by scottishkennyg » Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:19 pm
the traverse of the ridge itself is a graded winter climb, which grade depends on how many ( if any ) you avoid. but its given a grade 2 in winter. as said above trailing lanyand could be dangerous but loosing the axe could be worst, shouldnt you have just attached it to your hand ? youve obviously sorted the crampon issue, but i dread to think you taking a fall on a ridge like that while doing it solo ? maybe taking a friend along would also be best practice ?[/quote]
Cheers Michael, all good points, hopefully the crampon issue is sorted with the new ones.
ATB for 2015