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Saturday, August 1, 2009
[MCR] East Ridge of Mt Temple
11 people up the East Ridge of Mt Temple yesterday, July 31. With backups at the bottlenecks of the Big Step and the Exit Gullies made for a long day for everyone. The route is in very good condition, basically dry with only a couple of snow patches to kick steps into on the traverse to the Exit Gullies. Water available on the traverse for now. Several ice patches and veins in the gully that we took could be bridged around and dealt with without crampons, I did cut a couple of steps. Lots of danger from climbers dropping rocks on climbers below, especially in the Exit Gullies, we did some orchestrating of having people stop while others scampered away from below, or caught up, to reduce the risk. We didn't suffer anything serious, nevertheless its not a great route for multiple parties.