As destiny typically determines, the Boys seem to take the long(er) and more interesting path to life's outdoor adventures:

(1) In the White Mountains, AXE, Rog and "g" intended to summit Jefferson only to find themselves on a dirt road leading to the weather station at Mt. Washington...

(2) With High Altitude driving their 15 passenger van from Yosemite back to home base, the 44 mile short-cut on a one-lane, convoluted and mostly gravel road nearly cost them their lives as they cornered many close shoulders with nothing but severe drop-off to catch their fall...

(3) A slight slip of the memory on the Tonto Platform in the Grand Canyon resulted in "g" forecasting a "6-mile" hike on Day-3 instead of the looong, hottttt "9-mile" trek.

So, it should be no surprise that planning for the Big Wazoo of a trip in August 2003 would follow a similar course. In October 2002, the great wheels of intellect had begun to turn. The Boys agreed to secure a backcountry permit for 8 (Why not make it 18?) to hike the only multi-day, 50 mile loop at Glacier National Park (MT). Everyone was excited.

So it begins... another G-WeB insight into the fickle follies of the Boys... the momentous moments of mapping their big trip for 2003... the plethora of planning updates... and the inconsolable e-mail chatter and squabble about gear, dehydrated meals and who will stand "grizzly watch" each night! Let the links below guide you through the action... as the Homer Simpsons of backpacking reach for... The Plan for Summer 2003 (Always carry a spare)