Started the route at 5am after bivying under a huge boulder on the plan. The rock was a little on the wet side on the first couple of pitches, but was not a problem with rock shoes. We expected to blast the rock and ice in one day, but due to heavy packs, and not being completely acclimatised, we were forced to bivy at the base of the Ice fields.
The ice fields starts off ok, but become very steep towards the roch ronion. Or maybe it was because I was only fueled by 1 chocolate bar! At the rock ronion, we decided to go left, just to be different. I'd say the ice was Scotish grade IV but did have one pitch of Vert!
Not a climb I would do again in a hurry, but glad to have it under my belt.
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Graie Alps
