[Nyah]

Quick update, for anyone like me who's wondering whether to do Lady Mac or not - definitely do it. It was such a great hike. We set a really good pace for the climb which was relatively slow, and took a lot of micro-breaks any time we needed to. For the most part the beginning is just trails through the trees, and then you break through the tree line and it navigating through bare trails and boulders until you get to the heli-pad. It took up about 2.5 - 3 hours to get up. The tea house isn't there anymore, we were told it wasn't anything special though. I didn't have enough steam in me to make it up to the summit, but two of our group did it and they said it was really difficult. Both of them are in great shape, and they struggled getting up the scree to the knifes edge. They said it was a hell of a view though, so it's probably worth the final 20 minute push from the heli-pad if you have it in you. The hiking poles saved my knees on the way down too. Overall, it was a really great time, and I'm not too sore. Definitely recommend.

Fuzz: I think we saw the grouse! He was all puffed up as we passed, and there was a couple taking a photo of him, and sure enough we saw his lady on the other side of the path. Pretty hilarious!