And five days on, there is scant idea either of the true toll of this disaster.

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On the European continent a different idea of law holds sway, the Roman Law system (with caveats, but this is largely true).

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But, as I'm learning on this three-day pack trip into northwest Yellowstone National Park, the opposite is true: I have no idea how to ride.

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