Some of you might enjoy reading this, which just got put up by Will Tarantino AKA ponyexpress.

http://www.willpowerresearchfund.com/pehiker/GDThome.html

of particular note, you might notice section from Jasper to Saskachewan Crossing:

http://www.willpowerresearchfund.com/pehiker/GDT/GDT2.html

I actually crossed paths with him at Four Point campground this summer when I took Mrs. Phat out on her first ever backcountry overnighter. (interstingly, he thought she was my fiancee because it was her first trip, not that it took me 22 years of marriage to get her to sleep in a tent with me )

However the neat part is comparing the speed. This section is my regular stomping ground - You'll notice from the journal, it's covered in 5 days of hiking.. However at my pace:

http://pics.obtuse.com/skyline2007
http://pics.obtuse.com/skyline2008
http://pics.obtuse.com/skyline2011

connected to..

http://pics.obtuse.com/maligne-nigel-2010

and finally to...

http://pics.obtuse.com/whitegoat2010

.. which even if I strung them together nice would be a good 9 or 10 days for me.. going quick..

I'm not worthy!