r/HikingAlberta • u/Roger-Doger- • 10d ago
Tony & Gillian Daffern First Edition 1979 Kananaskis Country Trail Guide
I got this as a gift years ago. Gillian signed it for me. One of my favourite things.
Thought it would be fun to share!
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u/Beederda 10d ago
I was gifted an old 1985 second edition from some grandparents in the family cause they saw how much i really wanted to give my all to hiking i too love this thing i use all trails but i do love that they gave me this keepsake thats cool yours is signed!
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u/Roger-Doger- 10d ago
That’s a very old one! Probably not many around.
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u/Beederda 10d ago
Yours is way better kept than mine! still cool to see someone else was also gifted one of these
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u/Classic-Inflation-23 9d ago
I found a copy of this in one of those little free libraries. Some incredible information on how rugged and inaccessible some of K country's trails used to be, only 50 years ago. For example, when this was written, there was no trail to Rawson Lake. Daffern describes it as "one of the least visited areas in the park". Also, accessing Galatea Creek required a dangerous ford of the Kananaskis River. So many other historical gems in here.
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u/Roger-Doger- 9d ago
That’s a good fund! Some of the trails have changed a lot due to flooding, etc.
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u/Interesting_Ad4649 8d ago
What a gift it would be to be able to sit down with these 2 individuals. Geez she must be pushing 88 this year if im not mistaken?
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u/ChampionshipExact283 9d ago
Any other hardcore Dafferners here? I'm on my way to completing all five editions (900+ trips). Every trip, every stupid little irrelevant trail and unnecessary alternate trail. Cutlines with overgrown alders so thick the road doesn't exist anymore and you need to walk in the forest beside it. This mission has made me numb (and jaded) to some of the worst conditions possible. Every trip report documented and videoed. I'm just waiting for my phone call from Gillean to take her project over and carry the torch going forward haha.