Stuart North Ridge

[Jens]

At the rap from the base of the gendarme, how hard would it be to downclimb that section if travelling alone-- (5.7ish?)

 

Any running water or ice in the gully right now? I remember climbing through it in mid August years ago and running into pure verglass.

[kurthicks]

From the gendarme the travese looked wet in spots on Saturday. No word on the down climb difficulty.

[sweatinoutliquor]

Hey Jens,

I don't remember checking on the difficulty of the that section when we rapped by it a few months ago. I do think I remember it being quite vertical, and possibly even slightly overhanging? in a few spots. If you are planning on downclimbing that, rather than bringing a rope. I would say just skip it and climb the gendarme. I dunno, even if it is 5.7, wouldn't it be harder to downclimb that then upclimb the gendarme? Is that your intention?