I'm sure, mostly because they'd given us their gorp rations and the section turned out to be longer and tougher than we had expected. We're now worried that a couple of hungry, angry young ladies will appear from the woods looking for their gorp. I can certainly see why its considered a spiritual place. We consider it the highlight of the hike thus far. The mountains are much steeper and rockier than anything we've seen.
Lakes are abundant even above treeline.
Simply an amazing place that can't really be described in words. Things are about to get more interesting on the wildlife front. We've just entered grizzly bear territory, and our next section includes Yellowstone National Park, where the grizzlies are supposed to be as thick as flies. To be honest, I'm worried. I don't think I'll be going for any midnight nature calls this week for fear of being mistaken for a bear upon my return to the tent.