Kimberley香蕉视频直播檚 Steve Tersmette has published Waterfall Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, a follow-up to his 2020 book Waterfall Hikes in Southern British Columbia.

In the first book, Tersmette covers southern B.C., from the Alberta border to the Okanagan corridor. Tersmette香蕉视频直播檚 latest offering covers Kootenay National Park and the Fernie area, as well as the Crowsnest Pass, Waterton, Kananaskis and southern Banff.

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While he香蕉视频直播檚 elected not to track the kilometres he香蕉视频直播檚 put on his car, Tersmette thinks he香蕉视频直播檚 done 1000 kilometres of hiking for each book.

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He released the first Waterfall Hikes in 2020, which he realizes was an 香蕉视频直播渙dd time香蕉视频直播� as it was during the peak of the pandemic, but it turned out to work out better than he anticipated.

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That香蕉视频直播檚 right, with his second Waterfall Hikes just published, Tersmette already has a third in the works that will cover the north Rockies, from Lake Louise to Valemount.

These projects have been a huge undertaking requiring a great deal of work, but it香蕉视频直播檚 all been worth it, Tersmette said.

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So what is it about waterfalls specifically that make them so alluring?

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Tersmette香蕉视频直播檚 books can be found here:

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