sjarelkwint wrote:

dskoon wrote: Deep, continuous powder that has left me exhausted and in need of a few beers at the end of the day,

What a lame excuse for drinking

sjarelkwint wrote:

dskoon wrote:Btw, I never need an excuse for drinking, just a desire.

that's what i meant

Steve1215 wrote:.

...sounds like the blind are leading the blind

...rofl

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twoshuzz wrote:

Vitaliy M. wrote:You did North ridge?! That's the route I want to do up it, one day.

You do not need to get up at all or write a lengthy description. Just post a few photos and write a few words about it in this thread for a start. Would honestly make my day! How many days did it take on route? Were there good bivy spots?

I don't have my journals/albums in front of me as I'm away from home in "the shop," specifics and such will have to come down the road should/when I decide to knock out a route page.There are some personal "obstacles" to overcome before posting a TR and "shared" pics. As memory serves me at the moment:

We followed the 79 French route, bottom 2 top in just over 5 days "on route" with rougly 1 and 1/2 days on descent and a couple of very long days during both. 4 camps along the way, two "common" sites low on the route @ 5800m +/-, the other at 6200m +/- commonly referred to as "Captain Crunch." Other bivvy sites came as opportunity arose, our last below an enormous serac dubbed "The Guardian." Good mix of rock (to 5.7 YDS)/snow/ice/snice/junk/slush/sugar... all along the way with tremendous exposure to either side along the ridge proper. Post monsoon, we were still under a "weather window," the afternoons seeing precip in some form almost daily from start to finish. It was a cold and wet trip. By the time we began the climb proper, we were really wanting to just get the hell out of there.