Oh, and just to bring this whole thread back to the association topic, when I arrived at the trailhead thursday afternoon, there is a logbook, and I checked it out. The only hiker still signed out was
Paul Hellweg, with a notation that his destination was Templeton Meadow (just southeast of Tunnel Meadow!)
Paul is a Professor at Cal State Northridge. We know people in common, although we've never met. Of course, his more important contribution is this:
Paul's Contribution