Our plan was to canoe the Little Nahanni and Nahanni rivers, a twenty-day white-water trip that would bring us within striking distance of the Cirque of the Unclimbables, home to the Lotus Flower Tower. Once there our mission was simple: "Get Bron's dad Geoff to the top of the Tower"!
Jacob Cook recounts his summer adventures combining canoeing and climbing in Canada with his girlfriend Bronwyn and her family, an unconventional family holiday of special significance.
Great write up. Having done Lotus flower 'lite' with heli in and perfect weather, I'm seriously impressed. I wouldn't want to be on that headwall in the rain!
Looks like a lot of snow about, were you early in the season?
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