On the topic of energy, Swim tells me it was sort of like LSD in that it was inspiring, but what it really felt like was peering over the top of a ridge you've just climbed, feeling the wind sting your face and drive the air into your lungs as your eyes water and struggle to take in the rugged, forrest covered vista spreading away from you and up, up, up to the snowy heights of the main range... breathtaking...

or so i'm told