Monday, August 04, 2008

Cheops SE Ridge

We tried the SE Ridge on the holiday Monday with Fred and Joanne. To make a long story short...much bushwhacking, took longer than expected, and we bailed short of the summit. The worst part is that now we have to go back and do that bushwhack again!







It's quite a nice route once you gain the ridge. The final summit headwall looks a bit dodgy when you view it straight on but I'm sure it would have gone easily enough if we had had enough time to poke around a bit.




Thankfully the descent wasn't too bad. We scrambled across onto the east face and boot skied down snow patches for hundred of meters.

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  1. Bruno and SheriTuesday, September 2, 2008 at 7:19:00 PM PDT

    Oooh, love bushwhacking, especially when it doesn't even lead to a summit. You need a canine good luck charm to carry down in your pack.

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  2. AndrewWednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1:26:00 PM PDT

    Bush-whacking-to-nowhere isn't nearly as much fun without you guys. And a pooch of course. No one even made tea!

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