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-=> Quoting Paul Hayton to Nancy Backus on 18-Sep-2015 07:56 <=-

 NB>> Ah.  A family tradition...  :)  So the try this year was also in Feb...
 NB>> mid-summer for you...  and there was still too much ice then...?  Hope
 NB>> you can make it to the summit this next try... :)

 PH> Yes I guess you could start to call it that. I know my Dad did it with
 PH> his also.

Definitely a tradition, then... perhaps also a rite of passage...?  ;)

 PH> Weather wise it should (and usually is) settled then. Hence why the
 PH> mountain club run their guided open climb around then. But health and
 PH> saftey concerns and practices have lifted a lot over the last few
 PH> years. So clubs especially have to be extra vigilant to ensure they
 PH> have all the bases covered. A whiff of anything not quite right and they
 PH> pull the plug. So this year that's what happened. We were off and away
 PH> at 5.30am climbing up and by 9am with the summitt about 45 mins away
 PH> (my guess) they said sorry turn around. 

I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry...  :)  So you're doing the
climb as part of a club's guided climb, and not just on your own...

 PH> It's a good lesson for my son about perseverance and trying again when
 PH> you don't first succeed etc. :)

True... And perhaps a lesson in learning to "read" the mountain...  :)

ttyl     neb

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