Group pictures of Mt Williamson
(Click here if you want to see the full set of pictures of the hike from the beginning to the end).
Getting ready at the trailhead
("This totally feels like Madras)
Getting ready at the trailhead
(Bianca tries to hide in the trunk but Emily finds her)
Girls ready to kick ass (but note: on somebody else's car)
The rangers try to stop us because there is a bomb on the trail (as if bombs could stop us)
One of them is actually useful
Enough of bombs, let's get some action!
After a while, crossing creeks is as much fun as caressing scorpions)
Up towards the Saddle
(Crossing creeks was not so bad after all)
The only wildlife on the mountain
Got water?
Crossing in style
"Are we there yet?"
There: camping at the Pothole
(Not exactly a five-star facility)
Camping at the Pothole
Welcome to Shepherd Pass
Up Shepherd Pass
("This is totally NOT like Madras")
Up Shepherd Pass
("That's what we call steep")
Up Shepherd Pass
("Are we sure this is the trail?")
Up Shepherd Pass
("It defies gravity")
Up Shepherd Pass
("The only reason i'm not going back is that i don't want to look down")
Top of Shepherd Pass:
("This was so much fun: can we do it again?")
Towards the Williamson Bowl
("I was wondering how it could get any worse")
Towards the Williamson Bowl
Inside the Williamson Bowl
(Not exactly a well-maintained trail)
Oops: the chute
("It can't get any worse than this")
"And then again..."
Yes, they came up from the hole behind them
Up the chimney ("This is a joke, right?")
Up the chimney
("Don't look but behind me it's a 90 degrees drop, and this is NOT funny")
Top of the chimney (entering the summit plateau)
Smiling... but it's a false summit
Still smiling... but it's still a false summit
From the false summit to the real summit
(piero's sense of humour is beginning to get on their nerves)
Yes, this *is* the real summit
Signing the register
Gossiping at the top
It's getting late on the summit ("Where the heck did that idiot go now?")
Going down the chimney at 4,300 meters
("Can you make it a little steeper?")