 This was the mountain I climbed. We walked up the middle, and up and around the second ridge to the left from the top. |
 A silverback is laying right in this dense jungle right in the middle of this picture. |
 He was sleeping when we first arrived. He knew we were there but he was sluggish from just waking up. |
 Within about five minutes, a baby gorilla came out of the jungle to see what we were all about. |
 The baby then started to play on his dad, standing on him and waking him up. |
 Okay, dad has decided to get up now. When he rolled over, we were like WOW! |
 Silverbacks can weigh up to 450 pounds. We won't be messing with him! |
 Now the silverback is on all fours, fully awake, and hungry. You can kind of make out the silver on his back. |
 Here's the baby watching us. At one point, he stood up tall and began to beat his chest while making loud noises! We all laughed (quietly) as it was so funny to see! |
 The guide and trackers would talk back and forth with the silverback. It was really cool. They would pretty much mimic whatever he would say. It was seriously just like "Gorillas in the Mist." |
 Here's the baby eating a bamboo stick, observing us observing him. |
 At this point, the silverback moved and the baby followed him. We can see them more clearly now -- so go to the next page of pictures. |
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