City Love: Biking Up (& Down) The Niagara Escarpment

Tonight, I feel like I conquered the world.  For the first time ever, I biked up The Niagara Escarpment (or as it's known here in Hamilton, 'the mountain').  Maybe I wouldn't have been as intimidated by this feat if everyone didn't refer to it as a mountain, but let me tell you, now that I've done it, I feel like I've accomplished some sort of local right of passage.

For a route, I chose the Chedoke Radial Trail - a part of the Bruce Trail.  The sign's a bit ghetto, but oh well.  At least there was a water fountain right beside this sign, which was great because I forgot to bring along water...