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After exiting the first prominent gully gaining the snow rib that leads to the second gully.

Reid Glacier Headwall route

February 2003

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Martin Cash

Nice pics

Hasn't voted

Nice one Hammer. The Reid looks a lot more interesting than Leutholds. How much harder is it?

What a great weekend for climbing.

Posted Feb 11, 2003 9:18 am


	Hammer	Re: Nice pics
	Hasn't voted	I thought it was much harder. The amount of front pointing was hours longer. I have done Leutholds without any protection and thought nothing of it. We placed protection all over the place on Reid's and I thought we could have put more in due to the angle and consequence of an uncontrolled slide. Time necessitated that we didn't however. I found it more physically challenging than any of the mountains I did in Mexico.
		Posted Feb 11, 2003 11:00 am

JScoles

Silly Question

Hasn't voted

Why would you rope up on this section??

It seems to me if one of you fell he or she would just drag the rest of you down??

Don't take this the wrong way I am just courious about when and why people rope up.

Posted Feb 11, 2003 10:47 am


	Hammer	Re: Silly Question
	Hasn't voted	Icy conditions required periodic placement of protection to ensure safety. It made more sense to stay roped. There were spots that were 55 degree+ and icy that necessitated screw placement.
		Posted Feb 11, 2003 10:57 am