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Ha Ling Peak
1 L9 O9 e# M4 g 2408m (7900ft.) Located in the Bow River Valley; a peak at the northwest end of Mount Lawrence Grassi; southeast buttress of White Man Gap. Kananaskis Park, Alberta3 D3 R8 w& L$ o$ y
Latitude 51; 03; 30 Longitude 115; 24; 00, Topo map 82O/03
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3 t1 n2 ^: u5 i, x4 X Panorama viewpoint: Harvie Heights. Can be seen from Highways 1 and 742 + s7 c# M, ^) u/ w5 j& ]* ], i
" P$ u) d T# H' ` Named in 1998. Ha Ling: (A railway worker who won a bet in the Canmore area by climbing the peak and returning to the Bow Valley in five and one half hours.) Official name. Other names Chinaman's Peak; The Beehive; $ @/ @8 O- `: a: B/ z4 `0 Q/ z# M
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|  | Photo: The summit of Mount Lawrence Grassi (left) and Ha Ling Peak from Highway #1A just west of the Park Gates6 N+ W, L- k- G0 R. a
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6 \1 [8 a c1 P% B4 W4 Y Photo: Ha Ling Peak from Highway #1A near Canmore) r! f H$ O7 Z$ ]# c' G- e2 \# d
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Together with Ship's Prow[url=], Ha Ling Peak is a named high point on the more massive[/url]Mount Lawrence Grassi[url=](Ehagay Nakoda) that lies between[/url]The Three Sisters[url=]and[/url]Mount Rundle[url=].3 X" R z& Y; Z/ |& O1 {, X7 [
This mountain was formerly officially named Chinaman's Peak. Although not made official until 1980, the mountain was named in 1886 in honour of Ha Ling, a Chinese cook at a mining camp. According to the Medicine Hat News of October 24, 1896, the previous weekend had seen a feat of remarkable mountain climbing near the town of Canmore. In the “Canmore Cullings” column in that issue, it was reported that Ha Ling, a cook from China who worked at the mining camps, won a fifty-dollar bet. He bet some of his co-workers that he could climb to the top of the peak, plant a flag, and return to the town in ten hours. Not only did he accomplish the task he did it in five and a half hours. Following pressure from the Chinese Community, the name was removed in 1997 and officially renamed Ha Ling Peak the following year.
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- R. R1 J) O/ H4 v2 dHowever this may not be the end of the story. Writing in the October 4th issue of the Banff newspaper, Lorraine Widmer-Carson reported that Brian Dawson's book, "Moon Cakes in Gold Country -From China to the Canadian Plains," tells a different tale but one that still involves a Chinese cook and the bet. According to Dawson, it wasn't Ha Ling but Lee Poon (a cook at the Oskaloosa Hotel) who climbed the mountain and the bet was for $10./ Z+ S& E0 S3 ^6 k4 Z+ b( q3 d
: m- U) E `" q/ V# U. A" c- o* bBoth stories involve a Chinese individual who was a cook and who climbed the mountain to win a bet. But what should the name of the mountain be?4 F$ {0 }3 v+ l2 T
7 x! G+ @5 U* N# S' K P8 h[/url][url=]*A hiking route to the summit is described in Gillean Daffern’s[/url]Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Volume 1. # R& p# b2 ~3 S( n
| Scrambling Routes An easy ascent via southwest slopes. Overlooking Canmore, this ascent is short, simple and, since trail improvements, much less steep. It is a favourite pilgrimage of locals; paragliders sometimes use it as a launch when the wind cooperates. A higher adjacent summit (2685 m) to the southeast, now called Mount Lawrence Grassi, may also be reached if you're good at routefinding. Ha Ling Peak is a popular season starter and should pose no problem from mid-May on Kane, Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies page 81 |
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