Hi,
so the question is if there is a special crampon technique to descend Aiguille du Midi via arete or any other steep decline on a snow for that matter. Let's say i want to descend during late summer when there hasn't been too much snow so the path is not very wide. Putting weight on front of your feet makes me slide down a bit on almost every step which doesn't feel to safe. In order to spread the weight on all 12 points i need to crouch a bit, which makes me move much slower and still doesn't feel too safe. Turning back and trying to front point down seems doable but again, very slow, so you can stall other parties who wants do descend.
Also, what would be the optimal rope length between two people be for the same descend: that is length between two people while each holds some coils in hand, and length of rope in coils that are being held in hand.
Any suggestions/ideas are warmly appreciated!