syudla Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) Trip: Aiguille Extra IV 5.10 - E. Face Date: 8/1/2007 Trip Report: Several needles south of Whitney lies Aiguille Extra. (Just right of center) rh turned me onto this. He had one day to do it and had none of his usual partners. So Wed found us on the approach and arriving at the base around 8:30 AM. The route was alternately stellar and chossy and eventually we wound up at the crux pitch 2/3 of the way up. Unfortunately at that time the skies opened up dumping lots of hail. It became serious quickly. Above the roof a retreat was called. As luck would have it, the weather improved as soon as we committed to descent. Things weren't perfect on the descent but we are both alive. As my partner put, "A great adventure". Edited August 3, 2007 by syudla Quote
olyclimber Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Beautiful looking granite. i'll second that! Quote
Off_White Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 Was this the Sumner route or the Landry/Cook route? Quote
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