Grouse grind
 

So I did the grouse grind (google grouse mountain) with my buddies on the weekend and completely embarrassed myself by finishing it in 1:45. It's a difficult trek for amateur hikers, and being obese, I was obviously not prepared for it. I'm pretty sure I was the only fat dude there and little kids just blew right past me. Has anyone else done something similar or done the "grind" before?

Congrats. I've read about the grouse grind. I will be going to vancouver for vacation. However,i wont have the time to do it. I would love to try something like that but its all flat around here.

Congrats--the time means nothing--finishing it means everything.

Not sure how that is embarrassing. It took me 2 hours and 15 minutes the first time I did it (and I wasn't obese but overweight). The second time, I did it around an hour. The third time, I took my family and helped a cousin finish the climb. She's nowhere near overweight and it took us 2.5 hours to complete.

I don't do it too often because paying $10 to take the gondola down is a RIP OFF.

As for kids, that's not a big deal. Elderly people were whizzing by us. Kudos to them!