After taking a couple loads of gear, food, and water up to the base of the wall, Kevin and I began climbing up the lower angle bottom third of the route. The rock was generally good, but cracks often bottomed out, and splitters were rare. We had also been been hearing loud rockfalls booming throughout the valley during the entire trip, which never seems to soothe the soul. The weather held throughout the day though, and we arrived to a bivy below the steepest section of the route.
