X-2 If you think you know how your day or night is going to end up, you haven't been in the Rocky mountains very often. An unpredicted storm can blow in before you have a chance to scratch your butt. I've seen it happen.

Having a good GPS and knowing how to use can save your life. It is so easy to get turned around when you get on a herd or a big bull.

I followed a small herd last year thinking I was going to get a shot. I thought I knew exactly where I was. By the time I gave up on them, I was almost to the bottom of the mountain. I thought no big deal, I'll just catch the trail at the bottom and head back to camp. When I got to the bottom, there was no trail, I had came down the other side. I wasn't lost but if it would have been in the evening, I would have slept on the mountain. It took me hours to get back to where I knew the way back to camp where my GPS was in the tent.