2013
September 23rd
Tom, Ed, and I climb Pyramid Peak. It's only a six mile hike but with a 4,000 vertical foot climb and decent. It's a thigh burner, that's for sure

Dr. Tom looking over at Lover's Leap

It's a four thousand foot climb within three miles. It's a fast way to wake up early in the morning

You warm up quickly. We started out at 37 degrees but it got up to 73 by the end of the hike
Looking over to Kirkwood / Our first snow


Then we hit a tropical forest of ferns


Great views / Snow in September????

up and up and up.... will it ever end?

See Pat's really on this hike / Pyramid Peak

This last part is really difficult. Lots of loose rocks to manuever over

We put our poles away and climb on all four

it's exhausting / lots of rest stops
Finally at the top

Relaxing at 10,000 feet

Sharing food and enjoying the views

And the views are magnificent

Looking across to the back of Mt. Tallac and Aloha Lakes / Looking down on Sierra at Tahoe

Then the trip down

Great views going down too.

back through the snow and tropical fern garden

duck

almost done

oops! Someone fell down and broke his pole. It would have kill a normal person.

The best part of the hike

Thanks Tome for a great hike and cold beer at the end / Even Pat gets to have beer too.
Tom's photos