Tackling Mount Nemo - Hike 14

I picked up where I left off on my Hike 13 at the corner of Side Road 1 and Walkers Line at the 84.9km mark on the trail. My two sons hiked with me. It was a cool and windy day.

We hiked north on Walkers Road a couple of kilometers passing an old cemetery.

The Salem Methodist Church was built on this site in 1860 and later moved in 1890 leaving the Salem Cemetery. Many very old grave stones, some in very poor condition.

The trail then headed west towards the escarpment and up a private lane.

The trail breaks from the lane and climbs the escarpment. The following pictures are from the climb up the escarpment including the final breach of the top via a ladder in a channel in the rock and the view from the top.

The trail continued along the edge of the escarpment in the Mount Nemo Conservation Area. The trail, for many kilometers skirted and crossed many cracks and crevasses in the escarpment rock - some very deep.

The views from the trail at the edge of the escarpment were beautiful but dangerous as there were no barriers from drops of 100 feet or more. Here are some of the views.

At one point on the trail we came across a memorial bench and sign for a person, Spring Choy, who earlier in 2013 apparently lost her balance at the edge of the escarpment and fell to her death. I remember hearing about this in the news.

We continued for a number of kilometers along the escarpment edge with many more deep cracks in the rock and wonderful vistas looking out over Halton County and towards Rattlesnake Point.

Before we left the edge of the escarpment we came across voices from below and found some rock climbers, climbing up from the bottom.

The trail turned inland from the escarpment edge and headed back towards the Mount Nemo Conservation Area parking lot at marker 91.7km on the trail.

We met up with my wife who picked us up.

Another wonderful day of hiking.

Completed: 171.7km