This is an ongoing series about explorer and spelunker, Ken Gentry , and his many encounters with amazing wonders and mysteries on and in our planet . Link to prior installment Evolution Valley, California, in King's Canyon Park (John Muir Wilderness) region is about as remote and pristine as you can get in the Sierra Nevada Range. It was originally mapped and explored by Theodore Solomons and E.C. Bonner of the US Geological Survey in 1895. One of the mountains rising above the basin is named Mt. Darwin. Other areas are named after primatologists like McClure Meadow and Goddard Canyon. Mount Fiske, Mount Haeckel, Mount Huxley, Mount Spencer, and Mount Wallace, Mount Lamarck and Mount Mendel were features named from famous naturalists. Solomons Solomons and Bonner claimed they named the area Evolution Valley because they were inspired by Darwin's work and theory. Elevations reach into the 11,000-foot mark in this area and the trail pass season is only from August...