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In 1991, Alan Kane published his first Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies guidebook. In 1999 he came out with another edition that contained over 155 scrambles. In 1999 I didn't know about Alan Kane or his book but I completed the first scramble out of it - Ha Lin Peak near Canmore.

Ten years later and I've now completed all the scrambles from Kane's book.

I should point out that where feasible and safe, I generally tried to follow the Kane route up most of these peaks. Because I combined many peaks into multi-peak one day ascents that Kane did not, I have deviated from his routes where necessary. There are some instances where I took a known safer route to the top (i.e. Stanley Peak). I feel that unlike alpine or rock climbing where the route is just as important as the peak, scrambling is less about routes and more about peak bagging by any (non-technical) means possible. If you disagree with me, suffice it to say that by the very nature of scrambling, it's literally impossible to take the exact same route as others have on some peaks.