Fixed rope section Pollux SW ridge

This is the crux of the SW ridge of Pollux. Without the fixed ropes grade would be UIAA III+. Following the thick rope, route traverses the slab easily, but then the hardest part involves getting round and over a large jammed boulder in the cleft beyond. The top pitch is very steep, but really very easy and doesn't really justify the big thick rope there. 11th September 2014.