My first fourteener- Mt. Sill, we beat you!

Together with 4 friends we started last Friday after work for another adventure. The goal was to hike up a fourteener - my first attempt to hike up a mountain which is higher than 4000 metres. The first night we spent at Tuolomne Meadows, already at 3000 metres to get acclimatized. The next day we drove to Bishop and hiked up to the base camp, which was at a height of approx. 3500 metres. This was very strenuous, but the trail and views were rewarding. We camped up there, had some good food and the next day, after a slightly cold night, we started our climb. We were crossing two snowfields (we had crampons and ice axes) and needed to climb a little bit, and I could tell that the air is getting thin in this altitude. But all effort was forgotten, when we reached the top and were really impressed by the views we got offered from the top. We spent another night at the base camp, hiked back out and drove back to Sunnyvale the next day. See more pics