Head Tale

I’ve basically lived near it for 50+ years. But in all my trips through the Qu’Appelle Valley, had never walked the Stations of the Cross at Lebret.

Of course, being an atheist, I also had no desire to climb it for religious reasons.

But perhaps I was inspired by the new Pope being named.  Or a visit to see my parents in Indian Head which reminded me of so many fond childhood memories spent climbing the sides of the Qu’Appelle Valley by our farm (most notably, the “Hogs Back” hill.)  Or a related factor – feeling sentimental after my dad completed the sale of our family farm earlier this year which means I no longer have the option to climb the hills of our family farm like I used to.

Or maybe it was just a curiosity to see if I could do it, on one of the hottest days of the year, without even a bottle of water, this overweight middle-aged man pulled over and began climbing!

I made it with a couple stops on the way up to catch my breathe.  If asked, I would say the only miracle that occurred is that I made it to the top and back down again without suffering a heart attack.  But I did think it was a bit too coincidental that this warning popped up on my watch right around the time I reached the summit!