pool at
the Athabasca Glacier emiting bubbles from
the frozen depths. As this photo was taken,
a deep bass groaning came from the ice...
and Rob hurriedly jumped away, remembering
the warnings that several people were lost
on the glacier every year. Photo by Rob Tow.
Brenda Laurel sitting on the edge of the steep gorge at the highest reachable point of the trail up Panther Falls. Photo by Rob Tow.
A view of the the unreachable top of Panther
Falls. The wind blowing up the gorge was
so intense that it would blow the falling
water upward for several meters. Photo by
Rob Tow.
Evidence of nature worship on the part of
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Brenda Laurel, in the form of tree-hugging, along the trail to Panther falls. Photo by Rob Tow.
Rob Tow, wearing his fractal jean jacket, grins at the
top of Panther falls. Photo by Brenda Laurel.