Sideways, but you can get the idea of how steep and rocky the climb was.
They had to hang on to these cables to make it across this part!
Ready to start the hike! (from a second batch of pics, sorry they are out of order!)
Jason and Paul bracing for a big climb
A bit foggy, huh?
Notice the extra layers going on? Brr!
Rob, Paul, and Jason at the summit! Finally, a situation where GM is on top!
Jason and Paul bracing for a big climb
A bit foggy, huh?
Notice the extra layers going on? Brr!
Rob, Paul, and Jason at the summit! Finally, a situation where GM is on top!
Today, Jason and his friends Rob, Paul, and Dan hiked all 7,000ft of Mt. Pilatus, one of Switzerland's most famous mountains near Luzern. To see a map of where they hiked, check out http://www.pilatus.ch/. You can see exactly how high it is! It has snow, or at least almost freezing temps at the top all year round!
The guys started hiking about 8am and reached the summit around 1pm. It was a pretty steep climb I'm told (because of course I'm not crazy enough to attempt such a thing!), and at some points they had to crawl up a rock on all fours!
The kids and I, along with other families, were supposed to go up to Pilatus to meet the guys at the end of their hike, but the weather wasn't great today (since when is 60 degrees acceptable in mid-July??) and very cold and cloudy up on the mountain. Plus, after our trip to LegoLand (post about that coming soon!) yesterday, the kids were pretty whipped. So, we missed our chance to take the gondola and cogwheel train and bobsled rides, but can go again sometime since Luzern is only 45 mins away.
Later this evening, we had a victory dinner for the guys at our friends Becky and Paul's house. Now it's barely 10pm, Jason is passed out in bed, probably ready to sleep until noon recuperating from the massive hike. I wonder how sore he'll be tomorrow!?!
Good climb, good food, good friends...good day!
The guys started hiking about 8am and reached the summit around 1pm. It was a pretty steep climb I'm told (because of course I'm not crazy enough to attempt such a thing!), and at some points they had to crawl up a rock on all fours!
The kids and I, along with other families, were supposed to go up to Pilatus to meet the guys at the end of their hike, but the weather wasn't great today (since when is 60 degrees acceptable in mid-July??) and very cold and cloudy up on the mountain. Plus, after our trip to LegoLand (post about that coming soon!) yesterday, the kids were pretty whipped. So, we missed our chance to take the gondola and cogwheel train and bobsled rides, but can go again sometime since Luzern is only 45 mins away.
Later this evening, we had a victory dinner for the guys at our friends Becky and Paul's house. Now it's barely 10pm, Jason is passed out in bed, probably ready to sleep until noon recuperating from the massive hike. I wonder how sore he'll be tomorrow!?!
Good climb, good food, good friends...good day!
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