Walk on Patrick Lam

Trip report: Finally Cascade Saddle, February 18 to 25

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Everything came together for us on this Cascade Saddle walk, on the last possible day. The saddle was a spectacular 11-hour day.

Trip report: Angelus Peak Thrice in Three Days, December 5 to 9

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I lost my phone near the summit of Angelus Peak, but recovered it on the second try (oof).

Review: The Last Front Line by Brendan O'Dwyer

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

How the sausage is made: Brendan O’Dwyer writes about building the Paparoa Great Walk on NZ’s West Coast.

WLG-NSN

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

An excellent opportunity to add to the walked-to-airports list! I’d meant to walk to NSN last July, but we actually only flew into that airport after the Heaphy; our flight to the start of the track was replaced by a van ride. Here’s my chance!

YOW - downtown Ottawa, December 2019

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

One of my strange hobbies is walking to or from airports. In the ideal case it is walking between the airport and the place I am sleeping. I flew into YOW in December 2019 and had the opportunity to take a 13km walk.

Complete gallery: https://gallery.patricklam.ca/index.php?/category/1209

Itinerary

From YOW, out on Paul Benoit Driveway past the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, to Riverside Dr, meeting the Rideau River at Mooney’s Bay and “civilization” at Billings Bridge, then across the Rideau on Bank through the Glebe and Centretown to Albert St and my destination.