Belay ledge midway up the Gendarme

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Belay ledge midway up the Gendarme

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Route Overlay for The Gendarme.<br>

Traverse pitch leading to Gendarme pitches.

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Dave Bauer

Apr 15, 2015

“Belay ledge midway up the Gendarme”

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Route Overlay Stuart North Ridge

A view of Ranier on the horizon during sunrise on the approach. Credit: www.chossboys.weebly.com

Looking down the North Ridge of Stuart, halfway up the ridge or so.

Climber leading Pitch 1 of the Gendarme, with the North Ridge stretching below.

onward and upward

Jeromy on an exposed traverse of the upper ridge.

Dave staring up at the menacing gendarme. Credit: http://chossboys.weebly.com/home/27-hours-an-epic-on-mount-stuart

Approach and Descent map for North Ridge of Stuart.

Jeromy Markee jamming the splitter crack after the gendarme.

5.9 hand crack on Pitch 3 of the lower North Ridge. (and what not to do with the ropes...)

A pitch above the upper crux.

Route Overlay for The Gendarme.<br>

Belay ledge midway up the Gendarme

Traverse pitch leading to Gendarme pitches.

North side of Mt. Stuart

Starting up Stuart

Pitch 1 of the lower North Ridge.

View of the 5.9+ pitch

Taken on the descent from the summit to the col above Sherpa Glacier.

Scoping out downclimb

Bolted rap station at the base of the Gendarme. It is possible to rappel here and climb around right of the Gendarme. Apparently the climbing is a bit easier down there. But the Gendarme offers such great climbing it would be a shape to bypass it.

After crossing the Glacier

Jeromy Markee, upper ridge

Pitch 2 of the lower North Ridge.

Fixed cam in the offwidth on the second pitch of the Gendarme.

Route Overlay Pitches 1-3

Slab crack section. Upper ridge.

This shows the approach and start.