Wow, what is supposed to be an easy climb looked way harder with those conditions. Any cam or nut placements ? looks like it would be hard to protect with screws in most places due to the thin ice. So much water also... jeeze.
Yeah I only recall one anchor where Austen used a cam and two nuts, the rest he was able to build with just ice screws. It was thin and wet for sure, the usual route for the 5.5 finish was a literal waterfall which forced us to use the thin ice off to the left instead. Made it interesting!
Nice job, I hope to get on this later this season.
Wow, what is supposed to be an easy climb looked way harder with those conditions. Any cam or nut placements ? looks like it would be hard to protect with screws in most places due to the thin ice. So much water also... jeeze.
Yeah I only recall one anchor where Austen used a cam and two nuts, the rest he was able to build with just ice screws. It was thin and wet for sure, the usual route for the 5.5 finish was a literal waterfall which forced us to use the thin ice off to the left instead. Made it interesting!
@@nickhassan Thanks for the info Nick!
Would you solo this
this is not mixed climbing , that's swim climbing
thats like much Scottish winter climbing lol
"promo sm"