Steve,
Your hike with your friend sounds like quite the adventure. I've been telling my friends we should do some hiking in the Mammoth area and after seeing your photos, I'm sure we should now...the sights are beautiful. Getting lost or hurt is the reason my boyfriend never goes on the adventures with us girls, he always says, "whose going to take care of the animals if one of us gets hurt?".
Oooh, I like seeing the bikes at the top of the gondola. I've always wanted to do that. I've skied Mammoth many times, but never seen it much in summer. I'll have to put it on the Bucket List.
Thanks for sharing all your pictures. I hope your daughter got down from the rock without too many scrapes.