Death traverse under false summit cornice.

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Death traverse under false summit cornice.

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Traverse along the ridge.

Team tranquillo en la cumbre

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christoph benells

Sep 7, 2015

“Death traverse under false summit cornice.”

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be smarter than us and do this without the sun on it! Dec 14, 2015

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E Harz surfing the wave on the upper ridge.

Pulling over the false summit cornice.

Traverse along the ridge.

Death traverse under false summit cornice.

Team tranquillo en la cumbre

The last obstacle before the summit.

The upper ridge close to the summit. Hunter in the background.

Traversing under the cornice

Approaching the cornice traverse. Sultana in the background.

Traversing around tower 3

Clean granite on tower 1

Scrambly start

Full view of the route from Kahiltna basecamp. Cornice on lower summit is visible at the top. True summit is just to the right.

The route is the left side ridge in this photo. you can see the gendarme and notch you rap into, and the false summit cornice you must traverse under.

tower 4. 5.7

Gaining the ridge after tower 3

Approaching the false summit

Head on view of the SW ridge from the main Kahiltna glacier. False summit cornice is clearly visible. Main summit is just to the left.