Yea that all sounds really good, I'm certainly more looking forward to the outdoors then the big cities.
Just a quick question. If my attempt is between may the 5th and may the 10th how far up on the trail would you expect to start encountering snow. To give myself the best chance I would like to leave as early as possible, say between 1 and 2 but would the trail be easy to follow before you get to the snow? I see the sunrise time in May is about 5.50 so if I started at 2 that would mean walking almost 4 hours in the dark and maybe being somewhere near Trail camp by that time. I assume there would be plenty of snow on the ground by Trail camp. Will it be easy to find my way if there is snow? Also, a lot of mention of bears, and other wild life. Is it generally safe strolling up the mountain solo in the dark and what would you expect to run into.
