Alas, all my training was in vain. The forecast was just too horrible for me to attempt to come, but the compleator and 13 others out of a party of around 40, made it to the summit, despite being blown off their feet from time to time. The only worse wind he had experienced was when his glasses were blown horizontally off his head, together with his hat. We just walked lugubriously along the river and back...and went to the party