Thanks guys. Like I said, the group are experienced hunters and we are conditioning. The rest of the group is in luck for the sore joints. See, I' m a Chiropractor. As for me, well, someone might get a quick lesson. I will have more info tomorrow night after we all get together for a " meeting" ! I am told their will be a list from the outfitter and we are going to try to decide who already has what and what to buy.

I' ve been walking in my Rocky hiking boots so far, but we were talking about switching to the hunting boots soon.

My concern is over altitude sickness as much as anything else. We are debating on leaving a day early to " acclimate" I' m all for this. My background is in sports medicine and I have a good kit that I can break down to the esentials for the trip. I really like the sorbathane idea, thanks.

Another question. I have a small light fixed 20X spotting scope and have been looking at binoc' s. Is a range finder a necessity? I' m shooting .338, we have 2 guides for the six guys. Will likely be doing some hunting in pairs w/o a guide. I' ve been looking at the ranging binoc' s in the new Cabela' s catalogs. Thoughts?

Thanks again for all the advise.