Cypress is Super

I have lived in Vancouver for almost 30 years of my life. Can you believe I’ve never been up Cypress Mountain?

Seriously.

I was watching a TV show the other day… a weight loss/training/diet show that is filmed here in Vancouver. The trainer had two girls that were trying to get their bodies bikini-ready, and one of the exercises he gave them was to cycle up Cypress Mountain. I watched this show, and thought to myself, that if they could do it, so could I. (Plus the trainer put a couple of bags of sugar in the girls’ backpacks - I would not be doing that!)

Because I’d only seen the road up the mountain on TV, I asked Chad to take me for a drive up it on Saturday.

My conclusions are as follows:

• If, (BIG IF), I decide to do this, it is going a lot harder than originally anticipated. (I will keep you posted on this)
• The view from Cypress is spectacular! Why didn’t anyone ever tell me about it before?
• If I cycle to the top… how do I get down? I get scared when I go too fast on my bike!

Here are a few pictures from the lookout (about 1/3 of the way up).