Climbing Conditions

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Climbing Conditions

Swiss Arete, Aug. 26-28
Camped at Submoraine Camp to avoid the nasty talus crossing from Gayley Camp to Glacier Notch.
Approached Glacier Notch via Fischer Camp to get onto glacier, which was hard ice, sprinkled with rock.
Notch was sandy as gross as always.
Can avoid all snow descending on L-Shaped snowfield.

Almost got smoked by a good sized rockfall coming off above Glacier Notch while descending. Luckily we were in a position to move quickly and hedge our bets as to which way it would bounce.
I would say there has to be a very compelling reason to go climb anything off of the glacier this late right now, there is a lot of rockfall occurring in areas not limited to the standard Notches.

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