Dingus Milktoast wrote:Deb... maybe you can answer a question I had (Hi, btw)
I read somewhere that the route was a 50 degree couloir followed by 3 pitches of rock up to 5.8, then a summit snowfield and the top. Is that the route you did, or reasonably close, in terms of difficulty?
Just curious is all.
Cheers
DMT
Hi Craig!
Yes, that sounds about right. I thought there was a 5.9 section in there somewhere, but as cold as we were, it all felt harder than truly rated....well, except for the couloir, which really didn't feel 50. We spent more time on approach and descent than climbing of course.
Would love to do it again, but hate to gamble with the weather. We were EXTRAORDINARILY lucky with the weather in Jan 2008.