saw maybe only three other hikers other than the first and last days.
Three hikers in a week. Is there nowhere left on Earth where a man can find some privacy?
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming?

i was absolutely dumbfounded at the number of people in California...

it stresses me out! thanks for the write-up.
i was wondering about the Pepsi can stove performance at higher altitudes in the real world..is it a "penny" stove or the open top version?