Amélie Hikes the East Coast Trail – Day 40

DAY 40: MOTION PATH WITH THE CBC/RADIO-CANADA, THEN A CAKE!

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Philippe Grenier congratulating Amélie at the 100-kilometre mark with a high-five 🙂

A while back, CBC/Radio-Canada’s Philippe Grenier got in touch with us to ask a few questions about Amélie’s ECT thru-hike project. He asked to do a segment on it for the news, and we happily accepted. After a few email conversations, we decided to meet him at Petty Harbour on the occasion of Amélie’s 100th kilometre.

So today’s the day – the BIG 100!

Triple digits!

Given the fact that the point of the day’s hike was simply to get to the 100-kilometre mark, we knew it would be an easy day in terms of the hike – Amélie only needed to hike 1100 metres, on mostly easy terrain. The bigger challenge was actually in getting Amélie to slow down at the right spots so that the journalist could capture her hike. Another challenge was for her to be less excitable during her interview, since she got so excited that she was just giving half-word answers instead of the full sentences she normally speaks in.

Thankfully, Philippe was very patient (he was very understanding, since his two daughters are pretty close in age with ours).

Back at the trailhead, Amélie gave Philippe a high five and a hug, and we made our way to Bidgoods to buy a celebratory cake. The text on the cake turned quite a few heads. Seeing the cake, one lady enquired,

“Who’s turning a hundred?”

The lady was visibly perplexed with the response she got.

“Your three-year old walked a hundred kilometres? On the East Coast Trail???”

“Yes.”

“A hundred kilometres.”

“Yes. But she didn’t do it in one day. It took 40 days.”

“Wow. Well, I know what we’ll be talking about this evening at dinner!”

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Our family at the 100-kilometre mark!

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Radio-Canada’s Philippe Grenier poses with Amélie, who is busy counting to 100 with her hands.

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It’s not often that a three-year old gets to blow out 100 candles!

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AMÉLIE’S PROGRESS

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  • Amélie’s total progress: 100km!!!/316km
  • Distance walked by the adults today: 2.2km
  • Total distance walked by the adults: 191.4km

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