--- description: A Canadian family on a hike in Gatineau Park was surprised this week when prime minister Justin Trudeau emerged from a cave, shirtless title: Canadian Family Runs Into Shirtless Justin Trudeau on a Hike image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Canadian Family Runs Into Shirtless Justin Trudeau on a Hike by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 3, 2016 3:54 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 3, 2016 3:54 PM CUT A Canadian family on a hike in Quebec’s Gatineau Park was surprised this week when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged from a cave, shirtless. Jim Godby, who was on a five-day camping trip with his wife and two children, had decided to hike on a trails near their campsite and stumbled upon the Lusk Cave, an ancient marble cave in the park’s center. As they approached the cave, Trudeau and his family emerged from the opening. “It was like a 20-foot-wide round hole and Justin (Trudeau) emerged with his family in tow and said, ‘This is the moment of truth; do we stop here or do we carry on?’” Godby told the [Toronto _Star_](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/08/02/peterborough-family-goes-on-hike-to-see-a-quebec-cave-and-finds-justin-trudeau.html "undefined"). Godby said it was a “really neat encounter” for the family, and that he recognized Trudeau by his voice, which he said sounded more relaxed in the outdoor setting. Godby’s son, Alexander, 13, even snagged a [selfie](http://www.ptbocanada.com/journal/2016/7/26/a-peterborough-family-ran-into-justin-trudeau-while-hiking-lusk-cave "undefined") with the Canadian leader. > [](https://twitter.com/Ptbo%5FCanada/status/758252788392431616) After a short exchange, including one between Godby and Trudeau’s secret service agents, the families went their separate ways. “It was just like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy! We just met the PM,’” Godby said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4436981/justin-trudeau-shirtless-hike-canada/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4436981/justin-trudeau-shirtless-hike-canada/"},"headline":"Canadian Family Runs Into Shirtless Justin Trudeau on a Hike","datePublished":"2016-08-03T15:54:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:44:52.323Z","description":"The prime minister emerged from a cave with his family","url":"https://time.com/4436981/justin-trudeau-shirtless-hike-canada/","keywords":["Canada"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4436981/justin-trudeau-shirtless-hike-canada/","name":"Canadian Family Runs Into Shirtless Justin Trudeau on a Hike"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Justin Trudeau: How to Reach a Gender Equal Cabinet","description":"The Prime Minister of Canada speaks to an audience at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/yJWpyDao/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-11T17:13:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yJWpyDao.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4436981/justin-trudeau-shirtless-hike-canada/","duration":"PT4M7S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4436981/justin-trudeau-shirtless-hike-canada/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```