Robert Reese, in his fine essay Rivers and Mountains , walked up the Carmel River with his 3 year old daughter, totally involved in the stream.
Rivers are like that.
As long as they run free and don't dry up too much. Reese explains what we can all surmise. The Gabilans and the Santa Lucias walk but not together. The complexity of our Wilderness drives our thinking into understanding what a unique place this is.