"Uh, we overslept."

Not what you want to hear when you're supposed to start hiking at 2:30am and have a huge day ahead of you. Thankfully, we hit the trail at 3:45am -- only a little late. We can recover that time, though.

Despite sleeping relatively close to the pass, it still took most of the morning to actually get to the pass; ugh. However, after a long time walking, we were finally hanging out in the Muir shelter at 6:33am!

A quick breakfast, and we're back on the trail -- you won't make miles without hiking!

After walking along some spectacular frozen rivers for many many miles, we finally arrived at the big one: Evolution Creek.

When I say "big", I mean it. It was too deep to ford and too wide for there to be a log crossing. So, we swam it. Packs and all.

I obviously don't have any pictures of that because my phone was safely sealed away in a bag in my bear can, but we quickly reached camp and spread out everything to dry while we still had sun.

To answer questions:

1. Yes, it was freezing. There were chunks of ice floating down the river.
2. Yes, we wore our packs.
3. Yes, it was a total blast.
4. No, I don't want to do it again.
5. Everything stayed surprisingly dry! Osprey did a good job with waterproofing their fabric, I guess.