Day 7 - Hiking Baldy

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Mt. Baldy . . .	. . . from the base camp . . .	. . . and one of the buildings in the foreground.	On the way up, the resident geologist spent about 30 minutes . . .	. . . telling us about the history of the local mountains.
Here are the boys at a vantage point half way up.	. . . and the dads.	. . . again.	Ron and Grant	Ron, Grant, & Jason
The peak from the meadows at the shoulder of the mountain.	Jason throwing a snowball	Grant throwing a snowball at the camara man.	Jason trying to snowboard on a piece of metal	Kyle kicking back.
Josh talking to Jason.	Russell, Grant, Josh, and Jason throwing snowballs.	Josh and Jason having fun in the snow	the view from this vantage point . . .	. . . of the meadows at the shoulder of the peak.
Russ and Russell finishing lunch	A look at the short but very steep climb remaining.	Jason falling down on his make-shift snowboard . . .	. . . as Kyle and Josh watch.	Kyle taking a picture of Jason while Grant and Josh watch.
Kyle taking another picture of Jason . . .	. . . as Grant and Josh watch	Grant tries snowboarding, too.	With our lunch break over, we are starting up the trail. Here, Grant, Jason & Josh rest while walking up about 30 feet.	The boys move on
Grant neat the peak. Yeah!	On Top of ole Baldy (Southern Peak)	On Top of ole Baldy (Northern Peak)	Ron, Grant, Jason, Josh & Kyle victorious . . .	. . . on the southern peak of Mt. Baldy.
Looking to the N. Someone coming up the trail on the other side of the trail.	Looking NW.	Looking to the SW.	Even in this rough climate, plants survive.	Looking to the south.
Looking to the SE.	More hearty plants.	Looking down to the east.	Again to the East.	More hearty vegitation.
Looking ENE	Looking NE	Looking to the N	What the mountain top is made of.	After a rest break, Grant & Josh start back down. Behind them are Kyle, Jason, and Russell.
Josh coming down with Kyle walking backwards . . .	. . . Behind (or is it in front of?) him are Jason, Russ, & Russell.	A fossilized fern leaf . . .	. . . that is about 2' long.	A pretty flower.
Back in basecamp. Grant, Russell, & Josh look at the hike for the next day while Dennis watches on. Jason is walking by.	At dinner time, . . .	. . . a deer paid us a visit . . .	. . . looking for his own food.
This was our lay-over day to climb Baldy. The air was thin at the top and the trail went straight up the hill on the rocky trail. We had to take 20 steps and stop to catch our breath. It took us 4 hours to get up. We spent 41 minutes on top, and it took us just over 2 hours to hike down.