Pam, Veronica, and Sandra at the obelisk at the summit.
Third time is a charm.
Pam and I finally reached the top of the 9,399 foot peak in the San Gabriels. We were joined by Pam's co-workers Sandra and Veronica. It was Sandra and Veronica's first summit of Baden-Powell.
Pam, Sandra and Veronica are training for their Mt. Whitney hike in September.
Eight miles in 3 hours and 33 minutes. Kicked ass! Took us just a little under two hours to make it up the 41 switchbacks to the summit. There was some wind blowing at the trail head and along certain portions of the switchbacks. The summit wasn't all that windy and the weather was spectacular.
We started at 1:43 p.m. and finished at 4:16 p.m. leaving us with plenty of time to head down to BJ's Restaurant in Palmdale to celebrate.We stayed at the summit for about 15 minutes before deciding to head back down.
