ETA: the new pack carried really well, and the Duplex did great. We got caught in a couple big storms, one quite windy and POUNDING rain, so it got tested. Saw lots of cool critters. Did not see another human for 5 straight days except when we were down on the River Trail and there were a couple hikers on the Idaho side, and of course jet boats. Speaking of the Idaho side the Seven Devils got absolutely hammered several times by storms that we dodged. This is during one of them. One of the prettiest things I've seen. That segment of rainbow was incredibly bright. Looked like an alien energy beam, like the ground should've been boiling where it hit. It got shorter and shorter then snuffed out as the sun went down behind us. So cool.
Body held up fine as did Cyn's. The loop we did was basically Freezeout TH > High Trail (aka Bench Trail, not to be confused with the rim trail) at Saddle Ck > Temperance Ck at Wisenor > Temperance Ranch > River Tail > Saddle Creek to get back up and out. Crazy amounts of vertical. We split the climb out into two days.
It got shorter and shorter then snuffed out as the sun went down behind us. So cool. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/lo4UrPm.jpg)
