"A NAME CAN SAY A LOT about a place, or nothing at all. Olympic says a lot. It says that this is as good as it gets. Here, astride the pinnacle of excellence, stands the champion."...."Nature's Champion, Olympic National Park," John G. Mitchell, National Geographic Magazine, July 2004
One night in July, several years back...
I sat on a forested ledge watching the sun set
over the western horizon. I was alone, three days into a solo backpack of Mt. Rainier's Wonderland Trail. I
remember the salient details vividly... the sun quietly retreating over the West on a distant range of coastal
peaks, silhouetting the dark spires against a palette of oranges, reds, purples and blues. "That's where I'll
go next," I said silently to no one. "The Olympic Mountains... there's got to be a way to connect the trails
into a loop... I'll create my own Wonderland of the Olympics. What a cool trip that would be...."
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