![Panama-8813 Panama-8813](https://wildsidenaturetours.com/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/img/pixel.png)
Galapagos Islands 2012: Part 7
Sep 27, 2012 | by Kevin Loughlin
![Pinnacle Rock 20120731-img_1573_4_5_tonemapped](https://notesfromthewildside.com/wp-content/gallery/galapagos-2012_1/20120731-img_1573_4_5_tonemapped.jpg)
Pinnacle Rock from the overlook.
![Bartolome Bartolome](https://notesfromthewildside.com/wp-content/gallery/galapagos-2012_1/20120731-img_1516_7_8_tonemapped.jpg)
We must climb to the top… all 355+ steps!
The afternoon hike was a trip up 355 steps to the Pinnacle Rock overlook on Bartolomé.
![Bartolome craters 20120731-img_1540_1_2_tonemapped](https://notesfromthewildside.com/wp-content/gallery/galapagos-2012_1/20120731-img_1540_1_2_tonemapped.jpg)
Parasitic cones/craters on Bartolome… where a few background scenes were filmed for the movie “Total Recall”
![Our group at the top of Bartolome 20120731-img_1549](https://notesfromthewildside.com/wp-content/gallery/galapagos-2012_1/20120731-img_1549.jpg)
Our Wildside group at the top of Bartolome
Highlights include spectacular (if windy) viewing areas, Grey Mat Plant, volcanic formations, and lava lizards.
photos © Kevin Loughlin
text © Sarah Winnicki