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Luke, Nice job~ Thanks for sharing TR with awesome photos. I am one of Asians you mentioned above and have dozen of your photos on the Great Gendarme pitches.(one below and PM'ed with my email) Rock falling~~ Ga shhhhh~~ I was a bit away from rock falling since I was belaying at the top of that pitch but my two followers were in direct line and yelling each other to dodge those. Actually one was hit by the half size of the golf ball but it hit luckily (?) on the helmet. I saw even several baseball size rocks falling very close to them. It was the most scary moment on NR. .

Thanks all you guys, My group did the upper NR last week, lots of fun. We didn't via the Gendarme pitches with running out of time though. The glacier was very soft in the afternoon but I recommend an axe since about 40 feet before the end of glacier started to being steep and soft so you may need to prepare for self-arresting in case of slipping. I was able to make some water from snow patch about 100 feet above at the end of glacier. The Great Gendarme looked awesome and I was really tempted but definitely time was not my side. Here is a photo on the Gendarme my partner took while he was on the "rappelling" route. If you are on this photo,let me know. There are six or seven more photos. I think it was a group of three, a female from Seattle was at the end of the line and two males (one from LA ?)

Excellent~ Many many thanks to Elevation.

Thanks again Rad. I am tackling soon and yours is really helpful. Anybody know any recent water sources on upper north ridge and summit area? I heard several spots such as at the end of the glacier to the notch,the gully after rappel on Gendarme, summit area, etc. but I am wondering still water available these area in a couple of week.

Becky's Route Is the yellow line on the 2nd one following the Becky's Route? (#2,3 and 4) What about the green line route?(#2,5 and 6) Some climbers suggested to traverse to the right and climb up after the end of OW crack while others to turn left slightly and climb all the way up straight. Is the green line after #6 indicating the right path? I heard that finding the better(?) route on P2/P3 will save a decent amount of time.

Cultveld, Rad, Ivan, Mmeyers, Thanks all. Rad : Is it a bivy site on the right bottom corner of the photo? http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/504/4222Stuart_lake_copy.JPG Where? NR notch or 8th pitch after NR notch? btw a Nice trip report even 7 years old one.

Hey Bro, I am not at your level whatever~ Btw how heavy was your pack there?

Thanks Telemarker~, Is it hard to get over without OW crack technics? Many said it was strenuous but some did many good holds on P2.

Hi I am a bit confused at P2/P3 on the Gendarme and want some more detail since our party will do pack hauling there. Is it P2 from #1 to #2 and 60 feet? Pleas see the sketch below and let me know any beta, pack hauling experiences, and etc.. Cheers~