Reasons for excitement were numerous. Being able to finally book one of the better huts, which also happens to be one of the closest to where I call home, was indeed a big one. Another big contributor was the fact that the main skin route crosses into a proposed Wilderness area, which would include a near 7000 acre connection to Eagles Nest Wilderness. Despite my extensive wanderings in and around this Wilderness area, I had never ventured up Spraddle or Middle Creek before.
