Walking on water

The path across the river

About once a year I dare myself to walk across the Rideau River from the Bordeleau Park to the park in New Edinburgh without using a bridge; I did this yesterday, in the afternoon sunshine, following a winding trail of footprints in the snow that covers the river ice.

My walk bore no similarity whatsoever to Liquid Mountaineering, a recording of which has 8-and-a-half million hits on YouTube, but which has turned out to be a hoax: click here to watch. (No, I shan't be trying this in Ottawa when the ice melts.)