Day 2 starts off with a pleasant jaunt up meadows and finally following a faint trail up to the ridge top. After descending to a nice basin from the ridge, you begin what we came to refer to as "Bastard Miles": Bushwhacking thru brush; looking for an sign of a trail that will occasionally appear and then disappear again a short distance later. We made camp near the junction with the Chiwawa Trail. I stayed in camp as the boys headed up the trail till its end and then climbed up to the ridge overlooking Spider Gap.